Constitutional Act of 1791

States The early 19th century witnessed a fierce constitutional battle over establishing a national bank in the United States. Bank supporters, led by Alexander Hamilton, championed that a national bank was essential for economic stability. In contrast, opponents like Thomas Jefferson and James Madison argued that such an institution represented an abuse of power and favored the wealthy elite. Congress established the First Bank of the United States in 1791, but its charter expired in 1811. Subsequently

new Constitution, that had structured France as a Constitutional Monarchy. In 1791 he and his family tried to flee France, but were caught in Varennes and brought back to Paris. This incident is referred to as the Flight to Varennes, and after this Louis basically became a political prisoner of the revolution. Although he was still France's Head of State, his legislating powers had been stricken, and he could do little to oppose new laws or acts. With this in mind there was a radical, yet supported

in the seventeenth century. The arguments of people like John Milton on the importance of an unlicensed press, and of people like John Locke on religious toleration, were all the beginning for the idea of the “freedom of speech”. By the year of 1791, when the First Amendment was ratified, the idea of “freedom of speech” was so widely accepted that it became the primary, and a very important issue in the amendment. “Freedom of press” came with it to insure that the written and printed as well

11th 2001, an American public was shocked, flabbergasted, and lost for words for the first time since Pearl Harbor. Out of these fears the PATRIOT act was conceived; promising to help stop future terrorist plots the bill was initially met with high praise from the public and media. It was not for another decade that the side-effects of the patriot act were revealed to the world. The American public was appalled at the circumvention of their fourth Amendment rights. Still there is a clear divide between

via the Postal Service Act, establishing a federal nationwide service for sending and receiving mail. It was established due to the frustration of many citizens in not being able to reliably send and receive news. This was an effort to connect all parts of the nation and spread information throughout the people. This also solidified the importance of the postmaster general, which had been previously important but not federally recognised. 7)March 22, 1794- Slave Trade Act of 1794.This was a law

to get our freedom. Back in 1765, many Americans were getting frustrated with Britain since they had just placed the Stamp Act which put a tax on any paper item. Then, in 1773, the

The first section contains perhaps the two most important phrases in American constitutional law, due process and equal protection. Equal protection has come to be interpreted as all people being treated equally under the law. It reads,” no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States.” It provides that the state must use fair procedures when it acts to limit a person’s life, liberty, or property. The fourteenth amendment is

On June 17, 1775 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the wrangle between the colonists and the British continued in the Battle of Bunker Hill. All in all, the British won, netherless of the severe damage the colonists caused ( out of 2,200 troops, 268 British soldiers and officers had been killed; another 828 were wounded). However, this resulted in the colonists receiving an important boost of confidence and a realization that they can’t defeat Britain alone, therefore needed allies. Since the French

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was held to address problems in governing the United States which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation since it’s independence from Britain. Fifty-five delegates from the states attended the convention to address these issues. The delegates consisted of federalists who wanted a strong central government to maintain order and were mainly wealthier merchants and plantation owners and anti-federalists who were farmers, tradesmen and local politicians

Effectively, each Assignat was an ownership right to a piece of land, a kind of collateral from the government. Most of the land had previously been owned by the Church, but was forfeited to the State under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, an act that proclaimed the Clergy had to swear allegiance to the State, rather than the Pope, and therefore all their property and wages were put under State control. It was one of the most successful reforms, as the new currency stabilised the economy for