in 1794, Eli Whitney invented the nail forge and a violin.but the invention that made him the most successful was the cotton gin. when he graduated Yale in 1792, he wanted to become a lawyer. but then he got hired as a tutor in the south. on his way he met Catherine Greene, and went to live on her farm. and that's were he learned about cotton. his invention help make life easier by having the cotton gin remove the seeds form the cotton. back then cotton was the king so this really helped economy at that time.
amendment 1: freedom of religion, speech, press, and assembly; right to petition.
amendment 2:right to bear arms. amendment 3:limit on quartering troops. amendment 4:protection against unreasonable search and seizure. amendment 5:due process, double jeopardy; self incrimination. amendment 6:right to speedy trial. amendment 7:trial by jury in civil cases. amendment 8: no excessive bail or fine; no cruel or unusual punishment. amendment 9:people retain rights. amendment 10:powers not delegated to the U.S. to states or people. the legislative branch is the congress which is the house of representatives and senate. this lets the senate confirm the presidents nominations. congress can impeach judges and remove them from the office to the judicial branch. they can approve any presidential nominations, override a presidents veto, impeach the presidents veto and remove him or her from office to the executive branch. the executive branch is the president which is the executive and cabinet departments. it can let the president veto congressional legislation to the legislative branch. also, it can let the president nominate judges to the judicial branch. the judicial branch are the courts which is the supreme courts, courts of appeal, and the district courts. they can declare presidential acts unconstitutional to the executive branch and they can let the court declare laws unconstitutional to the legislative branch.
the preamble is the introductory part of a statute or deed, stating its purpose, aims, and justification. the preamble: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
The closing of independence from Great Britain by the people of the 13 Colonies. Calling themselves the United States of America, these people wrote a Declaration of Independence, defied the authority of their main country, and ended up winning a war to protect that independence. The Revolution certainly ended with the victory in the Revolutionary War; however, the Revolution began long before that, maybe even with the settlement in America (far away from England) of people who wanted to govern themselves and who wanted to have a direct say in the way they were governed.
the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain. also the declaration of independence is the usual statement adopted by the continental congress on July 4, 1776. which announced that the thirteen american colonies, then at war with great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer part of the British empire.
since we have been studying about the shot heard around the world, we started to rephrase excerpt 2 which a third grader can understand. excerpt 2 is "we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." what i wrote was "everybody knows that we are equal. god gave us certain rights. nobody can take those rights away.
after the British forces waited two hours for additional supplies at their ships, the British continued on their journey to Concord. At the town of Menotomy, Smith decided to send an advance force commanded by Major John Pitcairn to gain control of the bridges at Concord. Pitcairn was given six companies of light infantry while Smith sent a soldier to request reinforcements from Boston. Soon, Pitcairn’s troops would arrive in Lexington and meet up with the first wave of colonial minutemen.
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