The mayflower compact is considered an important step in the development of American democracy because it represented somewhat of a "written constitution" in the sense that it established a general rule of law for the Puritans to live by.
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Civil liberties are the restraints on government found in the Bill of Rights and the "Due Process" Clause of the 14th Amendment
Civil liberties are primarily concerned with individual freedoms
The Bill of Rights might have been more appropriately called the Bill of Liberties. While the seven articles of the Constitution express what the government /can/ do, the ten amendments contained in the Bill of Rights express what the government /cannot/ do.</span>
The correct answer is true.
At the beginning of the firefighting practice in the 19th century, fire departments were considered as social organizations within the community they were located on. Being a firefighter was voluntary work and being a member was considered to increase your social status in your community. However, due to the "voluntary nature" of these institutions, there was an initial lack of organization in many of them. This led to low efficiency in the response to fires during the early years of firefighting.
Shintoism and Confucianism
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