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The Age of Reason and Enlightenment started off in the eighteenth century. This period has its root in France, thus giving it an alternate name of French Enlightenment. Even though this Age is said to have been started in the 1700s, the causes behind it started as long as two to three centuries before it. The dictatorship of the Church was the key reason behind the rebellion of the people.
Thats just an opinión though.
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This is because of the phrase “laid and levied by the legislatures of the several states”.
Vice President Thomas Jefferson, Democratic-Republican Party, defeated President John Adams of the Federalist Party
This is how I would go: (I'm just glossing over it, sorry if you think it lacks detail. :L)
<span>1. California does not deserve a seat in the United Nations. </span>
<span>2. The UN is only for nations; people in California are US citizens; they do not have a culture nor a culture that is exclusive to the rest of the US. In this sense, California is not a nation. (this is the definition of a nation bit.) </span>
<span>3. Federalism, the system where states and national governments share power. California (states in general) does not have the power to enter into treaties with foreign countries, nor regulate commerce with foreign countries. These powers are exclusive to the national government. This would mean that it cannot be given a seat, where these powers would be put into California's hands. I guess states governments would also fit into here somewhere. </span>
He believed in the absolute power of kings