Tribes were no longer considered to be independent nations.
A. American-Soviet competition for military dominance
Answer:
1 England
2 disease
Explanation:
disease all but wiped out the native population
Answer:
1. Gold and Silver 2. Coins 3. Paper money
Explanation:
Gold and silver became de facto money around 600 BC when they were struck in Lydian coins as stores of value used for trade. Lydians started using coins in 700 B.C. Earliest forms of paper money were developed in China around 950 A.D.
Answer:
The document, which initially came to be known as the English Bill of Rights of 1689, contains many rights that were later included in the First Amendment, such as the right to petition and freedom of speech and debate (specifically targeted, like the speech and debate clause in the U.S. Constitution, to members of Parliament).
Explanation:
The First Amendment constitutes the first 45 words of a larger document known as the Bill of Rights.
The English also have a document called a Bill of Rights, mainly the work of the English Parliament but associated with “The Glorious Revolution” in 1688, when Prince William and Queen Mary succeeded to the throne on the abdication of King James II.
While the Constitution prohibited test oaths requiring individuals to affirm religious beliefs, and the First Amendment sought to disestablish all national religions, the English Bill of Rights favored Protestants and excluded “Papists” from serving as monarchs or as members of Parliament.
John Vile is a professor of political science and dean of the Honors College at Middle Tennessee State University. He is co-editor of the Encyclopedia of the First Amendment. This article was originally published in 2009.
