I’m not sure it sounds vague
<span> “</span>And thereupon the said lords spiritual
and temporal and commons . . . do . . . declare that the pretended power of
suspending of laws or the execution of laws by regal authority without consent
of parliament is illegal.
That levying money for
or to the use of the crown . . . without grant of parliament for longer time or
in other manner than the same is or shall be granted is illegal.
That it is the right of
the subjects to petition the king and all commitments and protections for such
petitioning are illegal.
That the raising or
keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace unless it be with
consent of parliament is against law. . . .
That election of
members of parliament ought to be free. . . .”
The Constitution, through the Fourth Amendment, protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. The Fourth Amendment, however, is not a guarantee against all searches and seizures, but only those that are deemed unreasonable under the law
In 1854, the United States acquired land from Mexico through the Gadsden Purchase. This land become into two future US states Arizona and New Mexico.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The Mexican-American battle ended in 1848 with the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty. The main reason for this was the U.S. government wanted to expand its territory.
But the tension among the U.S. government and the Mexican government continued for the next six years.Thus the Gadsden Purchase finalized the tensions and an agreement was made between two governments in 1854.
The U.S. agreed to settle Mexico $10 million per 29,670 square mile part of Mexico. That became part of New Mexico and Arizona. Also, Gadsden’s Purchase granted the land requirement for the southern transcontinental railroad construction.
