<span>The Enlightenment was important America because it provided the philosophical basis of the American Revolution. The Revolution was more than just a protest against English authority; as it turned out, the American Revolution provided a blueprint for the organization of a democratic society. And while imperfectly done, for it did not address the terrible problem of slavery, the American Revolution was an enlightened concept of government whose most profound documents may have been the American Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution. To feel the full impact of the Enlightenment on America one needs only to look at the first inaugural address of Thomas Jefferson, who, along with Benjamin Franklin, is considered to be the American most touched by the ideas of the Enlightenment.
Jefferson wrote: If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
While the locus of the Enlightenment thinking is generally considered to have been the salons in Paris and Berlin, the practical application of those ideas was carried out most vividly in the American colonies. (http://www.academicamerican.com/colonial/topics/enlighten.htm)
The Great Awakening
A complete dissolving of the theocracy occurred. The establishment in Virginia and North Carolina began to fall apart. Ministers could no longer control the direction of religious life. It had been democratized and made accessible by people.
One of the major results of the Great Awakening was to unify 4/5ths of Americans in a common understanding of the Christian faith and life. Americans--North and South--shared a common evangelical view of life.
(http://www.wfu.edu/~matthetl/perspectives/four.html)
In other words, the great awakening began to break down barriers in the colonies that allowed them to have greater inner-colony relations.</span>
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
I can explain anything about Venezuela. but its a incomplete question
Answer:
4. The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority.
Explanation:
Number 4 is the best option that argues in favor of judicial review as it holds that the judicial's power should extend to ALL cases, in law and equity, under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the nation. Many interpret it to mean that the Judicial, then, has the power to review the actions of the Legislative and the Executive in case they do not comply with the law.
For example, if the legislative branch enacts a law that is not consistent with the Constitution (like a law that establishes a religion) the Supreme Court has the power to review it and declare it unconstitutional as it goes against the first amendment; and if the President were to start collecting taxes (which it is not one of their functions), the Supreme Court would also have the power to declare such act unconstitutional.
