In October 1973<span>, </span>OPEC<span> declared </span>an oil embargo<span> in response to the United States</span><span>' and Western Europe's support of Israel in the Yom Kippur War of </span>1973<span>. The </span>result<span> was a rise in oil prices from $3 per barrel to $12 and the commencement of gas rationing.</span>
Individual Rights. Madison was a staunch supporter of the Constitution, as can be seen in the Federalist Papers he wrote with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton. Madison would, however, "switch sides" and join the Anti-Federalists in calling for a Bill of Rights. He wanted something to be there to protect the people not in power from those that had the power.
They ended the attacks of the Barbary pirates. They arranged the purchase of the Louisiana territory
