President Jefferson endorsed the purchase but believed that the Constitution did not provide the national government with the authority to make land acquisitions. He pondered whether a constitutional amendment might be needed to legalize the purchase. After consultations Jefferson concluded that the president's authority to make treaties could be used to justify the agreement. Therefore, the Louisiana Purchase was designated a treaty and submitted to the Senate for ratification. The Senate ratified the treaty October 20, 1803, and the United States took possession of the territory December 20, 1803.
New England colonies were the sections of colonial America that had the smallest percentage of Africans in 1750.
Answer: Because the Enlightenment as a movement sought to take away the primacy of religion and politics.
Explanation:
The Enlightenment as a movement emerged in Europe, primarily France. According to its principles, the Enlightenment advocated views contrary to politics and religion. The ideas of the Enlightenment were based on freedom, nature, and reason. Such views were against the principles of forms of government such as the absolutist monarchy. Hence the political opposition to the Enlightenment movement.
The Byzantine Greeks called themselves Rhomaoi (Romans) and their Empire the Roman Empire. They saw themselves as the continuation of the Roman Empire and never used the term "Byzantine" to describe themselves. There was no one clear period when the Eastern Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire.
The feature is the rule of law. Unlike people, legislature cannot be affected by passion and if law rules then everyone is equal in the eyes of law. If a man rules and has absolute power, they can be affected by various things that might make them abuse their power, and law cannot abuse power on its own.
