In 1787 delegates from the thirteen states convened in Philadelphia to replace the unwieldy Articles of Confederation with a Constitution to endow the federal government with sufficient power to hold the country together. This short document, which was a result of both high idealism and low political horsetrading, has survived a Civil War and the massive expansion of the country to become the oldest constitution in the world. The Constitution itself, however, merely describes the functions of the federal government. It was left to ten Amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, to protect individual freedoms.
The answer would be that light can be reflected or refracted
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Driving Force Behind European Imperialism in Africa
Explanation:
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Scramble for Africa</h2>
Everybody was taking the Africans land and resources and them. The European’s flurry of colonizing Africa.
It is important to WG because it was wrong and started a lot of trading slaves.
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National Pride</h2>
When you think your type of skin and where you came from is the best.
It is important to WG because it started wars and taking of slaves.
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Technology and Imperialism</h2>
White men had guns so they took land and slaves.
It is important to WG because White Men took human beings from their homes. How would you like it if they came in your home and took your family.
<h2>Resources and Imperialism</h2>
The White Men didn’t just take the Africans they took there resources.
It is important to WG because it left nothing of Africa.
<h2>trans-Atlantic slave trade</h2>
– Existed in Africa before the coming of the Europeans
It is important to WG because there was trading before the Europeans came.
The building of temples and great cities without modern machinery, using astronomy to predict astrological cycles and plant crops and using their language to communicate and measure time are some of the Mayans most notable achievements.<span> During a 600-year period of time, which was from 300 A.D. until 900 A.D., the Mayans made many great achievements in science, communications, engineering and agriculture</span>
Based on the excerpt above, which of the following viewpoints most directly influenced the writers of the Declaration of Independence?
A belief in the right of self-rule through a republican government
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