In 1789, the first presidential election, George Washington was unanimously elected president of the United States. With 69 electoral votes, Washington won the support of each participating elector. No other president since has come into office with a universal mandate to lead.
Between December 15, 1788 and January 10, 1789, the presidential electors were chosen in each of the states. On February 4, 1789, the Electoral College convened. Ten states cast electoral votes: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia. New York, however, failed to field a slate of electors. North Carolina and Rhode Island were unable to participate because they had not yet ratified the Constitution. After a quorum was finally established, the Congress counted and certified the electoral vote count on April 6.
Continental congress was formed which decided to write the grievances and indictments of the oppressive rule of the British to the king
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Congress made a respectful petition to inform the king regarding the oppressive coercive acts and intolerable acts which were inflicted on the colonists and they were not even given representation in the parliament which would give them an opportunity to vent out their grievances. This annoyed the colonists and hence decided to write a petition which asked to repeal the laws which oppressed the colonists.
But the crown failed to lend an ear to the petition of the colonists. This forced the colonists to come together and organised second continental congress convention which adopted a resolution entitled' declaration of the causes and necessity of taking up arms' against the crown.
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True.
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The sea walls protected gavelston from further hurricanes of 1909, 1951, 1961 and 1983.
The correct answer is yes. Unfortunately, riders are used both by Republicans and Democrats. Republicans use it mostly to pass a controversial or unpopular provision that would not pass otherwise. Democrats use it mostly to prevent unpopular or controversial bills to pass. Riders have nothing to do with the actual bill and in a sense they hijack the law-making process for the sake of partisanship.
Now, let’s analyze the situation at hand: there is a bill that has been proposed by either party for the specific purpose of abolishing the federal income tax and the Internal Revenue Service. Such a bill is a highly controversial issue since without tax revenues and an enforcing institution the federal government would be bankrupt unless it finds alternate way of getting funds to operate.
It is certain that either party would attach a rider to make sure that the bill to never pass. Democrats would most likely attach a rider imposing strict gun control laws or universal, public health care for all Americans. Republicans would most likely attach a bill to eliminate all taxes on the wealthy or all regulation on financial markets. Both parties would definitely use the technique if the bill displeases their own ideology.
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Two types of law - civil and cri. Criminal - state or federal prosecutors bring a case against a person charged with a major crime, called a felony. Civil - deals with lawsuits brought by individuals or the government against other individuals, organizations or companies
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