<em>Due process</em> is a legal requirement that enforces a government to respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person. There is an amendment in the 5th and 14th amendment of the US Constitution, which protects citizens against the arbitrary and unlawful denial of their right to life, liberty, and property. This requires government officials to follow fair procedures of a person's deprivation of the 3 previously mentioned rights, whether the offense to whom the person is accused is of civil or criminal nature.
Because like the first American revolution, we were fighting the British
Because girls were not allowed to go to school. They were expected to help with household chores, such as dishes, laundry, cleaning the house, babysitting, etc. They were expected to help their mothers, not to get education. Some people did read on their own or get knowledge from their family members. A lot of the families had the mother teach their daughter some basic things.
It unified and increased the power of the national state. It increased the feeling of French nationalism, and it set a precedent for a democratic French government.
The new entities are free to publish any information or opinion they want...If something is reported false they can be sued for libel...but most journalist report truthful facts because of their integrity.