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What does it take to provide and maintain freedom?

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What does it take to provide and maintain freedom?

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Freedom is not easily obtained. Providing freedom takes a brave and confident army and resources. Maintaining freedom requires a good government and a good leader. It also requires good and healthy people. These things are essential and it took America a while to obtain them. But soon after these were installed in the country, it bloomed into what we have today.

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After the revolutionary war, maintaining  their newly found freedom was not as easy as Americans thought. A good way of controlling the states was difficult to find. It took years to find a system that was actually good. In class I have learned about the Articles of Confederation. This was among the first attempts to control the country. This attempt didn't work at all. Congress could conduct foreign affairs, declare war or peace, and govern the country. What power Congress lacked was the power to collect taxes, regulate trade between the states, and enforce laws. However, they didn't have access to taxes so paying for the roads and paying soldiers couldn't be done. This was only one of its problems and so obviously that didn't work and the Articles was taken down. Over time new ideas were passed around. This was until the Constitutional convention. This is when the Virginian Plan was designed. This introduced a strong national government. 3 branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, the concept of checks and balances, and a bicameral legislature called congress. The representation in both houses would be based off population. The New Jersey Plan however, they said one house in the legislative branch needed to have an equal amount of votes regardless of population and the New Jersey Plan introduces the idea that "the united states shall be the supreme law of the respective states,": Instead the final power resting in the states, it would now rest in the federal government. The great compromise took the best ideas from both and this agreement was favored by both sides. This was a big influence to our government today. After that the government was good enough to survive. With congress and the branches the government could function well and keep the people safe. With this new working government, America can maintain its freedom. In the future there are arguments and disputes but these only improve the government and make it better over time.

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Fighting for the Freedom and Independence

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Fighting for the Freedom and Independence

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In our human history Americans have been fighting for our "land of the free." This is a big way to provide freedom. We will go all the way back to when we were still a British colony and had no freedom. We knew after all the taxing acts, like the stamp act which forced people to pay for stamp to put on the papers they want to publish, that a war needed to happen. The idea for the revolutionary war was born. We tried but peace was not working so war needed to happen. The Revolutionary War is a well known event in American history. We battled against Britain for the Independence or freedom of America from England. Through different tactics, like hiding in their surroundings, brave troops, like minute men or armies, and fierce leaders, like world known George Washington, we won the battle against the world's strongest army. The British agreed to let us gain Independence or freedom from England and from there on we were our own country. We learned that we Americans are strong and that helped us in future battles against other countries. Once England tried to battle America again in 1812. We won battles against the British navy in the early battles. We fought for Lake Erie on September 10th and Oliver Hazard Perry and his army battled the British and the British surrendered which gave the US control of the lake. Battle of Thames river Oct.1813, Gen. William Henry Harrison marched into Canada and we won and defeated British and Native American forces. The Native American leader Tecumseh was killed during the battle. We won the battle for fort McHenry and Francis Scott Key witnessed the event and made our national anthem. All of these battles help Americans realize that they are strong and are sufficient enough to impact the world. Fighting for our protection and independence provides freedom to America.

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If there is freedom for everyone there will need to be some laws/concepts. the Bill of Rights was created in September 25, 1789. The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments of the constitution. These give the people fair and equal rights. Like the first amendment, freedom of speech or the second one, the right to bear arms. These amendments are the basis for our rights. The Constitution is the supreme law of the USA. The Constitution was created by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Gouverneur Morris, James Wilson, Patrick Henry, Roger Sherman, George Madison, John Dickinson, Edmund Randolph, Rufus King, Robert Morris and many more people. The Constitution of the United States established America's national government and fundamental laws and guaranteed basic rights for us Americans. I learned in class that the Constitution has 27 amendments and the first 10 is the Bill of Rights. I also learned the first 10 and a few of the other ones. To name a few, the 13th amendment abolished slavery,  the third amendment stopped the quartering of soldiers, and the 5th one said you didn't need to serve as a witness against yourself. I learned the Constitution also comes with 7 principles. These include Federalism, Individual rights, Republicanism, limited Government, Separation of Powers, Popular Sovereignty, and checks and balances. Individual rights fits to what I was discussing. The Individual Rights Principal : Every American has certain rights, including freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. The Constitution also had 6 preamble goal and these include: to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity. These basic rights and amendments help our citizens out and allow us to thrive and enjoy freedom and this lasts even today. We cherish Constitution because it served as a foundation for future laws in a sense. The Bill of Rights and The Constitution definitely maintains and provides freedom to America's citizens.

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After the revolutionary war, the people needed someone or something to govern them. Americans feared that having one person or thing govern the would be like the king and control its people. People knew they needed leadership and one day looked at George Washington, who was a great general during the war. 6 years after the war George Washington, our first president, was elected. As we know presidents are supposed to be strong leaders that help our country grow strong and successful. George Washington served two terms before stepping down. John Adams served as the 2nd president and then Thomas Jefferson and the list keeps going. The job of president has existed for decades. Presidents have done their job to help the country gain strength and grow. The president & vice president belongs to the executive branch. I learned in class that today's qualifications are: You must be a natural born citizen, 35 years old, resident of the United States for 14 years. Presidents can serve two 4 year terms and this idea was set by George Washington stepping down after 2 terms. The president is elected by the people and is affected by checks and balances so that the president wont be like a king. The president needs at least 270 electoral votes to win and if both presidents pass that it goes down to who has the most electoral votes. This years election day was on Tuesday, November 3rd. Becoming president gets you $400,000 and the president takes oath of office on Jan.20th. Order of succession ensures there is always a president to serve the united states. It goes 1.president, 2. vice president, 3.speaker of house, 4.president pro tempore of the senate, 5-16. members of the cabinet. The presidents duties are foreign affairs (like trade with other countries), domestic and military administration, legislation, appointment, and judicial function. The president guides the USA to be the best it can be. The president of the united states helps provide and maintain freedom at the same time.