The Quartering Act was a 2-law that out lined that If the soldiers 2-barracks were 5-overcrowded the 1-american 1-colonist had to 2-provide 2-housing, food, and 2-water. The colonist did not take to kindly to this law as summarized by 5-1-Benjamin Franklin who gave examples
February 10, 1763 Treaty of Paris (French and Indian War) The end of the war has come. The seven years war started by the British declaring war against France. The French had been expanding into the Ohio Valley creating conflict amongst the countries. With the signing of the treaty France lost a lot of land.
If a natural disaster strikes my area and the power is out for weeks, one of the limitations would be that the people would not feel that safe. Security wouldn't be enforced and since there is no security, there could be several possibilities of theft. Another limitation would be searches for any and everything. Both of these limitations should be practiced, so even if there is a national disaster we could be ready. The 4th amendment can be used as an explanation of how the limits
The Thirteenth Amendment took some time to pass. Johnson really didn’t want blacks to have rights. He did everything in his power to make sure African Americans didn’t have freedom. After slavery was abolished the black codes came up in the summer of 1865 in the South. These codes were basically promoting slavery once again but using a different name.
Billy is on the phone with Bob while they are talking on the phone and someone coughs and it is neither of them. Well, the government are the only ones who can hack phones and listen to phone calls, the 4th amendment has allowed this to happen. The 4th amendment has gavin the right to law enforcement to be cruel and unfair about a search and seizure. Without a warrant you cannot search a person, well not anymore, the government can search anyone at any time in some scenarios. Normally, there is an abundant amount of evidence used to be given the permission to search one’s belongings, but since 9/11 law enforcement needs little evidence to be provided a search warrant.
In this research paper we will be learning about what the quartering act is, who created it, why it was enforced, and when it was made, I hope you enjoy this paper. The quartering act was made in 1765. The quartering act was originally passed by the parliament and King George the III was the one to sign it to make it official. In March of 1765, Parliament let the Quartering Act to have the concerns of troop deployment addressed.
It is almost identical to a provision in the English Bill of Rights of 1689, in which Parliament declared, "as their ancestors in like cases have usually done...that excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. " This criminal punishment exception to the 13th Amendment is all the more brazen when one considers the inhumanity of lengthy prison sentences today – often handed out in assembly-line fashion, and dispensed more often to
The Quartering Act resulted in the writers of the Bill of Rights creating the 3rd Amendment, which states “providing lodging for soldiers in private homes is only permissible with consent of the owner.” This amendment basically vetoed The Quartering Act.
Contextualizing the Second Amendment When the second amendment was created, the nation was in political turmoil. America’s thrown together militia could not withstand the power of England’s large standing army. The founding fathers feared that a government, which constantly experienced corruption brought about by years of servitude to the crown, could use a coordinated army that could enforce its will. But, as stated the militia that America had was not able to enforce its will, so as a counter, the founders decided that its citizens needed to be able to protect itself.
This means we have no freedom of discussion amongst the colonies and no rights for electing or governors. The third law puts British soldiers, who are accused of murder, to be ‘fairly’ tried in England instead of the colonies. This is a disadvantage for us since those soldiers can possible escape justice back in their homeland. And finally, the last law requires us to provide shelter and food for more British soldiers who are sent to enforce these laws. Many of us are most frustrated with this
My third amendment I want to consider changing the 12th amendment the election of the president and vice president. This amendment was created to tie the electoral college in the president and vice president election. My reasoning is that whoever can vote should be able to choose who they want as president not the electoral college. This should be abolished because this country is a democracy and the popular vote should count not the electoral votes (Debate.com). With Hillary Clinton, more than 300,000 votes ahead of President Donald Trump in the popular vote count as of the election calls have already begun to ditch the Electoral College system enshrined in the Constitution for choosing presidents (Editorial Board).
The First Amendment is the most important, because of freedom of religion and freedom of speech. Many people think that the fourth amendment is the most important. They think this, because it is important for a person to be able to tell policemen “No” if they ask you if they could search your car or your house. I believe that the fourth amendment is really important, but you wouldn’t be able to tell the policemen “No” if you didn’t have freedom of speech. George Washington said,”If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be, like sheep to the slaughter” (“Famous Quotes Freedom of Speech”).Without freedom of speech and religion we are nothing.
However, these restrictions infringe on rights specifically included in the Constitution and therefore are not admissible in relation to the “war on terror”. Many other periods of conflict demonstrate that restrictions on civil liberties hurt the people and the
" Some reasons why this amendment was made are that the framers wanted adults to know how to use a weapon and to be ready to use a weapon if they were attacked. During this time, the British troops were still attempting to overtake the new land, one of the ways they did this was by attempting to take the people’s guns. There was still reason to believe that British would still attack the new country and the United States did not have a real army, so any military action needed to be responded to by
Jingjing Zhang Instructor Shay Tschirhart ENGL 1311L 31 August 2015 knowledge can be enriching and painful The dialogue “Allegory of the Cave” was written by Plato. His point is that humanity is ignorant about the true nature of reality. Once humans got out of the cave, they went into the real world; they can understand what reality is and get into true knowledge.
