Britain asserted its position as “ONE people, ruled by ONE constitution, and governed by ONE King.” Similar to their opinion during the Stamp Act, Parliament argued that as the King of England’s
The 1967 Referendum marked a momentous victory for the indigenous people of Australia and their bid for civil rights. This digital exhibition explores the causes and effects of the referendum. Images and documents in the causes gallery focus on the factors that led to the referendum whilst the effects gallery centres on its consequences. Causes The sources exhibited in the Causes gallery range from strategies, to key figures to provide a detailed picture of the factors that led to the 1967 Referendum.
1. The states were required to make new instruments of government when the colonies began to separate from Britain. What were two questions that the states found that they had to answer? -“What did it mean to replace royal authority with institutions based on popular rule?”
This view is given further weight regarding the 1983 and 1987 election. Labour’s manifesto in 1983 had infamously been described as the ‘longest suicide note in history’ by a Labour MP denoting its extreme left views that the electorate weren’t in favour of, for instance leaving the European Economic Community and re-nationalisation of previously privatised industries like British Telecom .evidence of increase In consequence, Conservatives made further substantial gains in the midlands in spite of suffering from the decline in manufacturing, while in the south outside London Labour was virtually wiped out, holding only three seats . Labour suffered what Crewe called ‘a haemorrhage of working class votes’ , thus (therefore similar to 79)supporting
At the of general laws of government Convention 1, there were 2 main proposals to answer the question. one proposal, called the Virginia map called for a stronger of the nation government because the people did not see beforehand the many problems they would have under the a, an, the of group united by agreement (medical man 4). Small states feared this map because they thought that the of the nation government and greatly sized states would have too much power. Another statement called the New Jersey map called for an of the nation government that would only have a few more powers than it did under the a, an, the of group united by agreement. This statement was immediately put back (not desired) because the delegates were meeting because they wanted a stronger of the nation government.
At the time, parliament was made up of two major parties, the Whigs and the Tories. The Whigs that occupied parliament such as, Viscount Althorp, were strongly against increasing royal authority and felt that reform was in dire need. Althorp addresses in particular the notion that if the government continues down its path without reform despotism will return(Doc 3). Another influential whig who was very vocal as well in the proposal of the reform bill was Viscount MIlton. As mentioned earlier, the corn laws were infamous for causing problems in the lower classes in English society.
One of the main reasons Tony Blair and the Labour Party won the 1997 General Election is the effective use of the media to sway voters. There are many sides to this argument, one tactic used is the presentation of Blair to the public during interviews and public appearances. In a Labour party election broadcast, Blair says “I thought politicians were complete pains in the backside” (BBC, 1997) when asked about what he thought about politicians when he was 18. This is just one of the many ways Blair and the Labour Party attempted to show the public he wasn’t just an ‘ordinary’ politician. Blair, instead, opted to utilise popular culture as a means of identifying with the public.
The opinion of the majority was that “certain amendments and alterations in the said Constitution would remove the fears and quiet the apprehensions of many of the good people of the commonwealth” (Document
The 1984 election between the Republican candidate Ronald Reagan and Democrat candidate Walter Mondale was one that was mainly focused on economic issues, but also had some focus on social issues as well. Furthermore, both candidates had to be on top of their persuasion game, and they both used distinct peripheral and central routes in order to convince the general television watching American citizen to vote for them. First, Ronad Reagan in his Prouder, Stronger, Better commercial described the thriving economic state of the country by using a central route of persuasion. This central route of persuasion used cold, hard facts to describe the low rate of unemployment at the time, saying "today more men and women will go to work than ever before".
In the following years came revisions in the government; the
The new constitution was proposed with a bicameral legislation meaning “ All legislative Powers herein granted
The United States Presidential election that took place in the year 2000 was between George Bush and Al Gore. The vote was very close and it ended up all coming down to Florida. Once the votes were counted and it was revealed that Bush had won, Gore wanted a recount of the votes. The matter was taken to the Florida supreme court and Gore ended up winning the case.
Shortly afterward, decisions about taxation were decided by the British Parliament. Radicals such as Benjamin Franklin proposed, “ If you choose to tax us give us Members in your Legislature, and let us be one People.” Unwilling to cause tension with
Voters could also decide whether or not an official could be removed from office with a recall. Referendum allowed citizens to spurn or approve new laws introduced by the government. (class notes, bottom part of
With our wondrous victory, there was a chance to break away from the British monarchy and start a new government
