The main participants at the paris peace conference were . the main objective of the peace conference was to .

Paris Peace conference was also known as versailles peace conference was the meeting of winning allied powers after the world war 1 ended to sign a peace treaty.

The aim was to set the peace terms with the central powers. The main 5 powers participated, France, Britain, Italy, Japan and USA.

The major decision during the conference which was taken with the consent of all the powers present was the establishment of the league of the nations.

b) a state law could be declared illegal if it contradicted the constitution.

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the conflict of this case originated when james w. mcculloch, a cashier of the baltimore branch of the second bank of the united states that the congress had chartered in 1816, refused to pay a tax imposed by the maryland state.

in the case, the state of maryland appealed that the establishment of a second bank was unconstitutional since the constitution didn't say anything about granting that power to congress. however, the case determined that even if such right wasn't specifically stated in the constitution, it was part of the "implied powers" of the government enunciated in article i, section 8.

the case also eliminated maryland's legislation to impose taxes to a national bank, asserting that even though the states retained the power of taxation, the constitution's laws are supreme and can not be controlled by the states, therefore, if a state law contradicts the constitution, it should be declared illegal.

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