The slave owner who freed his slaves in his will was jefferson washington jackson adams

Read this quotation. i challenge the warmest advocate for reconciliation to show a single advantage that this continent can reap, by being connected with great britain. . our corn will fetch its price in any market in europe. —thomas paine, common sense, 1776 one argument for independence in this quotation is that: britain’s taxes are too high. britain is isolating the colonies. the colonies do not need britain. britain is taking american property.***edit: the answer is the colonies don't need britain

He seventeenth amendment to the us constitution calls for the direct election of all us senators. this means that the people of each state get to vote to decide who will be their two us senators. before this, the legislatures of each state chose the two us senators from that state with no direct involvement of the average voter. why would this amendment be considered a reform? how would it benefit the people? even today some people claim that the seventeenth amendment was a bad idea. what arguments could be made for reverting selection of us senators back to the state legislatures?

The people who came to the american colonies in the 17th century had already been exposed to the idea of limited government mainly to the phrase in the declaration of independence stating "that governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" illustrates the principle of