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1 day ago · But the events of the years 1781 to 1787, including the national government’s inability to act during Shays’s Rebellion (1786–87) in Massachusetts, showed that the Articles were unworkable because they deprived the national government of many essential powers, including direct taxation and the ability to regulate interstate commerce. It ...
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1 day ago · Spain closed New Orleans to American commerce, despite the protests of U.S. officials. When Barbary pirates began seizing American ships of commerce, the Treasury had no funds to pay toward ransom. If a military crisis required action, the Congress had no credit or taxing power to finance a response.
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2 days ago · See all videos for this article. Congress of the United States, the legislature of the United States of America, established under the Constitution of 1789 and separated structurally from the executive and judicial branches of government. It consists of two houses: the Senate, in which each state, regardless of its size, is represented by two ...
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3 days ago · U.S. Government & Politics. Explore expert analysis on U.S. political institutions, policy issues, and contemporary governance challenges. From Congress, the presidency, and the courts to ...
5 days ago · republic, form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body. Modern republics are founded on the idea that sovereignty rests with the people, though who is included and excluded from the category of the people has varied across history. Because citizens do not govern the state themselves but through ...
4 days ago · a state without government or laws. government. is an institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce laws affecting the people under its control. what are the functions of the government? 1. maintaning order. 2. public services. 3. national security. 4. economic security. nation.
5 days ago · Article I Section 1. This is where you find the provision that makes us a Republic: All legislative authority is vested in the Congress. This means that the President can’t make law. The bureaucracy can’t make law. The courts can’t make law. And, for heaven’s sake, the U.N. can’t make law. In a Republic, only elected legislators can ...
