... state and the approval of Congress. The Louisiana Purchase was unconstitutional, but was never challenged because it benefited the country. On the national health care law, many states have started lawsuits claiming that Congress did not have the authority to require citizens to buy insurance, an important ... United States population was growing rapidly, he knew it was only a matter of time before the Americans would start spilling over into the French territory, and there was little that he could do to stop them. A successful uprising in Haiti, formerly controlled by France, was the fin...

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... be carved from the Louisiana Territory was admitted into the Union as the 18th U.S. state. Jefferson will always be remembered for this great deed which brought the U.S great fortunes for many years to come. The drafting of the Declaration of Independence was the defining event in Thomas Jefferson's life. The Continental Congress, composed of the elected representatives from the thirteen colonies; ... United States were able to see, in writing, the ideals they were trying so vigorously to defend. Thomas Jefferson's beliefs were now the beliefs of millions of people around the country. T...

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... Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third may profit by their example." In answer to cries of treason from conservative members, Henry replied, "If this be treason, make the most of it." Patrick Henry and his resolutions to the stamp act proved to have a major ... 71). He then proceeded to Philadelphia, where he took his seat in the new congress. This event shows Henry's dedication to the cause. Rather than taking his seat in the second continental congress, he tends to more important matters at the time and arms the people of the colonies so ... states, Henry was an in...

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