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... constitution Penn gave the new colony demanded fair treatment of the local Indians, the Delawares, with the outcome that Pennsylvania maintained cordial and peaceful relations with the Indians at a time when settlers in other states ...
... constitution Penn gave the new colony demanded fair treatment of the local Indians, the Delawares, with the outcome that Pennsylvania maintained cordial and peaceful relations with the Indians at a time when settlers in other states ...
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... constitution, agreed by the people, to set constraints upon the power of their government.) Now follow Paine's practical recommendations for setting up a truly representative and democratic government, including a particularly ...
... constitution, agreed by the people, to set constraints upon the power of their government.) Now follow Paine's practical recommendations for setting up a truly representative and democratic government, including a particularly ...
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... constitution protected the people from governmental abuse. An agreed constitution was formed after consultation with the people, and set the rules for their government. A constitution was 'not an act of government, but of a people', and ...
... constitution protected the people from governmental abuse. An agreed constitution was formed after consultation with the people, and set the rules for their government. A constitution was 'not an act of government, but of a people', and ...
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... constitutional constraint is needed on the power not only of the executive, but also of the whole parliament. 'It is not because a part of the government is elective, that makes it less a despotism, if the persons so elected possess ...
... constitutional constraint is needed on the power not only of the executive, but also of the whole parliament. 'It is not because a part of the government is elective, that makes it less a despotism, if the persons so elected possess ...
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