POLI 325D1 Lecture Notes - Presidential System, Montesquieu
3 Sep 2014
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3 1-hour exams (10% each = 30%) formal final april exam (30%) conference participation (10%) Conferences each week 5 questions posted on mycourses to be discussed. 18thc colonial experience and the revolution what became the us was settled by ppl largely from br. and other places like holland, fr. part of an undifferentiated br. Revere riding out to warn ppl) first time shots were fired between am. and br. 1776 continental congress convened committee chaired by jefferson to draft the. 13 sovereign states in 1776 once the constitution was adopted, states turned over their sovereignty to the. Locke, montesquieu ideas contributed a lot separation of powers. France has had 5 constitutions in the period that us has had their one (200+ years) Declaration of independence equality is a major value in doi, not legally binding. Cons. says nothing about equality, only liberty, and is a legal authority.
