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The First Amendment - Online Term Paper

The First Amendment

" Congress Shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, or to
petition the government for a redress of grievances."
The First amendment as stated above is a very important part of our
history and our lives as we live them today. It took a lot to get there
though and came out of the ideas of some confused and some not so confused
people.
The First Amendment to the Constitution was a very necessary thing
back in the day. It came out of a time where people had just gotten over
the tyrannical rule of Britain and were searching for new ...

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he vetoed a bill passed by
Congress incorporating a church organization. England was also an influence
on how we handled the press, since we were trying to break away from them
and be different and independent. England had pollicies wearies printers,
publishers, and writers could not print, publish, or basically write
anything unless it was inspected by the King or some higher power. America
thought this must be wrong and so allowed our papers and printers and
writers to do what they would within guidelines and reason. We weren't in
complete disagreement with all of England's freedom policies however. In
the Colonial Declaration of Rights of October 19, 1765, it stated "that it
is the right of British subjects in these colonies to petition the King or
either House of Parliament." And so our policy of the people to peaceably
assemble had already existed.
Although many laws and regulations were to some extent followed or
regulated, nothing was set in stone thought it should be. ...

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Added: 6/11/2004 08:54:53 PM
Category: Government
Type: Premium Paper
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