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What was meant to give people common rights?
Petition of rights.
Was meant to give common people more rights?
Bill of Rights
Was the bill of rights ment to give common people more rights?
yes.
How did Andrew Jackson give the people more rights?
gave the common man more power
What are land rights?
Land rights are rights that give groups of people custody of the land.
What is meant by the social contract - Locke?
Locke's social contract theory states that people agree to form a government to protect their natural rights to life, liberty, and property. In this contract, individuals give up certain freedoms in exchange for the protection and enforcement of their rights from the government. The government's legitimacy is based on the consent of the governed, and if it fails to protect these rights, people have the right to revolt.
Why was the constitution written to allow amendments?
to give people rights.
Which article gives the rights not granted by the constitution to the people?
In a real sense, the article does not 'give' anything to the people. All rights belong to the people fundamentally. Rights that are not specifically given to the government are reserved to the people; it is understood that those rights already belong to the people.
What do the Fourteenth Amendment and the First Amendment have in common?
The first amendment gives US citizens the rights of free speech, peaceful assembly, etc. They're also called our "Basic Civil Liberties," which give us rights as US citizens. The 14th amendment gave rights to people of slave descent, or people who were former slaves, the rights stated in the 1st amendment.
What did Rosa parks do that was influential to people?
She helped with Civil Rights. She helped black people get the same rights as white people. She refused to give up her seat on a bus.
How did the compromise of 1850 attempt to deal with the most difficult issued concerning slavery?
The South wanted to count slaves a people but not give them any rights. The North was more for rights, but if no rights, then no count. The government (House of Representatives) is filled by counting people in the State. So the compromise agreed upon fractionally counted Slaves as people with rights. Didn't give slaves any rights, but didn't give the Southern states all the power they wanted.
Who led the struggle to give woman equal rights and the right to vote?
Many people led the struggle to give woman equal rights and the right to vote. One of those people was Susan B. Anthony
