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Why were the citizens of Richmond happy of the acts at fort Sumter?
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What was the purpose of the The Intolerable Acts?
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government. In Great Britain, these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts.
What were the effects of the Coercive acts on the citizens of Boston?
Ships carrying food and other goods were prevented from arriving; town meetings were banned; and citizens were forced to house British soldiers. source: history textbook !!
In a 2004 case involving the issue of whether a US citizen accused of terrorist acts is entitled to constitutional protections the Supreme Court held that such citizens?
In the 2004 case Hamdi vs. Rumsfield the Supreme Court held that citizens accused of terrorist acts are entitled to constitutional protections. Hamdi, a US citizen was captured in Afghanistan and turned over to the US military. He was classified as a enemy combatant.
Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts in response to what?
The Boston Tea Party was the action of the patriotic citizens of America who dumped tea that was imported into Boston harbor. this action greatly angered Parliament, and they decided that it would only be best if they punished the citizens/subjects and showed them who's boss. hope that helped! :)
What Constitutional Amendment protects US citizens from being arrested for sedition?
The first, which is why the Sedition Acts of 1798 caused so much uproar. They were the only laws in US History to ever blatantly infringe on that right.
What was the naturalization acts?
when only white and African American can be citizens.
How many acts in a sad shakespeare play?
All Shakespeare plays, sad or happy or neither, have five acts.
What act said foreigners had to live in US 14 years before becoming citizens?
Alien And Sedition Acts
What term refers to the mean by which a government compels or forbids certain acts of citizens?
LAWS
Which term is defined as the mean by which a government compels forbids certain acts of its citizens?
laws
What two acts made African Americans citizens?
14th Amendment and the 15th amendment.
What term is defined as the means by which a government compels or forbids certain acts of citizens?
Laws.
What term is defined by the means by which a government compels or forbids certain acts of citizens?
Laws.
What term is defined as mean by which a government compels of forbids certain acts of its citizens?
laws
What term is defined as means by which a government compels or forbids certain acts of its citizens?
laws
What term refer to the means by which a government compels of forbids certain acts of its citizens?
LAWS
What was taken from citizens by the alien and sedition acts?
it took away the right to criticize public officials
