sovereign power
 | Lesson objective Autocracy is a dictatorship or absolute monarchy; power and authority reside in a single individual 50.23 Kb.  1 | read |
 | John Quincy Adams's Warning Against the Search for "Monsters to Destroy," 1821 Background: In an 1821 speech, before the us house of Representatives John Quincy Adams, James Monroe’s secretary of state, spoke out against colonialism. He declared that American foreign policy would not include colonization 52.04 Kb. 1 | read |
 | Directions: The following are quotes of early leaders of our nation. For each… Decide whether this person was a Federalist or an Anti-Federalist. (Circle it!) Why? 9.61 Kb. 1 | read |
| Ten Principles of a Righteous King and the King of Thailand On 5 May 1950, the Coronation Day, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej affirmed in His Accession Speech in front of the Grand Audience of venerable monks and Brahmins, members of the royal family, cabinet ministers, members of parliament 135.47 Kb. 4 | read |
| Penal Excess and Surplus Meaning: Public Torture Lynchings in Twentieth-Century America David Garland, “Penal Excess and Surplus Meaning: Public Torture Lynchings in Twentieth-Century America,” Law & Society Review 39: 4 (Dec 2005), pg. 793, 41 pgs 37.15 Kb. 1 | read |
| Midnight appointment The new Republican President, Thomas Jefferson, instructed his Secretary of State, James Madison, not to deliver the commission. When he did not receive his signed commission 88.68 Kb. 1 | read |
| From: Ima Hurt, Certified mail to: 1 0000 0000 0000 To the above-addressed parties and all other interested parties [see foot note1] please take notice2 of the following 338.67 Kb. 3 | read |