Indian Policy. Indians all over the United States fought policies which threatened to destroy their familial bonds and traditions. The Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe of Maine, resisted no less than these other tribes, however, thereby also suffering a hostile anti-Indian environment from the Federal Government and their own State, Maine. But because the Passamaquoddy Tribe was located in such a remote area, they escaped many federal Indian policies. In order to make more eastern land available for
MAINE Maine is a state in northern New England in the United States. It is bounded by the Canadian provinces of Québec on the northwest and New Brunswick on the northeast. To the southwest lies New Hampshire, and to the southeast, the Atlantic Ocean. Maine entered the Union on March 15, 1820, when it was separated from Massachusetts to form the 23rd state. Augusta is Maine’s capital. Portland is the largest city. Its nickname is “The Pine Tree State.” Maine’s motto is Dario (I lead). The state song
The Missouri Compromise was a law passed in 1820 to allow Missouri, a slave owning state, and Maine, a free state, to become a part of the United States. This law had prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory, with Missouri as an exception. This law was deemed necessary by the North in order to preserve the unstable balance between the Free and Slave states. Though this does not seem like it would affect history that much, aside from adding to the land of the U.S., this law, or rather the
structure. The Electoral College, the process in which citizens vote for the President, is no exception. Under this process, whichever candidate wins the popular vote in a state wins that state’s electoral votes, which equal the number of state representatives in Congress. Whoever receives the most electoral votes becomes President. While the Electoral College is already capable of giving small states some representation and never allows one political party to continuously
travel to Canada and Maine, that being done it was good for small, or big business.
1820 Missouri Compromise in the campaign against slavery! The 1820 Missouri Compromise played a large role in the campaign against slavery. In 1819 Missouri became a statehood and congress considered framing a state constitution, with this a representative attempted to add a anti-slavery legislation with it. This is what started the process of the campaign against slavery. Henry Clay made a large contribution toward this compromise in 1820, with his new ideas on how to settle the conflict between
from making a hundred pair of boots, to becoming one of America largest mail order retailer of high quality outdoor goods and apparel for men, women and children. Leon Leonwood Bean founded L.L. Bean in 1912; the company headquarters is in Freeport, Maine. Leon Leonwood Bean founded his business on a belief in honesty, commitment to quality, customer satisfaction and a passion for the outdoors. Leon Leonwood Bean was an avid outdoorsman that decided that he could improve on the typical hunting boots
The guest lecture by Peter Johnson, last Thursday, was highly informative for many reasons. Peter Johnson brought in a vast amount of Maine political knowledge. Mills spent time in both the Maine Senate and Maine House of Representatives and recently ran for Governor of Maine. Today Mills is the executive director of the Maine Turnpike Authority and was chosen for this position by Governor Paul. The most important insight that Peter Johnson left us was his opinion and rationale for paying teachers
Senate and The House of representatives. Therefore, in 1787, two delegates by the names of Roger Sherman and James Wilson introduced the Three Fifths compromise in the Philadelphia Convention. The Three Fifths compromise states that a slave be counted as three-fifths of a person. Therefore, the population of the southern states equaled the population of the northern states. Now that the populations were balanced, the south and the north sent the same amount of representatives to The House of Representatives
electors a state can have equals the number of members in its congressional delegation; There is one for each in the House of Representatives and two for that states senators. The 23rd Amendments states that the District of Columbia is allocated
popular vote is awarded 100 percent of its electoral votes. (Only Maine and Nebraska don’t follow the winner-take-all rule;” for each state has a certain number of votes in the electoral college,depinding on the size and population,witch ever person running for president reaches the amount of 270 electoral votes will win the presidency.also each person who reaches 50.1 percent of popular votes is awarded 100 percent of its votes .maine and Nebraska do not follow the winner-take-all rule. also “Every
government. Representative Michael V. Saxl, Speaker of the 95th M... ... middle of paper ... ...m limit legislation. His article provides a unique perspective from a state’s executive office, on how term limits were beneficial to the legislative process and citizens of Arkansas. Saxl, Michael V. "Term Limits and Diminished Returns." Spectrum: Journal of State Government 74.4 (2001): 1. Business Source Complete. Web. 22 Dec. 2013. Speaker Saxl served a full tenure of four terms in the Maine House of
Abolishing the Electoral College 2016 is slowly approaching as 2015 comes to an end and thus ushers in a new president at the end of the year! The 2016 election will be held on November 8th, 2016 and will be the 58th quadrennial presidential election. With each presidential election comes the controversy on the basis of how they were elected. Primarily, the public’s opinion on the Electoral College and how it is the actual determining factor, in who is chosen for the presidency. The problems that
According to McCaw (2011), civil forfeiture has multiple benefits. One benefit of civil forfeiture is that it does not need a conviction to render a punishment (McCaw, 2011, p. 196). It allows the government to provide a lesser punishment when a criminal conviction is too harsh. For instance, if a juvenile is distributing pictures of underage classmates a prosecutor could decide to forfeit the cell phone instead of charging the juvenile with distribution of child pornography (McCaw, 2011, p. 198)
Every election day, millions of citizens go to the polls to cast their vote for the next President and Vice President of the United States. This election is called the general election to show the popular vote, but does this election actually elect a candidate to be President? No, this election does not officially elect a President. A group of 538 delegates, called the Electoral College, gathers together to formally elect the President of the United States. During the Constitutional convention in
The method of choosing the Electoral College is delineated in Article II, Section I, Clauses II and III of the Constitution. As Clause II states, the total number of representatives and senators from each state is equal to the number of electors each state may instate in the electoral college, however “no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States shall be appointed an elector” (Article II, Section , Clause II). The constitution states however
During the mid-1800s, many prominent Americans saw Manifest Destiny as a necessary and beneficial expansion of their political institutions and social values. Manifest Destiny led people to venture out west and to settle on new land, but the controversial slave issue also came to the new territories. A rift between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions was created which became linked to sectional conflict. The dispute over slavery and free-men in the north and south led to the Missouri Compromise
Andrew Jackson, John Q. Adams, William H. Crawford, and Henry Clay were the candidates. Clay couldn’t possibly win, but he could, as Speaker of the House, vote for any candidate. He voted for Adams. When Adams became President, he chose Clay for Secretary of State. People though t that it was a corrupt bargain between Adams and Clay so that Adams would win and Clay could be Secretary of State. The 1828
THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE During the 18th Century, France, Spain, and Britain continued fighting for dominance in Europe, while the new colonies in America became the first thirteen states established as a sovereign nation with the culmination of the American Revolution. With France controlling the largest portion of North America from Louisiana north to the Great Lakes, Spain firmly in Mexico and west of the Mississippi to the Pacific Coast, including Texas. In the late 1700’s, France ceded the Louisiana
the first Speaker of the House that really helped to establish the position and increase the power. Clay served three terms as Speaker of the House and in those years demonstrated how his tactics were effective as well as successful. Henry Clay was personable, and his youth and assertiveness made him a popular choice for Speaker. Clay used his position to place his allies in important committees to achieve these goals. As Clay gained clout in the House of Representatives, he was able to introduce