MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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“Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal ____ “
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“He has refused His assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good ____ “
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“Resolved that these united colonies are, and ought to be, free and independent states ____ “
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pointing out how the country’s founders had signed a “promissory note” that offered great freedom and opportunity, King noted that “Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds. ‘”
Detailed explanation-2: -King’s “Dream” speech would play an important role in helping pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and the pivotal Selma to Montgomery march that he led in 1965 would provide momentum for the passage later that year of the Voting Rights Act.
Detailed explanation-3: -Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered this iconic ‘I Have a Dream’ speech at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.
Detailed explanation-4: -The original intent behind Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech was an appeal to end economic and employment inequalities. King believed the market operation of the American economy propagated unemployment, discrimination, and economic injustice.