America in the Colonial Era 殖民时期的美国

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1、UnitFourPoliticalInstitutionDefinethefollowingterms.1.IntolerableActs2.DeclarationofIndependence3.ChristopherColumbus4.Jamestown5.EmancipationProclamation6.TheBostonTeaPartyAnswerthefollowingquestion.1.WhydidtheCivilWarbreakout?2.WhatwasthesignificanceoftheAmericanWarofIndependen

2、ce?vConstitution—basiclawvSixprinciples:1.Federalism2.Avigorousexecutive3.ASupremenationalcourt4.Checksandbalances5.Alimitedgovernment6.AmixedgovernmentvSignificanceoftheConstitution§Takingprecedenceoverallstateconstitutionsandlaws,andoverlawsmadebytheCongress;§Firstofitskindinth

3、eworld,ithasinspireddozensofothercountriestoseekpoliticalreform.vTheFederalGovernment—thecentralgovernment.vThreeequalandseparatebranches：§TheExecutiveBranch§TheLegislativeBranch§TheJudicialBranchvTheyarecheckedandbalancedbyoneanother§Law-makingandthesupremelegislativebody；§Twoho

4、uses:theSenatetheHouseofRepresentatives§TheCapitolisnolongeropenedtothepublicaftertheterroreventonSept.11th,2001.v100votingmembers,twofromeachstate;vOne–thirdofthesenatorsareelectedeverytwoyearsforsix-yearterms,chosenbyadirectelection;vQualificationsforbeingasenator:§over30yearso

5、ld;10§aUScitizenforatleast9years;§residentinthestatefromwhichheiselectedv435votingmembersplusanon-votingrepresentativefromPuertoRico,CubaandtheDistrictofColumbia;vThehouseelectedeverytwoyearsfortwo-yearterms;vStatelegislaturedivideseachstateintocongressionaldistricts,eachdistrict

6、electingoneRepresentative;vQualificationsforbeingarepresentative:§atleast25yearsold;§aUScitizenfornolessthan7years.vFunctionofCongress—passinglawsfortheUnion;vEitherhousemayintroducelegislationonanysubjectexcepttherevenuebillswhichmustoriginateintheHouseofRepresentativesvTheexecu

7、tivebranchconsistsof14departmentsandmanyindependentagencies；vPresidentischiefoftheexecutive.§firstcitizen§hiswife—FirstLadyOfficialpresidentialresidence-WhiteHouseThepresidentworksandliveshereandtheofficesofmostofhisstaffsarealsolocatedthere,suchasWhiteHouseStaff,NationalSecurity

8、CouncilandtheCentralIntelligenceAgency(C