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  2. Uniformitarianism - Wikipedia

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    Uniformitarianism, also known as the Doctrine of Uniformity or the Uniformitarian Principle, [1] is the assumption that the same natural laws and processes that operate in our present-day scientific observations have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere in the universe.

  3. Plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and ...

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    A land rush of settlers, surveyors, squatters, and others rapidly pushed into the region and the federal government had a sudden and intense need to establish a method for surveying and selling land. On May 18, 1796, Congress passed "an Act for the sale of land of the United States in the territory northwest of the River Ohio, and above the ...

  4. Gradualism - Wikipedia

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    The United States government wanted to try to integrate African-Americans and European-Americans slowly into the same society, but many believed it was a way for the government to put off actually doing anything about racial segregation: This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.

  5. Theory of the Earth - Wikipedia

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    Theory of the Earth is a publication by James Hutton which laid the foundations for geology. [1] [2] In it he showed that the Earth is the product of natural forces.What could be seen happening today, over long periods of time, could produce what we see in the rocks.

  6. Federalist No. 51 - Wikipedia

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    Federalist No. 51 addresses the separation of powers, the federal structure of government and the maintenance of checks and balances by "opposite and rival interests" within the national government. One of Federalist No. 51's most important ideas, an explanation of checks and balances, is the often-quoted phrase, "Ambition must be made to ...

  7. Unitary executive theory - Wikipedia

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    The alternative was to have several executives or an executive council, as proposed in the New Jersey Plan and as promoted by Elbridge Gerry, Edmund Randolph, and George Mason. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] James Madison was a leading advocate of the unitary executive and successfully argued in favor of the president's power to remove administrative appointees ...

  8. Federalist No. 9 - Wikipedia

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    Federalist No. 9 As first published in the Independent Journal, alongside Federalist No. 8 Author Alexander Hamilton Original title The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection Language English Series The Federalist Publisher Independent Journal Publication date November 21, 1787 Publication place United States Media type Newspaper Preceded by Federalist No. 8 Followed by ...

  9. Federalist No. 29 - Wikipedia

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    Though it was the thirty-fifth by order of publication, it was placed after Federalist No. 28 when they were compiled, making it the final essay in a set about the national military. Federalist No. 29 argued in support of national regulation of militias, saying that it was necessary for them to operate effectively. It challenged arguments that ...