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1776 – Treaty of Watertown – a military treaty between the newly formed United States and the St. John's and Mi'kmaq First Nations of Nova Scotia, two peoples of the Wabanaki Confederacy. 1778 – Treaty of Alliance – American Revolutionary War alliance with the Kingdom of France. 1778 – Treaty of Amity and Commerce – with France.
1981: Executive Order 12333: Strengthened management of the United States Intelligence Community. 1982: Executive Order 12372: [27] Intergovernmental Review of federal programs. 1986: Executive Order 12564: Drug-Free Federal Workplace. 1987: Executive Order 12601: President's Commission on the HIV Epidemic.
John Tyler was the first vice president to assume the presidency during a presidential term, and set the precedent that a vice president who does so becomes the fully functioning president with his own administration. Throughout most of its history, American politics has been dominated by political parties. The Constitution is silent on the ...
Reading of the United States Constitution of 1787. The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. [3] It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally including seven articles, the Constitution delineates the frame of the federal government.
Executive order. In the United States, an executive order is a directive by the president of the United States that manages operations of the federal government. [1] The legal or constitutional basis for executive orders has multiple sources. Article Two of the United States Constitution gives presidents broad executive and enforcement ...
t. e. The Constitution of the State of Florida is the document that establishes and describes the powers, duties, structure, and function of the government of the U.S. state of Florida, and establishes the basic law of the state. The current Constitution of Florida was ratified on November 5, 1968. Florida has been governed by six different ...
Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court on December 12, 2000, that settled a recount dispute in Florida's 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore.
Florida is a state in the South Atlantic region of the United States. [1] Since its admission to the Union in March 1845, it has participated in every United States presidential elections. Florida participated in the presidential election for the first time in 1848. In this election, the Whig Party won Florida's three electoral votes with 57.20 ...