Article III

(noun)

the section of the United States Constitution establishes the judicial branch of the federal government

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Examples of Article III in the following topics:

  • Article III

    • Article Three of the United States Constitution establishes the judicial branch of the federal government, including the Supreme Court and lower federal courts.

  • The Branches of Government

    • Article I of the Constitution describes the legislative branch of the federal government, also known as Congress.
    • Article 1 further establishes the manner of election and the qualifications of each body's members.
    • Article II, Section 1 creates the executive branch which vests its power in the President, who, along with the Vice President, serves a 4-year term.
    • Article III describes the court system (judicial branch), which includes the Supreme Court.
    • This article describes the kinds of cases the court takes and protects the right to trial by jury in all criminal cases.

  • The Treaty of Paris

    • The treaty was signed at the Hotel d’York by U.S. representatives John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay, as well as David Hartley, a member of the British Parliament who represented King George III in negotiations.
    • The 10 articles of the Treaty of Paris are as follows.
    • Of these articles, only the first remains in effect to the present day.
    • Several of the articles of the Treaty of Paris were violated by all sides in the chaotic aftermath of the war.
    • Individual states ignored federal recommendations to restore confiscated Loyalist property, as required by Article 5 of the Treaty, and also continued the practice of confiscating Loyalist property for "unpaid debts", in violation of Article 6.

  • Napoleon III

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  • The Spreading Conflict

    • A Colonist petition that was disregarded by King George III during the First Continental Congress led to the outbreak of war and revolution.
    • When the petition citing grievances was disregarded by King George III, a Second Continental Congress was planned.
    • The Petition to the King was also formed during the First Continental Congress and sent to George III of Great Britain.
    • The articles of the Continental Association imposed an immediate ban on British tea and a ban on importing or consuming any goods (including the slave trade) from Britain, Ireland, and the British West Indies to take effect on December 1, 1774.
    • The Articles stated that the export ban was being suspended until this date because of the "earnest desire we have not to injure our fellow-subjects in Great-Britain, Ireland, or the West-Indies. "

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