History, 21.08.2019 01:10 Adithya27

What was the significance of the stonewall inn riot as a source for the rights revolution of the late 1960s?

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It’s become a symbol of LGBT+ rights. Before stonewall people who were part of the LGBT+ community could be arrested just for being who they were despite being LGBT+ not technically being illegal. Many LGBT+ people were on the receiving end of horrific and unjust police brutality, and often they would create secret clubs that were often disguised as other things, most popularly, “coffee houses”. A lot of the time, these LGBT+ clubs where people could be themselves safely, would be discovered and raided by the police and shut down. This harsh treat of the LGBT+ led to what we know as the stonewall riot where LGBT+ people gathered to protest these injustices and put an end to them and to get rights that would protect future generations of lgbt+ people from such cruelty. The riot which started peacefully and ended violently, was able to successfully gather enough support for LGBT+ rights to be implored and even though it still was not socially acceptable to be LGBT+, they at least weren’t getting arrested and beaten by the police and raided for who they were. Today the anniversary of the stonewall riot is celebrated as a symbol of how the LGBT+ community began to have rights and began to have their love and who they were recognized

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the articles of confederation only set up the continental congress at the federal level. there were no executive or judicial branches except within the states. the states were allowed to keep every right that was not specifically given to congress. the bonding of the states was through a 'firm league of friendship' that best served as a defense agreement against invasion. states were not allowed to use taxes as a way to discourage treaties, and states were extremely limited in their dealings with foreign nations.

not many historians today talk about the strengths of the articles of confederation, likely because of how unpopular the document quickly became. the articles did set the legislative body, congress, as the highest power in the nation because of the fear of monarchy. congress had the sole power to declare war, assign treaties, entertain foreign relations, and operate post offices. disputes between states and territorial issues were to be brought to congress. the document also stipulated that canada was allowed to enter the union if they desired.

there were more weaknesses than strengths under the articles of confederation. the lack of power given to the continental congress strangled the federal government. the articles gave congress the power to pass laws but no power to enforce those laws. if a state did not support a federal law, that state could simply ignore it. congress had no power to levy taxes or regulate trade. without a federal court system or executive leader, there would be no way to enforce these laws, either. amending the articles of confederation would also require a unanimous decision, which would be extremely difficult.

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