Trials and tribulations > overview
when congress reconvened in january 1974, following its christmas break, the house of representatives compounded nixon’s legal troubles. on february 6, it authorized the judiciary committee to investigate grounds for the impeachment of president nixon. this added to investigations already underway by judge [john] sirica and the grand jury, special prosecutor [leon] jaworski and the justice department, and the work done by the senate select committee on watergate.…
the aftermath > overview
by may 9, 1974, the house judiciary committee began hearings on articles of impeachment. judge sirica turned over to the committee evidence gleaned against nixon by the grand jury. meanwhile, jaworski appealed to the supreme court to force nixon to surrender more tapes. on july 24, the court handed down an 8-0 decision, laying bare the president’s last line of defense.
in late july, the house committee drafted three articles of impeachment against nixon:
•obstructing the watergate investigation
•misuse of power and violating his oath of office
•failure to comply with house subpoenas…
source: “the watergate files,” gerald r. ford presidential library & museum
based on this document, identify one action the legislative branch took during the watergate investigation

the founder of the byzantine empire and its first emperor, constantine the great, moved the capital of the roman empire to the city of byzantium in 330 ce, and renamed it constantinople.

the byzantine empire (the eastern roman empire) was distinct from the western roman empire in several ways; most importantly, the byzantines were christians and spoke greek instead of latin.

constantine the great also legalized christianity, which had previously been persecuted in the roman empire. christianity would become a major element of byzantine culture.

constantinople became the largest city in the empire and a major commercial center, while the western roman empire fell in 476 ce.

as emperor, constantine enacted many administrative, financial, social, and military reforms to strengthen the empire. the government was restructured and civil and military authority separated. a new gold coin, the solidus, was introduced to combat inflation. it would become the standard for byzantine and european currencies for more than a thousand years. as the first roman emperor to claim conversion to christianity, constantine played an influential role in the development of christianity as the religion of the empire. in military matters, the roman army was reorganized to consist of mobile field units and garrison soldiers capable of countering internal threats and barbarian invasions. constantine pursued successful campaigns against the tribes on the roman frontiers—the franks, the alamanni, the goths, and the sarmatians, and even resettled territories abandoned by his predecessors during the turmoil of the previous century.

c. to guarantee the government would not infringe on individual rights or freedoms