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American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin

the convention that drew up the Constitution (Wright 18). It was also noted, however, that "Indeed it is said that he would have b...

William Ellery: Founding Father

in the place of Samuel Ward who was dead (Signers of the Declaration of Independence, 2009). As a founding father he becam...

Economic Institution of Slavery in Beloved by Toni Morrison

as we can see from works such as Toni Morrisons Beloved, slavery was a moral and psychological evil whose effects were felt -- and...

Slavery and the Civil War

at the time of the Civil War, as suggested by the fact that it only had one slave by 1840 (MacLeod, 2008). It is perhaps also impo...

Descriptive Essay: the Father

to share himself; his beliefs, opinions, experiences and values. Also, in writing out a description of someone close, the student ...

"O the Difference between Man and Man"

he couldnt stop at one or two, it was a real problem for him and he became an alcoholic. When he was drinking he was completely ou...

The Historical Importance of John Jay

to Congress, he found that he had "already been appointed Secretary of Foreign Affairs" (John Jay, 2007). All this is fine, but J...

Pushkin/Moor of Peter the Great

the thirteenth century and a Prussian nobleman who came to Russia that time (Driver 21). Therefore, if the familys claims are corr...

Immigration In The US Colonial Era

French Huguenots, African slaves, Spaniards, Italians and Portuguese.v South Carolina, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Virginia and M...

US Government

for the eruption of this monumental moment in American history and, ultimately, the production of that remarkable document we know...

Essay on Auguste Comte

equality reversed and he no longer supported the cause of "economic and moral independence" for women in his later years, but rath...

Augustine’s Confessions

grace precedes faith."7 Augustine argues that it is impossible "to believe without having heard," yet is also impossible for the i...

Patrick Henry and Statesmanship

This research paper/essay pertains to the life of Patrick Henry and how this Founding Father consistently exemplified the qualitie...

A Legal and Social Perspective on Privacy

This paper describes the intent of the Founding Father in crafting the Fourth Amendment, as well as the meaning of "probable cause...

Freedom and American Government

This paper argues that while equality was an important to our founding fathers, the idea of freedom was by far the more important ...

Second Amendment Rights to Gun Ownership

Since the mid twentieth century our understanding of what our Second Amendment rights to gun ownership have been seriously challen...

Augustine/On Christian Teaching

is pleasure derived from worshiping the Triune God. In Book II, Augustine discusses further the subject of signs. He defines wha...

Gordon S. Wood's The Radicalism of the American Revolution

more democratic, liberal and capitalistic visions of the 19th century (Wood 95). With republicanism we see that such things as ine...

The Federalist Papers and the 'Passions of the Majority'

issue of factions, those opposed to the constitution argued there were too many groups or factions to be ruled by a democratic gov...

The Origins of Western Law

But surprisingly, even after the Protestant Reformation and native languages began supplanting Latin in speech and literature, "a ...

Liberal Democratic and Radical Political Schools of Thought Compared

of his better known works "The Social Contract", he discusses issues involved in radical or republican thought regarding the human...

Issues Such as Balance of Power and Devolution

to function (1998). They tend to reject extreme centralization and decentralization of governmental responsibilities, and particip...

John Locke and Liberalism

Within a short time however, Locke was relieved of his public duties, and left England due to the ill effects of the climate on hi...

The Federalist Papers and Elitism

to the Federalist Papers, the list reads like a whos who of early American Business Owners. A majority of them were property owner...

Total Quality Management's Primary Elements

cultural appeal; how employees are expected to interact; what the organization symbolizes and how focused is everyone upon those v...

Overview of the U.S. Presidency

the nation was in crisis--he came through. His famous words which were something to the effect that the people who knocked down th...

Declaration of Independence Authors and Slaveholding

the text of the U.S. Constitution (DSouza, 1995). Perhaps the founding fathers did not regard African Americans as men or slaves....

John Locke's Theories and the Declaration of Independence

Reasonableness of Christianity, An Essay Concerning Toleration, and the Consequences of Lowering of Interest and Raising the Value...

Judiciary's Role in the Federalist Papers

In five pages the Federalist Papers are examined in terms of how America's Founding Fathers used them to clarify the role to be pl...

Community in the Writings of Cotton Mather, Roger Williams, and John Winthrop

In five pages these early American founding fathers are considered in terms of their community concepts that represent a kind of s...