... true loyalty. Before the Declaration of Independence was established, the Loyalists that now were living in the colonies and still true to the king were definitely not favorable among the rebel society. However, the rebels were rather sympathetic toward the Loyalists when violent actions were considered the best way to go. And although some violence did occur, most events resulted in ... rights as colonists. Those who didn't flee or get forced to return to England or Canada, had to deal with the hardships of being known as traitors in American society. Rebel colonists saw these Loyalist...

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... equal," and honor the inalienable rights of people following the American Revolution, is not the main precursor that doomed the United States to a Civil War. Rather, it was the extreme political differences between the Northern and the Southern states. They differed in opinions on how much power the federal ... Each political party was unwilling to budge on their opinions, and growing more hostile and frustrated with each other by the day. However, the Civil War is partially due to the failure to live by the statement, "All men are created equal," as shown by the undeniable difference ...

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The Never-Ending Fight The fight for civil rights is a never-ending and much needed struggle. Without this movement, the majority of the population will remain ignorant to and blissfully unaware of the undue injustices of the minorities. ... to see African Americans coaching professional sports or operating leading corporations, until a woman makes the same dollar as a man, and until gays and lesbians are free to marry, a struggle for civil rights is clearly needed - even in the twenty-first century. ...

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... was recognized to dissolve the relationship America had with its tyrannous 'mother country.' Implementing Enlightenment ideas, equality was affirmed to all men and a hierarchical society was deemed amoral. The Revolutionary War symbolized ideological change in America, where self-government replaced monarchism, while democracy and capitalism triumphed over Imperialistic totalitarianism. Americans rejected the idea of gentility and executed a system of position by ... ...

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... . He argued that if the government violated these laws or an individuals human born rights, that it was the people's obligation to rebel and overthrow the government. Thomas Jefferson, who originally wrote the Declaration of Independence, respected John Locke immensely. He called Locke one of ... map of what a real democratic government should be like. There are many similarities between the Declaration of Independence and Locke's Second Treatise Concerning Civil Government. The second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence begins with: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, tha...

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... the government responsible for the welfare of its subjects instead of the other way around. These aspects of Locke's philosophy, so extreme in his time, have since influenced and transformed civil government by acting as a model for liberal political philosophy. John Locke's theory of natural rights is the basis of all of his other political ideas. Locke, in his Second ... everyone has a right to them they must be protected. However, since not everyone's rights could always be protected in the state of nature, civil government was instituted to protect these natural rights, and this is ...

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... of all men; the natural rights of men, granted to them by God; the principle of limited government; government only by the consent of the governed; and the right to rebel against tyrannical government. Jefferson points out all the faults in the way the government is enforced by the King of Britain. He states how it is unreasonable to the colonists ... has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He also has affected to render the Military independent of, and superior to, the Civil Power. The King has combined with others...

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... government (Doc B). The constitution also didn't have anything in regards to the embargo act (Doc C). Jefferson passed the embargo acts in order to rebel against the British because the British were capturing American ships and sailors. His plan failed. Jefferson originally cut more than half the navy because he ... understanding of the people. The Jay Treaty in 1794 greatly disturbed the Republicans because the British said the states still had a pre-revolutionary war debt to pay. The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions brought about the compact theory, which gave the states more power th...

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... broader argument of federalism versus republicanism, and has continued as an American economic disagreement many years after the American Revolution. With the United States" debt only growing after the Revolutionary War, a plan was needed to alleviate the newly created U.S. of their serious economic problems. Alexander Hamilton, a passionate Federalist, proposed to Congress in January 1790 that the federal government assume ... fact, the avoidance of answering the question of whether or not to abolish slavery became built into the foundation of American society, and directly led to the ...

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... in May 1775, Washington was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. On July 3, 1775, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, he took command of his ill-trained troops and embarked upon a war that was to last six grueling years. During these years Washington gave up his personal and political life in hope that America would come out victorious, and subsequently win its ... freedom. This dedication carried over to the 1790's after the war had been fought, when he was elected by the people as president in 1789. Washington had the support of the people, and according to Joseph J. Ellis, au...

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... figures, such as the Virginia Declaration of Rights, number calls and pleas for independence, and his own draft of a Virginia constitution, Jefferson wrote a shocking statement requesting the colonists' rights to rebel against the British and establish their own government, based on the moral standings that all men are created equal and have the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit ... the document, which ended with the words, "We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." This document gave a renewed sense of purpose to the war that Am...

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... for 20 years, Congress quickly acted on the expired deadline by ending the slave trade. However, slaves received no more rights, nor did they receive any more respect. Until the civil war and the passage of the 13th amendment in 1865, slaves remained totally subservient to their owners, and were still viewed as property. IX Foreign Policy 1801 Tripoli and Barbary Pirates ... frigate, forcing it to surrender and seizing four sailors, who were said to be deserters. The American public was appalled and furious, as was Jefferson, who however wanted to avoid war. In response, Jefferson passe...

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... captains leaving only nine in active service. A large Navy, Jefferson stated, would give unnecessary weight to the demands of commerce and increase the chances of war by posing a threat to the European powers. By 1802, naval expenditures dropped by more than a half to a total of $915,000. However ... to purchase the port. In company of this, he also requested funds in to increase the army and to build riverboats suitable for a war in the west. Jefferson's determination was given emphasis when he instructed the American negotiators in Paris to open discussions with the British government j...

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... way to know is to closely examine what they themselves wrote in their own words. As Commander of all American forces during the War for Independence, President of the Constitutional Convention, and first President of the United States, George Washington is honored with the distinction of being ... Bible. However, throughout his public life, Madison was even more vehement in his defense of religious liberty and toleration. Even prior to the War for Independence, in 1774, Madison wrote to his friend, William Bradford, "Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for e...

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... ] and [the State shall] determine who shall preach, when they shall preach, and what they must preach." The very idea of the free exercise of religion was at stake "if civil rulers [went] so far out of their sphere as to take the care and management of religious affairs upon them."8 Preceding the Virginia Constitution of 1776, the Virginia Declaration of ... has contributed to an enlarged awareness of religion and how the religious liberty has a very significant position in the global fight of values. When President Bush decided to begin the war against Iraq and Afghanistan, religion, an...

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... now about 23% of the United States. The United States paid France $11,250,000 for the land, in addition to canceling $3,750,000 in war debts that the French owed the United States. The total cost of the land came out to be $15 million. This was an incredible deal for ... working around The Constitution. Other Federalists opposed the purchase because they felt it might send the wrong message to Britain, who at the time was at war with France. Another huge issue was that due to the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso between France and Spain, France was not legally allowed to sell ... was wort...

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... . Jeffersonians felt the need for a government of limited powers, economy in the national administration, support of state governments in all their rights, acquiescence in majority decisions, the preservation of civil liberties, and peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, and entangling alliances with none. The Federalists were conservatives; they favored a strong centralized government, encouragement of industries, attention ... and establishment of a well-ordered society. 2.) The Alien and Sedition Acts The Alien and Sedition Acts, created by the Federalist Party, gener...

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... -sex marriages are seen as taboo in today's culture, I believe that people should have the right to express their lifestyles and life choices in whatever manner they please, whether in civil union or marriage. People should be allowed to do whatever makes their lives enjoyable, (within reason of course.) Marriage in general has been in a state of flux for many decades ... in the United States. African Americans were not allowed to marry in the US until after the civil war, until a Supreme court decision in 1967 mixed race couples could not marry, and not until recently had same sex coupl...

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... for the writing of NATURE and SELF-RELIANCE. Henry David Thoreau was also influenced by this time, making history by writing WALDEN, OR LIFE IN THE WOODS and RESISTANCE TO CIVIL GOVERNMENT. The AGE OF REALISM, from 1835-1910, explained why ordinary people behave the way they do. Realistic novelists often relied on the emerging sciences of human and animal behavior ... for one of the most famous short stories in American literature, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN and LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. American writers were also profoundly influenced by the POST CIVIL WAR- THE MODERNIST MOVEMEN...

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Yes, I agree with Thomas Jefferson's statement that, "Unfortunately, the tree of liberty must occasionally be watered with blood." When living in a country that provides no basic civil liberties to the population, sometimes the only way to attain these desired liberties is through bloodshed. One example of this is the student protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989. The ... shed and many died in the fight for the freedom for the thirteen colonies to govern themselves. The fighting between the United States and Great Britain finally ended after the war of 1812. These are but two of many example...

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... were also many women to whom we owe many of our liberties. The Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 was a time to confer about the public and political condition and the civil liberties of women. At this convention, the women who drafted the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott, followed the structure of the Declaration of Independence for ... American people to break away from England. He refused to be governed by his own laws, forced extreme taxation upon the colonists, cut off their trade, and above all declared war on them. Elizabeth Stanton's de...

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... the invasions on people, and their homes. He had kept unsolicited armed forces at times of peace, within the states. To add to that he has made the military above civil law and independent from the people occupying the states. Even furthermore he had let his troops get away with crime, through fixed and unfair trials. He had burned towns, and ... at hand with his soldiers and governors, but once again to no avail, as the representatives churned their cheeks. As a result the people must hold the representatives as prisoners of war, although in a peaceful manner. In conclusion the people ...

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... several other significant individuals were the architects for clearly one of the most important documents in our countries history. They constructed and carefully crafted a document with such power to invoke a war against England. But in the process of writing the Declaration on Independence the founding fathers made undeniable contradictions and created a double standard in the process of liberating America. Double standards ... slaves to farm the land and manage their estates and plantations. And it was evident what would happen without the use of slavery. When Abraham Lincoln abolish...

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... the invasions on people, and their homes. He had kept unsolicited armed forces at times of peace, within the states. To add to that he has made the military above civil law and independent from the people occupying the states. Even furthermore he had let his troops get away with crime, through fixed and unfair trials. He had burned towns, and ... at hand with his soldiers and governors, but once again to no avail, as the representatives churned their cheeks. As a result the people must hold the representatives as prisoners of war, although in a peaceful manner. In conclusion the people ...

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... right to their writings and discoveries; create tribunals inferior to the supreme court; define and punish piracies and felonies committed at sea and offenses against the law of nature; declare war; create and sustain an army and a navy; make rules for the government and regulation of land and naval forces; provide for calling forth a militia and provide for organizing, arming and ... no way to ensure free trade between different states if Congress were not allowed this power. This power became very instrumental in securing the same rights for everyone during the civil rights era. Under...

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