In the excerpt that we read from Adams Vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800‚ John Fleshing paints a picture in the readers head to help them understand what was going on between Adams‚ a federalist‚ and Jefferson‚ a democratic-republican. Even though I had to listen and read the excerpt several times to understand what was happening‚ there are a few things that I never knew about that I learned. For instance‚ I didn’t know that George Washington was a federalist‚ so that helped me understand
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Adam Smith When Adam Smith wrote his famous 1776 treatise‚ he called it An Inquiry into Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Some have taken this as indicating that he was concerned primarily with economic growth. In this way‚ Smith moved away from the Cantillon-Physiocratic system which concentrated on "natural equilibrium" of circular flows‚ and brought back into economics what had been the Mercantilists’ pet concern. Smith posited a supply-side driven model of growth. Succinctly we
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John Adams was written by David McCullough and published in 2001. The book won McCullough’s second Pulitzer Prize a year after its publication date. Due to its popularity‚ HBO transformed the award-winning book into a seven part TV miniseries‚ which aired during the months of March and April in 2008. David Gaub McCullough was born in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania in the summer of 1933. While a young man‚ McCullough had many career choices‚ ranging from architect‚ actor‚ painter‚ writer‚ to lawyer. In
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Adam Smith‚ the father of economics‚ published The Wealth of Nations in 1776. Although it made little impact in its time‚ it conceptualised the economy in a radical new way: in terms of individual agents‚ acting out of self-interest. From an individualist perspective‚ he argued that people produced goods in order to make money‚ and made money in order to purchase goods they valued most. The exchange takes place in a market‚ where prices are set according to costs and the demand for the good. This
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Throughout “Wealth of Nations‚” an ongoing theme portrayed is economic growth. “The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life which it annually consumes‚ and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour or in what is purchased with that produce from other nations.” (Smith‚WN‚159) For Smith‚ this quote backs up his idea of economic growth and that it stems from the division of labor‚ because in his
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Where’s the Eve in Adam‚ why couldn’t she love him when she had him? Why couldn’t trust just come naturally‚ why so much misery‚ like picking fruit from a forbidden tree. Where’s the Eve in Adam‚ why did the love bring hurt and a heart sadden? Where’s the solace‚ the safety net‚ where’s the all give and not much to get. The sharing‚ caring and respect. Where’s the Eve in Adam‚ why couldn’t she love him when she had him? Why the simple words just stab him? Words cut and hurt deeper than any physical
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Firstly‚ we must proceed to explain the nature of Article 231 in order to be able to analyse its judgement about Germany’s responsibility for the war. After the war had ended‚ Europe’s‚ especially France’s economy was devastated. There was also a general desire for such a war never to repeat itself‚ as the first proof of modern warfare proved to be ruinous. To deal with this two issues the allied powers made Germany sign the "war guilt clause" which made it accept all the guilt for the war and because
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME Article 1 PERSONAL SCOPE This Agreement shall apply to persons who are residents of one or both of the Contracting States. Article 2 TAXES COVERED 1. This Agreement shall apply to taxes on income imposed on behalf of each Contracting State‚ irrespective of the manner in which they are levied. 2. There shall be regarded
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The Misrepresentation of Africa The 19th century was one of the most important time periods that helped shape the world into what it is today. Western European powers‚ such as Great Britain‚ Germany‚ and France‚ strongly believed in the notion that in order to gain more dominant global power‚ they would have to conquer new lands across the globe and exploit the territories’ resources. Throughout the early and mid 1800s‚ the nations of Western Europe upheld imperialism‚ conquering and exploiting
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1776[[[‚]]] the highly ranked political philosopher John Adams wrote a letter to John Sullivan expressing the republican idea that property should be a prerequisite for the exercise of the right to vote. John Adams was a disciplined scholar that gained knowledge of government and law through his attendance at Harvard University at the age of sixteen. In 1758 he became a recognized able lawyer in Braintree‚ Massachusetts where he was born. Adams became very involved in government decisions and drew
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