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    Independence from Anxiety There will come a time in my life where I have to let go of my worries and live the way all humans were intended‚ free. This time is now! I have to declare independence from my worries and anxieties so I can live freely. I should be able to go forth and live the way I was created‚ not the way the way the worries have shaped my life. As someone who struggles with anxiety‚ I need to let go of my worries and allow myself to move past these anxieties. I‚ as a human‚ believe

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    IN CONGRESS‚ July 4‚ 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America‚ When in the Course of human events‚ it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another‚ and to assume among the powers of the earth‚ the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them‚ a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation

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    The Declaration of Independence had represented the American vision of virtue. The U.S. Constitution represented the American vision of practicality and necessity. 55 men of practical affairs gathered to frame the constitution of the developing United States of America to create a new and unprecedented national covenant. John Adams called the Constitution "the single greatest effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen." Historian Max Farrand wrote: "Neither a work of divine origin

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    Analysis- The Declaration of Independence 1. Where in the Course of human events‚ it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another‚ and to assume among the Powers of the earth‚ the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them‚ a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. The declaration opens with a preamble describing

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    Document A: John L. O’Sullivan on Manifest Destiny‚ 1839  The American people having derived their origin from many other nations‚ and the Declaration of National Independence being entirely based on the great principle of human equality‚ these facts demonstrates at once our disconnected position as regards any other nation; that we have‚ in reality‚ but little connection  with the past history of any of them‚ and still less with all antiquity‚ its glories‚ or its crimes.  On the contrary or national birth was the beginning of a new history

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    Henry Cabot Lodge stated “Taking Philippines does not violate the principles of the Declaration of Independence‚ but will spread them among a people who have never known liberty.” This means he want us to force freedom on the Philippines and eventually more people. Imperialism is legitimate and proper however some people disagree with this statement. Senator George F. Hoar says “under the Declaration of Independence you cannot govern a foreign territory‚ a foreign people‚ another people than your

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    uses various significant rhetorical strategies to reveal his opposition to slavery. Rhetorical strategies used by   Banneker are repetition‚ the rhetorical triangle‚ and allusions.                 Thomas Jefferson was the framer of the Declaration of Independence and secretary of state to President George Washington.  Banneker uses repetition to emphasis the authority he holds toward Jefferson. Throughout his letter‚ Banneker refers to Jefferson as “sir.” The repetition of “sir” enables Jefferson

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    beginning of colonial America and contributed to its independence immensely. The three most significant events in which Adams played a large role in American history was his pursuit in being a lawyer and protecting the soldiers in the Boston Massacre‚ his trip to France‚ and the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. These events were most prevalent out of the many things Adams contributed and personified Adams’ struggle and push for American independence. John Adams was a lawyer‚ scholar and political

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    PLS201 Reading Notes 1 Concepts of Politics and American Politics STUDY: Lecture Notes 1‚ and We the People‚ chapter 1 Be informative‚ rigorous‚ critical. Provide specific‚ page-indicated references to the text. NOTE1A 15 lines. In chapter one of We the People the authors address the question of how government is made up of the institutions and procedures by which people are ruled in terms of four propositions: 1) Different forms of government are defined by power and freedom; 2) Limits

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    The natural law theory is the point at the crossing between morals and laws. It can be argued that the Declaration of Independence of 1776‚ which states‚ “life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness‚” has conveyed the natural law theory in its finest. The Declaration of Independence puts it‚ “We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their Creator‚ with certain unalienable rights.” St. Thomas Aquinas interpreted natural law as the basic notion

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