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    John Milton was a literary revolutionary for his time; ideas we now consider commonplace were proposed by Milton within his writings. Milton’s ideas were radical and controversial for his time. Within his many of his writings Milton advocated that the individual not the Church should interpret the Bible along with stating that the government had no reason to interfere with the religious worship of its people along with the idea that rulers should be held accountable for their actions and that the

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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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    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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    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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    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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    17‚ 1706 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. He is known for inventing things such as the bifocals‚ the Franklin Stove‚ the glass harmonica‚ and the lightning rod. In 1732‚ he published Poor Richard’s Almanac. Ben also helped write and review the Declaration of Independence. He helped work out the Treaty of Paris‚ which ended the Revolutionary war. In 1746‚ Ben found work from other scientists on their electrical experiments. While he was doing an experiment‚ he shocked himself. He wrote in one of his letters

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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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    The beginnings of our nation can be traced back to a single document in which America declared its independence from the motherland of Britain. The Declaration of Independence was crafted by a “Committee of Five‚” including one our Founding Fathers‚ Thomas Jefferson. In this document and in the colonies’ efforts to break away from England‚ the underlying theme and motive was that “all men are created equal” and that all “are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.” The motherland

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