awful spectacle.” The federalist papers are a collections of letters‚ articles‚ and essays that set out to change people’s mind about the Constitution. The Federalist papers had contributors like Alexander Hamilton‚ John Jay‚ and James Madison who were in favor of a strong National Government. There was a wide spread outcry that the Constitution would infringe on the authority of the states. In the subsequent paragraphs I will summarize the key points of particular Federalist Papers No.17 and No
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In Paper #1 of the Federalist Papers‚ Alexander Hamilton calls on the American public to engage in a process of “reflection and choice”. By this‚ he means that he would like to see Americans foster political reflection in a public sphere. The face-to-face debate clubs and small-scale pamphleteering described by Benjamin Franklin in The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is much more effective at promoting political reflection in the public sphere than the current mass media. The small-scale efforts
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Analysis of Anders Schwarzenegger’s Republican National Convention Address 2004 There are many ways of writing and performing a speech. But no matter how it is chosen to be done‚ is it always about winning the respect of the ones who are listening. Now‚ that is not an easy job‚ and it takes a lot practice to create the perfect speech. In this analysis I am going to focus on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s speech as governor of Californian‚ at the Republican National Convention. This year Arnold Schwarzenegger
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The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has sought for a unified Ireland for decades through the use of violence and intimidation in the form of terrorism. Britain’s occupation of Ulster (Northern Ireland)‚ has been a controversial reign with a primarily Protestant influence on a previously Catholic area. This has led to various civil right issues and activism in the most affected parts. Politically‚ the feud is primarily about land and the unification of Ireland‚ thus the disputes over who Northern Ireland
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Republican Response to “The American Jobs Act” Obama is being taken as a joke! Republicans are not taking him seriously‚ nor are they supporting him or respecting him as the President of the United States of America. On an article titled “President Obama’s Job Speech Recap: If You Wish Upon a Star!” written by Kent Mccarty‚ the author starts off by criticizing President Obama for being 10 minutes late and comparing it to his schools’ policy where if you are late your average drops down a letter
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innumerable values and beliefs. Despite a near infinite combination of political identities most of America falls under one of two groups‚ the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. Naturally‚ with more than 320 million citizens divided into two parties their opinions will vary‚ but there are many distinct differences between Democrats and Republicans. Some of the many heated debates between the two parties are on the topics of military spending‚ immigration‚ and gun control. The majority of Democrats
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TIMELINE Date / Name of document | Historian | Summary | 1852-1856 “The Origins of the Republican Party” | William Gienapp | Ethnocultural issues and nativism played key role in ushering in the disintegration of the party system 1850s. “less a product of antislavery fervor than of a sustained competition with the Know-Nothing Party over ethnic and cultural issues”*** Principle reasons for the start of the War = (1) challenge of slavery (2) US land expansion (3) “free labor ideal” | 1860 |
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As the Revolutionary War reached its completion‚ the United States (U.S.) sought to form a permanent and strong nation. This prompted Alexander Hamilton to write the article‚ “Federalist No. 1” in supplication of the citizens of New York to ratify the Constitution. Hamilton believed that the Constitution would unite the United States under one central government and it was the duty of the American citizens to determine their form of government based off of the common good. He creates his argument
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The first democratic system was built in the ancient Greece in the 5th or 4th century BCE when Athens went from dictatorship to a certain form of Democracy enabling all male citizens with equal rights‚ freedom of speech and the opportunity to participate directly in the Assembly. Since then‚ the Athenian ekklēsia and the rule of the demos has been a source of inspiration for the centuries to come. Rulers and monarchs had referred to this source in order to revolutionize their own government or to
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Federalist Papers Analysis In the first Federalist paper‚ No. 10 written by James Madison‚ is an informative piece of writing warning us against the dangers of having such a strong‚ powerful government and what ways that we can break away from the “Violent Factions”. (Paragraph 1‚ Line 3.) As Madison goes on‚ he goes into great detail on the two ways of defeating the creation of factions. One would be to get rid of liberty and freedom all together‚ which is impossible to complete. The second way
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