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    According to Eric Foner in his book Give Me Liberty!‚ politics in the eighteenth-century America had a more democratic quality than in Great Britain. In Britain the requirement of voting laws was property qualification. The main purpose of this was to guarantee that men who had an economic stake in society and the independence of judgment would be the ones to determine the policies of the government. Women‚ slaves‚ servants‚ the poor‚ tenants‚ and adult sons living with their parents all lacked

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    of the first democracies in the world. However‚ it ended in a compromise between the capitalist class of the North and the owners of plantations‚ where slave labor was used‚ in the South. As I read in the 5th chapter of our textbook "Give Me a Liberty" by Eric Foner that in 1763 Britain dominated the entire North Atlantic continent and Britain was subordinated to 13 colonies‚ which were located on the Atlantic coast and the northern lands of Canada. Their residents were unhappy with the situation

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    The most important chapter in this reading is when Foner talks about how freedom means different things to different people. Foner explains the two different types that people think about freedom. The first way people think of freedom is by protecting indivuals from authority. The second is to make choices freely without anyone concerned about you. This part was important because no one was use to this concept so it took time to get this in their head. As these different kinds of freedom were put

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    Nina Stiener Mr. Maynard APUSH Period 3 10 January 2010 Reconstruction: Eric Foner The Reconstruction time period‚ 1865 through 1877‚ was a complex time for America. The southern part of the nation was in need of governmental‚ economical‚ and social repair after losing the Civil War. Radical Republicans‚ Democrats‚ and newly freed African Americans all were influential in the age of Reconstruction. Historians have struggled to put into words exactly what Reconstruction incorporates and precisely

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    Give me Liberty The theme of liberty is a common value‚ which has always inflamed human’s hearts in all historic events. But what do we mean by liberty? It is a complex concept‚ but in this essay we will sum up this idea as the ability to do no matter when or what without any abusif oppression of someone else. People are always ready to defend this abstract concept with words and‚ if necessary‚ guns. However‚ even if this idea of liberty is common to everyone‚ it does not mean that everybody have

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    The First Americans The settling of the Americas Descended from bands of hunters and fishers Crossed the Bering Strait via land Arrived by sea from Asia or pacific lands 15‚000 to 60‚000 years ago Early inhabitants spread to the tip of south America Food crisis Wooly mammoth and giant bison extinct due to climate warm Near East 9‚000 years ago agriculture developed; corn‚ squash‚ and beans modern day Mexico and Andes Western hemisphere; no agriculture possible because of absence

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    Give Me Liberty Analysis

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    Britain and the Americas across the colonies. Using Paul Revere’s inaccurate depiction of the Boston Massacre‚ and Eric Foner’s argument in his book Give Me Liberty! that “All revolutions enlarge the public sphere‚ inspiring previously marginalized groups to express their own dreams of freedom… the struggle against Britain threw into question many forms of authority and inequality” (Foner 217)‚ one can come to the conclusion that mediums were used to spread the idea of equality throughout the British

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    nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. At the conclusion of this speech Patrick Henry ends this call to action with one of the most favorite quotes in history‚ “I know not what course other make take‚ but as for megive me liberty or give me death!”

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    A Response to Issue 1 Following the Civil War there was a rapid progression of the role of African Americans in the United States. Reconstruction had given African Americans their freedom along with their rights to vote‚ own land‚ and even hold positions in office. Many historians would soon report about the great success Reconstruction made in the United States for the African American race in obtaining their ‘civil rights’. Even though America had created a society where all men were equal in

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    natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth‚ and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men‚ engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the numbers of those who‚ having eyes‚ see not‚ and‚ having ears‚ hear not‚ the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part‚ whatever anguish of spirit it may cost‚ I am willing to know the whole

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