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    Have you lived up to your family’s expectations of you? I believe I have lived up to my parent’s expectations. My parents have always set realistic expectations of my brother and I. My mother is a Certified Nursing Assistant and my father works in construction. My mother would always say to us‚ “Do not be like me‚ do better than me”. So at a young age I took that quote and I ran with it. She wanted us to be smart‚ determined and independent members of society. I wanted to make my parents proud

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    Declaration of Freedom August 7‚ 2013 We the people of the 3510 residence in order to bring peace establish family‚ respect and‚ tranquility; we honor the rules and‚ secure our feelings towards one another‚ do maintain and‚ establish this Constitution for the people in the 3510 Beau Chene Drive Home. When in action of human events. It is necessary for one to stand up for what they believe in with justice‚ pride and‚ honor in their heart. To bring force peace between the people living in this

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    For every American‚ there is an endless array of different factors‚ often spanning over decades and centuries‚ which have each uniquely contributed to how he or she has ended up living in America. The stories that account for how each American has ended up in America are filled with a vast diversity of different events and people‚ but nearly all of these stories involve the common aspect- the opportunity to start a new life in America. Most people’s journeys to America begin long before they are

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    Text Commentary of the Declaration of Independence    ‘THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES’ (July4‚ 1776) This is a text commentary about ‘The Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America’. The Declaration of Independence is a juridical and legal document written sometime between June 11 and June 28‚ 1776. The reason for that lapse of time is because a draft of the declaration was asked to a group of five delegates of the Continental Congress on June 11‚

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    Declaration of Independence On June 28‚ 1776 a draft of the Declaration of Independence(1) was presented to the Continental Congress by a committee led by Thomas Jefferson‚ who had worked on the document over the preceding fifteen days. In a little over two weeks Jefferson had created the most important political text in the modern history of the Western world. Not only did it bring into existence the most powerful political and economic force of the last century‚ but it defined a nation and

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    for our own good‚ but we have to think if it will past other wishes too. The government has wishes that us Americans have to follow and if the rules or laws were to be disobeyed then there will be restrictions or punishments depending on how big the law broke was. America is the land of the free and independent‚ but no one ever mentions the challenge of personal independence there is. Most of everyone wants the freedom to decide how to live our own lives‚ but independence requires us to take personal

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    The Declaration of Independence is only a written statement that declares that the 13 colonies were independent and self-governed states and no longer under the rule of the British. It declares that the United States of America is an independent nation. The Constitution is the foundation of the U.S. government. The Constitution is called as the highest law of the country. The Declaration of Independence puts out the government’s philosophy that all the

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    Jefferson: The Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson was the author of The Declaration of Independence‚ and according to Bellis‚ Jefferson was also a jurist‚ a diplomat‚ a writer‚ an inventor‚ a philosopher‚ an architect‚ a gardener‚ a negotiator of Louisiana Purchase‚ but he only requested three of his many accomplishments to be noted on his tomb. (2005). Thomas Jefferson was a very smart politician and he knew what to say to whom in order to enhance their support. This essay will be an analytical

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    Human Nature and the Declaration of Independence by Jake Repp I would like to show that the view of human nature that is shown in The Declaration of Independence is taken more from the Bible and that that view is in disagreement with two of the three esays given in class. The Biblical perspective of man is that he was created by a divine Creator with a specific plan in mind and made in the image of his Creator. Men are entitled to the pursuit of happiness but also required by the Laws of Nature

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    Jefferson’s “Declaration of Independence” and Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” are texts that have a common denominator: the pursuit of liberty. Although both documents do not focus their context in the same historical moment‚ both have greatly influenced the history of the United States. Specifically‚ Jefferson’s purpose with the “Declaration of Independence” was to denounce the offenses suffered at the hands of Great Britain and to finally declare their absolute independence‚ sovereignty and

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