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    The American‚ French‚ and Haitian people’s followed the powerful Enlightenment ideals that became part of their strategy to engage them toward liberty and equality. Citizens and slaves gathered to fight a common enemy. They combined their Enlightenment ideals‚ they fought‚ and they won. By winning they were able to form a nation that contained people with a common ethnicity‚ language‚ history‚ religion‚ and culture‚ and most importantly‚ they governed themselves. Even though‚ the United States‚

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    discipline. Discipline could be divided into two broad categories‚ external and internal. External discipline is that which is imposed by outside authority. It is often linked with authority and force. Discipline in the army is one such. Soldiers do not have a say in it except implicit obedience. As Tennyson says “Theirs not to make reply. Theirs not to reason why‚ theirs nut to do and die”. A soldier in a war field cannot ask for reasons. He has to obey commands; otherwise‚ the war is lost. Our ancient

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    Fourth of July is much more than hamburgers and fireworks. On this day in 1776‚ 56 people signed a document declaring the thirteen United States of America’s independence from Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence was written mainly by Thomas Jefferson with input from other members of congress. The document was created to declare independence from the Tyrant British Rule which controlled the United States. After many efforts to detach from British Rule‚ this document was written to peacefully

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    "The Declaration of Independence" was written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson to declare the colonies free and independent from Great Britain. Jefferson used deductive reasoning in the form of a syllogism to argue his claim that because the colonist’s "unalienable rights" (612) were being denied by Great Britain‚ the colonies were breaking free from Great Britain’s rule to form their own free and independent states. Jefferson gave evidence of the king’s tyranny against the colonies to effectively support

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    than the declaration The opening words of a foundational document can set the tone for an entire nation’s values and aspirations. The preamble to the constitution is more compelling than the first sentence of the third paragraph of the declaration of independence. The preamble succinctly encapsulates the core purposes and guiding principles of the American government. It presents a forward-looking vision for a united and just society. In contrast‚ the third paragraph of the declaration primarily

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    Aflak Se Ata Hai Nalon Ka Jawab Akhir Karte Hain Khitab Akhir‚ Uthte Hain Hijab Akhir From the heavens comes an answer to our long cries at last: The heavens break their silence‚ the curtains rise at last! Ahwal-e-Mohabbat Mein Kuch Farq Nahin Aesa Souz-o-Tab-o-Taab Awwal‚ Souz-o-Tab-o-Taab Akhir Little of change love’s fortunes inherit: born in anguish And fire‚ in fire and anguish its end it buys at last. Main Tujh Ko Batata Hun‚ Taqdeer-e-Umam Kya Hai Shamsheer-o-Sanaa Awwal‚

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    The Declaration of Independence marked a significant turning point in American history. It has been rendered a sacrosanct document‚ an amalgamate of the anti-British sentiments that impelled the revolution. The declaration postulated several revolutionary ideas‚ influenced by the period’s increasing philosophical emphasis on reason and logic. Indeed‚ the Enlightenment fostered many of the dogmas presented in the declaration‚ the most inviolable being the idea of man’s unalienable rights. The declaration

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    God the way he wanted. He experienced extremely tough times during the trip over to the New World by losing his wife. Bradford also faced tough times when trying to rule the new colonist because of their non-Puritanism actions. If Bradford wouldn’t have been such a strong follower of God‚ he would of crumbled as a leader. Even though both of these Purist’s faced difficult phases‚ they both found peace and has positive attitudes toward God and were able to live through these situations. Persuasion

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    THE IMPORTANCE OF THE US GETTING NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY FROM THE UK Independence Day is a very historic day. But it is an exceptionally historic day for the United States. On July 4‚ 1776‚ it marks the day when the Declaration of Independence was signed‚ and the United States got freedom from the UK‚ and had its own national sovereignty. They were no longer controlled by the UK‚ and could control their own actions‚ and what they wanted to do. The US getting freedom from the United Kingdom‚ meant

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    The declaration of independence was written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776. England and the United States of America‚ which consisted of 13 colonies at this point‚ had been at war for a year now. When the declaration of Independence was signed in 1776 it was the official separation of the colonies from Great Britain. When reading the declaration of independence‚ you might think that its main audiences are Great Britain‚ and probably the citizens of the 13 colonies. While both of these parties most definitely

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