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    from the british and we can buy or trade from anyone or any religion that we want. Women can vote now and have any job that men could have. We have a very fair and equal country. The United States of America has worked very hard to obtain these statements and I believe they will continue to do the same. The Declaration of Independence states that all men should be equal. At the time the Declaration was being written there was no equality for men because black men were not equal to white men. Women were

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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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    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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    Thomas Jefferson may have written the Declaration of Independence‚ but he could not have accomplished such a feat without the help of Thomas Paine and John Locke.  Both Locke and Paine were some of the most influential men in the early years of American history. Paine wrote Common Sense‚ a pamphlet that challenged the rule of the American colonies by England. Locke wrote “Two Treatises of Government.” The second treatise was the most influential to the Declaration and it is focused on the Theory

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    Abraham Lincoln The American Civil War took place on April 12‚1861 through May 9‚1865 an enormous battle between the North and the South that lasted from 1861 to 1865. Men in search for freedom from tyrannical rule‚ founded this nation on the belief that all men are created equal. Our Declaration of Independence‚ written in 1776‚ is based on this very statement. At this time in history Abraham Lincoln played a big role as he guided and preserved the United States though the Civil War‚ he also marked

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    any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends‚ it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it‚ and to institute new Government…" Clearly describe three examples from any period of American History when Americans attempted to follow these words. An example of a time that the Americans attempted to change the U.S Government was during the Civil War. Another example is members and candidates of the Tea Party. The revolution was one also. British nobility and royalty started taking

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    “We hold these truths to be self evident‚ that all men are created equal‚ and that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights‚ that among these are life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness‚” Banneker quotes the Declaration of Independence. Using this reference is only one of his many strategies used in the letter. His persuasive tactics merge together to present a persuasive argument. “...How pitiable it is to reflect that although you were so fully convinced of the benevolence

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    The Causes of American War of Independence The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)‚ also known as the American War of Independence‚ was a conflict that erupted between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen British colonies‚ who declared their independence as the United States of America in 1776. The war was the culmination of the American Revolution‚ a colonial struggle against political and economic policies of the British Empire. The war eventually widened far beyond British North

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    Thomas Jefferson‚ the great president and the writer of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson did not expect the Declaration of Independence to end slavery‚ his slavery clause indicates his distaste for the growth of the institution of slavery and yet his actions are inconsistent related to slavery. He tried to make the slave trade abolished‚ yet he owned slaves‚ it has been said he had a sexual relationship with one of his slaves‚ and he used them for his plantations. Why did he go through

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    The Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Right of Man and of the Citizen both differentiate from each other‚ and they are similar in some parts. The Declaration of the Right of Men and of the Citizen focused more on the rights of men. The Declaration of the Rights of Men and Citizen lists the rights of the common citizen and what the government cannot or should not do. It tells that the French want a new form of government. They were not breaking away from their country; they were

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