FRQ: Contributions to a Stable Government (George Washington and Thomas Jefferson) George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were two important men who greatly affected our nation’s independence and the beginning years of our country. Each made their individual and unique contributions to an unwavering government following the adoption of the Constitution. After the war‚ the Articles of Confederation had begun to fail. The federal government couldn’t collect taxes to pay for the colossal debt that
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Bethany Hamilton - 20th Century’s Most Effective Citizen " Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you." -Bethany Hamilton. Bethany was born into a family of surfers on February 8‚ 1990 in Kauai‚ Hawaii. Bethany began surfing at a young age and entered her first competition at the age of eight. She is inspiring to many people because of her tragic story and how she got back up and did it again. Bethany was surfing in Kauai‚ Hawaii on October
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have now changed‚ but there are remnants of this subject everywhere‚ even in film. The movie Birth of a Nation is considered one of the greatest films of all time‚ even with these themes. AMC’s Filmsite even has it listed within the 100 Greatest Films of All Time. Another movie with the some of the same themes is Blazing Saddles. Blazing Saddles does not have the same stature as Birth of a Nation‚ but it does deserve to be higher in the canon. I do believe that Blazing Saddles does not have the same
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Through her story of faith‚ persistence‚ and confidence‚ Bethany Hamilton has illustrated to millions how to strive for the seemingly unachievable. At the mere age of thirteen‚ Hamilton experienced something life changing: having an arm bitten off by a shark while surfing. Surfing had always meant the world to Bethany‚ in fact‚ her career as a surfer was primarily initiated because of her parents (Hamilton 7). From the moment Hamilton reaches the board‚ an inexplicable connection sparks. Bethany said
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that‚ in theory‚ we will become a smarter and a well-educated nation. According to Michael Moore‚ this is not the case. Moore is an American filmmaker‚ author‚ social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11‚ which is the highest grossing documentary of all time and winner of the Palme d’or. In his essay “Idiot nation” excerpted from his book stupid white men and other sorry excuses for the state of our nation‚ Moore focuses on the collapsing educational system of the
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Washington and Thomas Jefferson were two important men who affected our nations independence and the beginning years of our country. They helped form this nation into a free and sovereign country. Yet‚ they were different in many aspects they shared a few common features. Both Washington and Jefferson grew up in the southern state of Virginia and like most owned land to grow and harvest crops. In growing up they came from two different class levels of living. The Jefferson family was more famous
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The “roaring” 1920s were an age of dramatic social‚ political and literary change. For the first time‚ writers were acknowledged on their creative writing. Therefore‚ when the nation’s total wealth more than doubled between 1920 and 1929‚ the economic growth swept many Americans into a prosperous but unfamiliar consumer culture. People from all over bought the same merchandise‚ listened to the same music‚ did the same dances‚ and mostly read the same books. Before radio and the television‚ most
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of the evidence that Moore offers to support his contention that America is a nation of idiots‚ by stating that only 11 percent of the American public bothers to read a daily newspaper‚ beyond the funny pages or the used car ads. This is great reflection of Moore’s attitude and style of grabbing the reader’s attention. With a little sarcasm‚ Moore can relate to the readers in simple terms. By calling America a “nation of idiots” is an effective way of getting us to listen. The way Moore sees it‚
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Jefferson Goes Against His Own Philosophy: Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America in 1803 of 828‚000 square miles of France’s claim to the territory of Louisiana. The Louisiana territory encompassed all or part of 15 current U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. At the time‚ the purchase faced domestic opposition because it was thought to be unconstitutional. Although Thomas Jefferson agreed that the U.S. Constitution did not contain
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A nation past For this assignment I have some interesting questions and some good statements to go thru. It is mainly about how a nation past has helped shaping their identity we see today. For this statement I´m starting off with just looking at Australia‚ and further on I will bring in some other countries so we can compare them together to either see the statement true or wrong. The Aboriginals is a great part of Australian history‚ but do people all over the world really know they lived in Australia
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