“If your actions inspire others to dream more‚ learn more‚ do more and become more‚ then you are a leader”‚ John Quincy Adams. This simple yet moving observation by Adams encompasses the drive that is instilled within me to constitute change. I fuel this drive by immersing myself with knowledge on variety of issues within the world around me. Yet‚ there is one topic that sparks passion inside me that is not so often discussed: unequivocal representation of women in both political life and the justice
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John C. Calhoun: The Starter of the Civil War If one person could be called the instigator of the Civil War‚ it was John C. Calhoun -- Unknown. The fact that he never wanted the South to break away from the United States as it would a decade after his death‚ his words and life ’s work made him the father of secession. In a very real way‚ he started the American Civil War. Slavery was the foundation of the antebellum South. More than any other characteristic‚ it defined Southern social‚ political
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John Adams was a man who believed in the law‚ and in fair play. If the soldiers could not get a fair trial‚ were we any better than the British and their high handed ways. John Adams knew he had to be the one‚ only a known radical could defend the soldiers. In the end‚ John Adams got most of the soldiers acquitted and the rest reduced to minor charges. The right by trial by jury was one of the rights the radicals were defending. The British were trying to limit trial by jury because too many smugglers
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After a hard fought battle in the election of 1800‚ John Adams and the Federalists lost to Thomas Jefferson‚ a Republican. After this defeat‚ the Federalists wanted to retain as much power as they could. So‚ before Jefferson and the other Republicans entered office‚ Adams passed the Judiciary Act of 1801. The act made a series of specific changes to the Judiciary system‚ that would leave it dominated by Federalists. It reduced the amount of Supreme Court justices from six to five and removed their
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In 1780 Abigail Adams wrote her son John Quincy Adams while he was traveling overseas with his father. Within the letter‚ Abigail uses Pathos‚ Allusion‚Metaphor and Imagery when she told John to travel with an open mind ‚seek challenges‚develop character and take all the opportunities that he comes across. Due to John’s father being a US Diplomat‚Abigail thought this trip would be a great way for John to become a better man and overall a better individual. Adams uses pathos to express the importance
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John Quincy Adams once stated‚ “If your actions inspire others to dream more‚ learn more‚ do more‚ and become more‚ you are a leader.” You see‚ actions speak louder than words because it’s our actions that affect people‚ change people‚ influence people‚ inspire people. I wholeheartedly agree with John Quincy’s definition of a true leader because I believe that a true leader inspires other people. However‚ in my opinion‚ I believe that in order for a leader to effectively inspire others‚ he must
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tax collector might have made him suspect as an agent of British authority‚ however he made good use of his understanding of the tax codes and wide acquaintance with the merchants of Boston. Samuel was a very visible popular leader who‚ along with John‚ spent a great deal of time in the public eye agitating for resistance. In 1765 he was elected to the Massachusetts Assembly where he served as clerk for many years. It was there that he was the first to propose a continental congress. He was a
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Samuel Adams: From the National Statuary Hall Collection at the U.S. Capitol Among those who signed the Declaration of Independence‚ and were conspicuous in the revolution‚ there existed‚ of course‚ a great diversity of intellectual endowments; nor did all render to their country‚ in those perilous days‚ the same important services. Like the luminaries of heavens each contributed his portion of influence; but‚ like them‚ they differed‚ as star differeth from star in glory. But in the constellation
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Marianne Roasa HIST134 July 17‚ 2013 Adams and Jefferson: a Revolutionary Dialogue John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were two historical men who had their own ideas about politics fundamentally‚ including different views on both the American and the French Revolution. They began as friends. Adams proposed Jefferson to make the first draft of the Declaration of Independence and continued to support him on the editing committee. Although Jefferson and Adams had similar theological ideals ‚ their
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Samuel Adams Samuel Adams is one of America’s founding fathers and helped the nation come together at its beginnings. He was born on September 27‚ 1722 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. Adams was one of twelve children born to Samuel Adams‚ Sr.‚ and Mary Adams; in an age of high infant mortality‚ only three of his siblings lived past their third birthday‚ luckily Samuel Adams was one of them to survive. Adams’s parents were devout Puritans‚ and members of the Old South Congregational Church. The family
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