A Man Becomes a Patriot‚ and a Land Becomes a Nation The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin by Gordon S. Wood illustrates the shift from dependence upon the “mother land” of Britain‚ to the independence of a newly born nation‚ and the effects these changes had socially‚ economically‚ and politically for the people of this era. An evident division of the people emerged during the early 1700s‚ and provided little diversity and social mobility amongst the colonists. The rich‚ though a minority
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Charles Inglis I‚ Charles Inglis‚ have grown to be a loyalist in colonial North America. I was born 1734‚ in the Republic of Ireland. I was given a private education and due to my father’s death‚ I was never able to attend a University. During my twenties‚ I moved to America. After teaching nearby at a church in Lancaster‚ PA I earned my rights in England to work at higher levels in the church. By 1758 I was an ordained deacon‚ assisted the bishop and returned to America. I became very fond of
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“I believe the Patriot Act strikes the right balance needed to protect our freedom and security” (Bill Owens). This Act makes it easier for the government to identify terrorist. It strengthens our national security and lessens terrorism. It also allowed information to be shared between government officials. The Patriot Act is needed to identify terrorist‚ unite government officials and strengthen the national security of the United States of America. Public safety is much more important than our
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terrorist attacks that may penetrate U.S. soil. Known as the PATRIOT ACT or “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism‚” Act‚ It had been proposed and created with the wise intentions to find and intercept terrorists operating on American soil as well as protecting it on an international scale; yet‚ many Americans and citizens see fault within our government and the limitations of the patriot act of obstructions to our very own constitution set forth
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As a patriot there are many reasons why I‚ Patrick Henry‚ dislike King George III (3rd). One of the many reasons is all the taxes that were passed by parliament. He started taxing us on sugar; or known as the sugar act. One of the worst things was the taxation without representation; they would tax us but not represent us. The one thing that didn’t involve a tax was that we couldn’t print our own money; we wanted our colony to print the money not Britain. Nobody except the loyalist wanted to keep
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Boston Bombing & Patriot Act In the early afternoon of April 15th during the 117th Annual Boston Marathon‚ two bombs were detonated and exploded‚ killing 3 people and injuring 183 others. The bombs had been placed near the finish line‚ along Boylston Street. The bombs‚ which were pressure cooker devices detonated at 2:49 p.m‚ 13 seconds apart. No warnings had been given‚ and no one has been arrested or claimed responsibility for the bombing.(Bacon) The FBI have found two suspects that are responsible
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Nathanael Greene was born in 1742 and grew up as a Quaker before taking on responsibilities for the family foundry in 1770. He gained an interest in politics and had a noticeable sympathy for the Patriot cause. Around 1774‚ Greene played a role in the formation of a militia known as the Kentish Guards. The unit was chartered and Greene was eager to enroll and was later accepted. This was the beginning of Greene’s military affairs‚ and he later served on a militia committee of the General Assembly
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Back in the beginning stages of the War on Terrorism‚ President Bush enacted the Patriot Act. This allowed the government to spy on citizens‚ monitoring their activities in order to discern whether or not someone is a terrorist. It brought about changes in law enforcement that allowed agencies to search phones‚ financial records‚ etc. The National Defense Authorization Act greatly expands the power and scope of the federal government to fight the War on Terror‚ including codifying into law the indefinite
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nation accepted it with open arms for its promising results. What many did not know at this point and will only find out years later was that The Patriot Act will violate their Fourth Amendment rights down the road and that all American citizens and not just those suspected of committing a crime will be a target of this surveillance program. The Patriot Act gave law enforcement several authorities they did not have before to perform their job with less hassles (such as officers had to obtain multiple
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Should Congress have enacted the patriot act to combat terrorism and protect citizens after 9/11/2001‚ or was it an extreme measure of legislation that violated our civil liberties? As a patriotic citizen‚ I feel as though sacrifices are necessary when large-scale devastation occurs. So‚ yes‚ they should have enacted the patriot act which allowed them to invade our privacy and impose unusual treatment of suspected terrorists at that time. Furthermore‚ as long as ISIS is a threat they should use
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