if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company" (George Washington). America wouldn’t be what it is today if the Founding Fathers didn’t feel the same as George Washington did. Britain was bad company and the Founding Fathers felt that America was better off alone‚ and as its own country. The Founding Fathers were completely just in the way that they separated themselves from Britain‚ and had every reason to do so. Britain ruthlessly taxed the New World and
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stated his beliefs. Hes kind of like a founding father‚ but what is a founding father? A founding father is a member of the convention that drew up the united states constitution in 1787‚ which was 4 years after the american revolution‚ a political upheaval that took place between 1765 to 1783 when the 13 colonists rejected the british monarchy and founded the united states of america. After the American revolution Thomas Jefferson(one of the many founding fathers and the third presedent) wrote the declaration
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Influences and how hey Transformed America for the Better The Founding Fathers are the men who wrote the Declaration of Independence‚ the Constitution‚ and the Articles of Confederation. . If they were not able to create a system that united all the states as when country then‚ the states would each have different laws‚ and some states would not be appropriate to live in because of the laws it might pass. When the Founding Fathers created our government they were influenced by the many thinkers
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crime has become more acceptable and isn’t as frowned upon as before. Although it is still a sin‚ people do not typically seek a punishment for this crime. When comparing the views and punishments of adultery between the Puritan times of the book The Scarlet Letter and now‚ there are obvious differences. During the Puritan times of early America committing a sin that violated any religious rule would have a serious punishment. These punishments would be especially horrific if they violated any one
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1. The founding fathers wanted a republic wanted a republic with no monarchy‚ to have elected representatives and limited government. The founding father created government with the past and the experience to see what worked and what did not. The ancients‚ who were Greek like Plato and Aristotle‚ thought that the government should promote human excellence. Plato recognized three types pf government‚ monarchy‚ aristocracy and democracy. For the Romans‚ Polybius wanted a Republic and Cicero believed
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Why did our Founding Fathers create the Constitution and how is it relevant to our country today? To begin‚ prior to the creation of the Constitution‚ the Articles of Confederation was the main document that the people of the United States abided by. The Articles of Confederation was not a well-liked document and therefore‚ it is not well-known today. This document posed many ongoing issues and challenges for the growing United States. First of all‚ it granted the states an overarching amount of
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born in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ was one of the Founding fathers of the United States and one of the most brilliant and versatile men in America. He proudly described himself as a printer‚ but he was also a journalist‚ scientist‚ inventor‚ author‚ diplomat and statesman. He was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He is also known for his early scientific research in the field of electricity. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a leading
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Not only one of America’s Founding Fathers‚ Benjamin Franklin is one of the world’s most influential human beings. Most people recognize him as the face of a hundred dollar bill or the elementary school lesson of his kite in a storm discovering electricity. He was a scientist‚ an inventor‚ a printer‚ a philosopher‚ a musician‚ an economist‚ and of course a statesman. With his tremendous intellectual gifts‚ Franklin introduced devices to society that benefited America as a whole. Franklin’s most famous
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John Jay‚ a Founding Father of the United States‚ served the new nation in both law and diplomacy. He held the position of the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court as well as a variety of other top government positions. The New York native drafted the state’s first constitution in 1777 and the following year was chosen president of the Continental Congress. He then became U.S. minister to Spain‚ helping to broker the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War. Jay was appointed
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William Wordsworth as Founding Father of Romantic Poetry Although love may occasionally show itself as a muse of Romantic poetry it has very little to do with Romanticism. Romanticism is considered to be an international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world.(Brooklyn College) The early Romantic period begins with the first edition of Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth - co-written
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