in congress‚ while the larger states thought states should have proportional representation. The framers put forth various plans to solve this difficulty. The two plans proposed were the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. Each of these had advantages and disadvantages for each of the sides. Overall‚ the Virginia Plan favored the larger states‚ while the New Jersey Plan favored the small states. Eventually both sides decided on the Great Compromise. The Great Compromise solved the problem of representation
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I am presenting this evening my Informative Speech. That was then….and this is now. I call Culpeper‚ Virginia home. Though‚ the small town I knew growing up was Springfield‚ Virginia. I would like to tell you and share some of my memories about growing up in Northern Virginia and of its changes that have occurred over the decades. Growing up Springfield really was small town USA. The normal commuter was traveling south onto interstate 95 from Washington‚ D.C. which is now is exit 169A and a
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Formula and Convention as Seen in J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone and subsequent novels have received extraordinary amounts of attention and exploded into everyday pop culture. One theory accredits their success to the incorporation of a recurrent mythological theme‚ or convention‚ specifically the hero’s adventure narrative that is known to most everyday readers‚ especially those with a love for the fantasy genre. Harry
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Pa. There was a total of 38 signings. Two from Conn.‚ 5 from Delaware‚ 2 from Georgia‚ 3 from Maryland‚ 2 from Massachusetts‚ 2 from New Hampshire‚ 4 from New Jersey‚ 3 from North Carolina ‚ 8 from Pennsylvania‚ 3 from South Carolina and 3 from Virginia. Some important names that signed was George Washington‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ and James Madison. http://www.history.com/topics/articles-of-confederation However before the US Constitution was established it was the Articles of Confederation
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Constitutional convention feels that a bill of rights is unneeded. Guarantee of Habeas Corpus is the legal action which requires people to be brought before a judge or into court under arrest. Constitutional convention feels that way because the Bill of Rights must be charged for a crime‚ no ex post facto laws that punish crimes‚ get a jury trial for all crimes‚ no punishment for treason for anyone but the accused with two witnesses. Overall‚ the constitutional convention opinions on Bill of Rights
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Differences in Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” and Richard Henry’s Speech to the Second Virginia Convention There are many similarities and differences in Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” and Richard Henry’s Speech to the Second Virginia Convention. Both of these famous speeches were made by colonists to persuade the people of the colonies to dissolve all connections with Great Britain and fight for their own freedom. Patrick Henry made his speech before the Declaration of Independence to persuade the colonists
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The essay “In search of a Room of One’s Own” by Virginia Woolf starts out by asking a simple question‚ what were the living conditions of women in England‚ in the time of Elizabeth? The author wants to understand why no woman had written any literature‚ unlike a man who was capable of a song or sonnet. It was as if the life of a woman was fiction. We must first start out by understanding how women were viewed in the public’s eye and then understand how they could not have been as smart as men; or
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representing every state but Rhode Island‚ met at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia‚ which is now known as Independence Hall. Notable delegates included George Washington‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ and James Madison. At first‚ the convention was very secretive. No members of the press were allowed to observe‚ and no official journal of the proceedings were kept. In fact‚ chaperones were assigned to Ben Franklin at all times‚ the eldest of the delegates‚ who had a reputation for being
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Essay Number 3 I was the oldest delegate in the Philadelphia Convention. Other than George Washington I was the best man in America. I was born into a poor family and became an inventor‚ scientist‚ diplomat and publisher. My career in public service was long‚ I serviced as an ambassador to England and France and I was also a Governor of Pennsylvania. I was a compromiser‚ I brought delegates together. I favored the strong national government that the United States had‚ I was a firm believer that
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In the speech "The Virginia Convention" Patrick Henry set out to convince the Virginia delegates that the war with England is inevitable‚ the longer they wait the harder to win the war and that the war had already started. The author uses repetition‚ rhetorical questions‚ and facts to allow the speech to be more effective‚ interesting‚ and strong. Repetition is one of the stronger designs that Patrick uses to help stress the importance of taking on this battle now rather than waiting and being to
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