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    An excerpt from Thomas Paine’s book Rights of Man depicts America as a nation full of equality and unity‚ despite the nation’s diverse population. He claims the government is constructed based on principle morals‚ which allows Americans to overcome differences in beliefs‚ race‚ and economic stratification. Paine’s piece was written in 1791‚ during a time people united through the purpose of supporting independence. The gradual drifting of the nation’s common goal disturbs unity and reveals the vast

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    DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE The Declaration of Independence‚ an unanimous Declaration o the thirteen united States of America‚ signed and agreed by 56 man “mutually pledge to each other‚ our lives‚ our fortunes‚ and our sacred honor”‚ became one of the most important and influential documents in history. This agreement is at the same time a statement of intent to renounce British rule over the colonies and an argument justifying the intent. The reason behind this declaration of independence

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    Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence is a document written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 to state the reasons as to why the British colonies of North America sought independence. The excerpt given is the preamble‚ or first part‚ of the declaration. A famous line includes‚ ¨we hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal‚¨ this states that a government should never violate any person’s human rights under any circumstances. The rights proclaimed in the document

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    granted rights‚ two of the most important documents from the 1800’ are Sarah Grimke’s Letter XII: Legal Disabilities of Women‚ and Plessy Versus Ferguson‚ a Supreme Court case. They both are historical documents that changed history and how we view who has rights. There two most oppressed groups in the 1800’s were people of color and women. They both believe that they should have equal rights‚ similar to the white male American and should participate in laws‚ government and vote for what’s right in society

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    In the book Rights of Man‚ Thomas Paine discusses how America was during 1791 and how certain things would have to happen in order for the country to be united. He discusses how well diverse America is as a whole. He proceeds to speak optimistic discussing how America will be better in the future if somethings change. Although‚ in today’s age not much as changed and America is not what Paine had imagined or hoped it would be. Paine describes America as a diverse nation that does well at getting

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    The Social Contract of John Locke AJS 532 Introduction The concept of the social contract comes from Socrates‚ as described by Plato in Crito. “Then the laws will say: ‘Consider‚ Socrates‚ if we are speaking truly that in your present attempt you are going to do us an injury. For‚ having brought you into the world‚ and nurtured and educated you‚ and given you and every other citizen a share in every good which we had to give‚ we further proclaim to any Athenian by the liberty which we allow

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    Theoretical framework The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) (content) is a presentation received by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris‚ France. The Declaration emerged specifically from the experience of the Second World War and speaks to the principal worldwide articulation of what many individuals accept to be the rights to which every person are characteristically entitled. The Declaration comprises of thirty articles which‚ in

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    Declaration of Rights (Article I) of the Florida Constitution 1. Do the rights identified in each document differ at all? No‚ they seem to be on the same path in all documents although in section describing Basic Rights they say “No person shall be deprived of any right because of race‚ religion‚ national origin‚ or physical disability” but then two sections later in the religious freedom section they say “There shall be no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting or penalizing

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    Rousseau’s beliefs express fear that education will create unequal differences between the sexes. If women become educated‚ would the social order of perhaps housewives still exist? According to Rousseau‚ education should be given to all men so the government does not overpower the individual. He also believed that women should not be educated. ““Educate one like men.” Says Rousseau‚ “and the more they resemble our sex the less power will they have over us.””(Wollstonecraft‚ 191-194). Although it is not guaranteed

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    My social identities are Mexican American‚ democrat‚ middle class‚ female‚ catholic‚ latin‚ English and Spanish speaker‚ young adult and a U.S. citizen. My most dominant identities are being Mexican American and being a young adult. Since I’m Mexican American sometimes me and my family get treated differently than people that are white‚ an example is when I was in 3rd grade my house was vandalized. There was beer‚ and beans poured inside of my mother’s fountain‚ and a racial slur was written on

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