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    The students of my third hour Pre-Ap English class wishes to abolish homework. We feel as if it is a waste of our valuable time. We spend eight hours a day in school doing nothing but learning‚ our time at home with our families should be our time. Homework constrains from family bonding time‚ we shouldn’t have to bring school work to our home lives. Our classes are long enough to get what we need done in a day. So this makes homework just a tyranny. Homework also makes students stay up later than

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    Throughout the Declaration of Independence‚ Thomas Jefferson uses several rhetorical appeals. He demonstrates ethos‚ pathos‚ as well as logos as he demonstrates the need for being independent. Firstly‚ he uses logos. The entire first paragraph is telling the readers why this declaration of independence needs to made in the first place. He states that there is a time when a society needs to break away from its past leader (Britain) and rely on the powers of God and the earth to create a new community

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    The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents in American history. This document‚ written by Thomas Jefferson and the colonists‚ was their explanation for why they were unhappy with the way things were going in England at the time and how they planned on fixing it. It was written to be persuasive and to get the reader‚ King George III and his government‚ to understand why they felt the way they did. His argument was very effective because of the way he set up this document

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    The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson‚ a member of the Continental Congress. Thomas Jefferson was chosen to write the first drafts of the Declaration‚ which had 25% of it taken out. The document included an introduction‚ government ideals‚ complaints/grievances. The Declaration of Independence is the document which shaped our government‚ morals and lives in the United States. At the end of the Declaration there are four statements of ideals‚ including equality‚ right to life

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    over the faith of others.’ Hence‚ the religious freedom statute document drafted by Thomas Jefferson implies that civil rights are not in any way related to an individual’s freedom to follow a particular religion. Secondly‚ in the David Walker’s appeal of 1829‚ the impact of the declaration of independence can be identified in David’s assertion that Colored people have as much rights as white Americans. Marable & Leith (p.95) explain that David Walker’s frustration over enslavement of colored people

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    The one part of the Declaration of Independence that is reflected in 2016 is the part where it quotes‚"We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights…”. The right that the Declaration of Independence promises in 1776 is giving the right of the people to choose their own leaders. It also gives the people the right to get rid of their king is they wanted to if they think the king won’t be fit to fulfill

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    Jefferson’s Audacious Vision In the Declaration of Independence‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ former president of the United States‚ explains to the world why the American colonies declare independence from Great Britain. Jefferson’s purpose is to persuade the world to support the American colonists in their choice to separate themselves from the British. Through the use of repetition‚ pathos‚ diction‚ and imagery‚ Jefferson effectively states the American colonist’s grievances. Although Jefferson includes

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    4‚ 1776 Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. By this document‚ the rebellious colonies declared themselves free and independent states ‚ united in the United States of America. July 4th is celebrated annually in the United States as Independence Day ‚ although after the signing of the Declaration were five children long before the final victory of Americans in the war and seven years before the signing of the Treaty of Paris . The author of the Declaration of Independence was the youngest

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    Comment on the significance of India’s declaration of independence‚ paying attention to the wider imperial context In the twentieth century‚ several major events enhanced the decline of the British Empire. Among them‚ the India’s Declaration of Independence‚ proclaimed on January 26‚ 1930. Indeed‚ public dissatisfaction and protestations illustrated Indian people’s will to take part in ruling their own country. By the same time‚ similar struggles were taking place throughout the British Empire

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    because of the rights and freedom we are all given. When the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights were written‚ the authors intended for each person to be treated identical to a neighbor or even a government figure. Many people think equality in society is achievable‚ but others think not. Based upon the U.S. Constitution‚ Bill of Rights‚ and the Declaration of Independence equality is achievable because everyone is given the same rights‚but the way an individual uses those rights is what

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