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    should be proud to be an American. None of these can be greater than the completion of the Declaration of Independence. This document was what set the revolution in place and started moving the growing nation toward independence. Through claim‚ support‚ and counter argument‚ Thomas Jefferson created a significant Revolutionary War document. Thomas Jefferson began the declaration of Independence with his claim. He stated “When‚ in the course of human events‚ it becomes necessary for one people to

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    The Events‚ the Time‚ the History Behind the Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence has been called the most important document in modern history. It has also been called the "birth certificate of America" (Kullen‚ 1996) Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration in a brick-layered house in Philadelphia about two hundred years ago (Fradin‚ 2002). This document told the British King that we wanted to form our own nation. Some leaders in the State House condemned the Declaration

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    August 6‚ 1945‚ a new age dawned. Technological feats were achieved that our ancestors never would thought possible in such a short period of time‚ on August 6 Harry S. Truman 33rd president after the death of Roosevelt the United States Airforce flew the "Enola Gay" a B-29 bomber and with its cargo of Airmen piloting‚ navigating‚ and doing their job‚ with them was "Little Boy" the name for the atomic bomb that was ordered to be dropped over Hiroshima‚ a manufacturing city‚ in a ploy to get the

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    Sara Ryan PHIL 150-03 First Response Paper February 20‚ 2012 Was the Death of Socrates Justified? The life and death of Socrates is a topic that can spark great debates. Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher who was put on trial for two specific reasons. In the Apology‚ we learn that the people of Athens claimed that Socrates did not believe in the gods of their city‚ but in other spiritual things. This was thought to be impious. They also believed that Socrates was corrupting the

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    Text Commentary of the Declaration of Independence    ‘THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES’ (July4‚ 1776) This is a text commentary about ‘The Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America’. The Declaration of Independence is a juridical and legal document written sometime between June 11 and June 28‚ 1776. The reason for that lapse of time is because a draft of the declaration was asked to a group of five delegates of the Continental Congress on June 11‚

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    Was American success in achieving independence due more to General Washington’s strategic skill or to British blunders? Introduction The British military was considered the strongest in the world at the outreach of fighting between England and the American colonies in 1775. Britain had just defeated France and the Indians in the Seven Years War and had attained its prominence as a world’s superpower. Yet despite Britain’s overpowering military dominance‚ the British found themselves unable to

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    one’s life for a serious crime that they committed. The death penalty serves both as a good consequence and as a deterrent or prevention for future crimes. Capital Punishment addresses crimes that simply cannot be repaid‚ or compensated for. If one were to rob a store the thief can payback the amount that was stolen‚ in fact‚ under biblical law from the bible the criminal would then be tasked to work for the person he or she robbed from until the debt itself was repaid several times over the amount

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    American Revolution: A War For Independence: The War of Independence‚ also known as the American Revolution‚ was a monumental event in history. Many developments and implications during this time period changed the course of history and the lives of those who lived through it. During the American Revolution‚ 13 colonies fought for legal separation from the British government. In both large and small battles‚ American’s fought back in an attempt to claim independence from Britain. In the events leading

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    Is there a Divine Creator? That has been the question debated by Mankind since the beginning of time. As Christians‚ we know that God has made everything with His mighty hands. In the 19th century‚ a theory was proposed by Charles Darwin that would change the outlook on life forever. Darwin proposed that there was no Creator at all. Perhaps we have “evolved” into the creatures we are today from a common ancestor. This topic is very important because the view of our origins can shape a whole societies’

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    THE AMERICAN COLONIES 1600-1791 Chapter 2: Walter Raleigh Elizabeth I Treaty of Tordesillas Pocahontas Bacon’s Rebellion John Rolfe Defeat of the Spanish Armada John Smith Jamestown Thomas Dale Essay Area: Be able to discuss the establishment of Virginia‚ Maryland‚ Georgia‚ and the Carolinas. Chapter 3: John Calvin John Winthrop Peter Stuyvesant Anne Hutchinson King Philip’s War Roger Williams Dominion of New England New England Confederations Patroonships William

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