John Jay’s Biography John Jay was born into a wealthy family on December 12th‚ 1745 in New York City. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and was a very successful man. He strived for America’s Independence and was always trying to better the nation. In 1774 he married the daughter of New Jersey governor‚ Sarah Livingston. Having marrying her‚ Jay gained political connections to a colonial family. During the Revolutionary War‚ Jay represented New York in the Continental
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Mahatma Gandhi: (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) (Father of the Nation‚ Rashtrapita‚ राष्ट्रपिता) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience‚ firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non violence—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi led nationwide campaigns to ease poverty‚ expand women
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Malcolm Reynolds APUSH Analytical Essay of Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis The novel‚ Founding Brothers‚ written by Joseph Ellis is a thought provoking novel on the intertwined lives of George Washington‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ James Madison‚ John Adams‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ Aaron Burr and Ben Franklin. Ellis calls the 1790’s the most decisive decade in our country. The author exemplifies three major points in our nation’s history: George Washington and his prominent legacy; the collaborative yet
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economic state of the lower and middle classes and immigrants. The Progressive Era reformers were generally very effective in addressing the problems of the late nineteenth‚ early twentieth century in America. With advancements in media development and innovation‚ groups such as muckrakers were able to expose corruption in the government and scandals in public health. Social reformers such as Margaret Sanger and Alice Paul were very influential in inciting change to social equality. With the help of institutions
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Addison: A Social Reformer Joseph Addison was one of the great critics and social reformers during the regime of Queen Anne. He was well known English essayist‚ poet‚ playwright‚ and politician. Having multidimensional qualities‚ he achieved social name and fame during his life time especially as a social reformer. His appealing manners and conversation made him one of the most popular men in the society. His contribution towards the society as a social reformer cannot be described. He is also famous
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in the District of Hooghly in Bengal. His father Ramkanto Roy was a Vaishnavite‚ while his mother‚ Tarini‚ was from a Shakta background. Raja Ram Mohun Roy was sent to Patna for higher studies. By the age of fifteen‚ Raja Rammohun Roy had learnt Bangla‚ Persian‚ Arabic and Sanskrit. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was against idol worship and orthodox Hindu rituals. He stood firmly against all sort of social bigotry‚ conservatism and superstitions. But his father was an orthodox Hindu Brahmin. This led to
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1900-1920 in the United States of America the reformers of the Progressive Era and the Federal Government were effective bringing about reform dealing with reforms to improve the social disgrace of the working conditions‚ the enthusiasm to be a nation of self-governed people‚ and the individual interests of presidents despite limitations in the rulings of court cases‚ the application of reforms reached‚ and the varying effectiveness of presidents. Reformers looking to improve the working conditions
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The progressives were a group of reformers who were originated in late nineteenth to early twentieth century. These reformers were mainly white‚ middle-socio-economic class American English who had been born in the United States. They were actively involved into improvement in the sectors like political and social. Different sorts of ideas and solutions were generated by the progressives. Working in favor of women’s right‚ health sector‚ improving working environment and protection of natural resources
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History presents an abundance of cases where people who have made an immense contribution to a cause were rejected by their contemporaries because of a simple misunderstanding of the entire scale of the perfect. Such a fate befell on one of the great people‚ Thomas Paine‚ the smartest man‚ a fighter for truth and justice. Having been at the peak of his glory for a short term‚ at the end of his life‚ he was subjected to ‘exile’‚ both morally and physically‚ contrary to all the results he had actually
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Alexander Hamilton were not friends. Hamilton helped Thomas Jefferson defeat Burr in the Presidential election. later on when Burr was Vice President‚ he ran for governor in New York. Hamilton had such a great influence on his home state that Burr lost the election to be governor. Burr had challenged Hamilton to a duel because of some offensive comments from Hamilton. Ultimately‚ Burr had severely wounded Hamilton‚ who died days later. According to the chapter‚ two shots were heard‚ Hamilton died
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