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    Action will delineate and define you.” -Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was born in Virginia on April 13‚ 1743 and later died on July 4‚ 1826. Jefferson grew up in the Shad well ‚ Virginia where his father peter Jefferson was very wealthy. Jefferson and his family moved to Tuckahoe in 1745 ‚ and later his father died in 1775. He is the third of ten children. On June 11‚1776 anticipated that the vote for independence would be unfavorable. Something that you may not have known is that his favorite device

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    William Wordsworth as Founding Father of Romantic Poetry Although love may occasionally show itself as a muse of Romantic poetry it has very little to do with Romanticism. Romanticism is considered to be an international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world.(Brooklyn College) The early Romantic period begins with the first edition of Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth - co-written

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    The Founding Fathers of the United States had one goal in mind- American Liberty. This could be achieved in many different ways‚ hence the reason that many of the Founding Fathers disputed over how the U.S. government should be run. One of the most influential disputed that there were occurred during the Constitutional Convention. It was unknown how much power to give to the Federal government. Giving too much power would allow one person or a small group of individuals to rule the United States

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    Family His background is rather unique‚ having been born in New Zealand‚ a country which‚ within a mere 50 years of formal European settlement of that remote British Colony‚ could admit him to its‚ already 20-year-old‚ university. Ernest Rutherford was born at Spring Grove in rural Nelson on August 30th 1871‚ the second son and fourth child of twelve born to James and Martha Rutherford. Scottish James had arrived in New Zealand in 1843 as a four-year old. James became a wheelwright and engineer

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    Patriots Pen Draft One If you were to paint a portrait of the Founding Father ’s from the average American ’s mind‚ the final result would depict a group of heroic men marching into battle‚ defeating the dastardly British‚ and writing the Constitution all in one sitting. Everything would be tinted with rosy hues of red‚ white‚ and blue‚ and patriotic music sounds in the background…right? Wrong. In 1789‚ a passionate disagreement broke out between Jefferson and Hamilton over the French Revolution

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    The Founding Fathers created The Bill of Rights in order to protect citizens’ individual rights under written law. One of the most important type of rights outlined in this document are the rights of the accused. Before the amendments that protect accused individuals were enforced‚ there was a decent amount of room for government to gain more power and for the people to lose justice and freedom while in the courts. Many innocent citizens would be labeled as guilty without trial and sent to jail.

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    The founding fathers rebelled against the British government and declared independence for various reasons leading up to the American Revolution. The first of many acts that led to rebellion was the Stamp Act of 1765. This act put taxes on any type of paper that the colonists used. The next acts were the Land Ordinance of 1785. The first act reserved land for American Indians that was west of the Appalachian Mountains. The final piece that led to rebellion were the Townshend Acts of 1767. This included

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    individual branches have the fully granted power to not only make the laws but; they are also the ones seeing that these laws be enforced through proper channels and chain of command. This leaves the judiciary with limited actions. However if actions were to be taken against specific laws then the Supreme Court have the final say. Although all have a say in the power of the law‚ the judiciaries take care of all the formalities. Example; if there’s an issue or concern in regards to specific laws made

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    Foundations of the Founding Father of Jazz: Louis Armstrong Being heard in movies‚ the radio‚ television‚ and even elevators‚ jazz music has made its mark in just about every single location of the world. As popular as jazz is around the world‚ its original roots and foundations in the African-American culture are often forgotten. One of the most influential jazz musicians‚ Louis Armstrong‚ also known as Satchmo or Pops‚ is considered to be among the founding fathers of jazz music. His career launched

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    Alexander Hamilton one of the leading Founding Father of the United State‚ who had a passion and a plan for the future economic growth and a well establish government. One of the major parts of Hamilton’s plan was to build up or pay off the debt accumulated from the Revolutionary War by raising the income of the government. By aiming to distribute bonds to the potential investors with the guarantee of a full repay‚ this will allow to build up credits for the nation (Foner 284). To get a continuous

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