Preface: The Generation 1. According to Ellis’ preface, what is so phenomenal about the founding of the United States? - The founding of the United States is very phenomenal because it won against the strongest army and navy of Great Britain because Britain didn’t fight to its full potential.…
I think that the colonies had every right to declare Independence from England. England took took away most of the colonists rights by taxing the colonies unfairly, using different strategies to intimidate the colonist and forbidding their rights to have a say in most of the decisions that were being brought upon them. Although colonist experienced a lot of unfair treatment, Colonists were mostly upset with England taxing the colonist suddenly without their consent. In 1763, the British Government had just got out the Seven Years War.…
What would America be like today if people from America’s beginning tried to reconcile with Great Britain in the late 1700’s instead of declaring independence? Would they have just gone to war anyway? Or would America even be called the country it is today? America’s founding fathers created the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 and is the reason why Americans celebrate Independence Day today. The Declaration was written to state grievances, or complaints, early Americans had with King George and Great Britain.…
Founding Ideals Essay An ideals is a principle or standard of perfection that we are always trying to achieve. America's founding ideals were defined by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence in 1776 - equality, right, liberty, opportunity, and most important democracy. Throughout these years, our nation's founding ideals have inspired and guided many people. However, they are still being debated and discussed today.…
The American Persona Prosperity, freedom, and acceptance infatuate the mind when the words, “The United States of America,” are spoken. Instantly when America is mentioned, people think of majestic eagles, happiness, freedom, and hamburgers. The forefathers founded this country on the Declaration of Independence and provided inalienable rights to its citizens through the Bill of Rights. What America did when it won its freedom was revolutionary, showing other countries what was believed to be impossible could be possible.…
The history of America is made of battles, conflicts and even wars in order to obtain and defend one of the most important principles, freedom. America, the land of the free, is today the home for a bit more than 300 millions of people with about 14% of immigrants, who have left their country to grab a piece of the American dream. From the early English travelers to the African slaves, and most recently the current immigrants, the American land has fulfilled most of its promises as demonstrated by the peaceful living of all the different races. However, the black history has a dark theme to it. First forcefully brought to this country as slaves, it took several laws, a secession of the confederate states, a civil war and three amendments before…
The Articles of Confederation made our government is a total disaster. We need to have a Constitutional Convention and make a new plan of government. Shay's Rebellion showed that the Government is weak and that farmers could take take over the government because the government had no protection, they had no army to protect them from farmers and other countries could take over our country. So what was the point of me fighting for 8 years and gain no power out of it?…
Many things bad and good has happened that led up to the American Revolution. Although Things done by the English were most likely done with good intentions, they were not good. The American Revolution was justified. There are many reasons to why the American Revolution was justified. One reason is that the Acts that England put in place were unreasonable.…
In the United States of America’s Pledge of Allegiance, it is stated that there is “… liberty and justice for all” (????). Thomas Jefferson stated in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” (???). And yet, throughout U.S. history, blacks have endured slavery, segregation, mob attacks, discrimination, and injustice simply because of their race. “Race, the idea that the human species is divided into distinct groups on the basis of inherited physical and behavioral differences” (Race). “The number of reported incidents of police brutality and excessive force toward Black men could very easily lead one to believe that the Black man may be American law enforcement’s worst nightmare”…
Visions are only unique as the individual themselves who make up this country. America is not the same as it was ten years ago. Who would have thought that we would have cell phones that were similar to a small computer in our pocket, a car that could talk back to us, or that we would have an African American president? Our visions for America could change everyday. My vision for America is very unique for my age group.…
Quang Minh Pham Contemporary Issue 10/8/2015 Over past 200 years, the proliferation of nation-state in the world replaced almost kingdoms, empires and city states, along with the changing of world policy and aspects of modernization. The emergence of nation-state is understandable when the power is shifted to nationalists to diffuse nation-state from an empire. The success of American Revolution in eighteenth century was the very first sign of the rising of modern sovereign nation-state – A sovereign state has their own constitution, ruled under fair law of equal residents.…
The inevitable truth in retrospect of the last 524 years as a nation has fostered a great amount of oppressing one based on race. Despite institutions such as slavery and the forced migration of millions of Native Americans and other monumental examples of racism seem to be so far in the past that it doesn’t matter, the US still has expressed racism over the years, even into modern day there really is no equality between everyone. The Italian explorer Christopher Columbus stumbled upon the Western Hemisphere, which at time time was referred to as “The New World” in 1492. Such a pivotal discovery that holidays are set in some countries after him.…
What one person believes is pure or right in reality is not how things really are. Those beliefs are either taught by their parents or by the events that have happen in one’s life. Our beliefs and how we view right, wrong, superior races has to do with what our parents taught us sometimes that is not an easy to do to unlearn what has been taught. There is no good reason to ALLIENTATE a person because of how they look or their ETHNITICITY. That type of behavior leads to things like GENOCIDE and COLONIASIM takes place.…
America today, pressured by political correctness and social acceptances, has been reduced to become a country where we are more concerned about hurting people’s feelings or protecting our reputations. This mindset has caused America, the country where we used to be able to say what we want-- when we want-- how we want, to become a country overrun by what would sound better than what would be more effective. Our own government has trampled our rights as citizens under free speech, the right to bear arms, and the freedom of religion. We are becoming a society where one thing is absolutely right and anyone who thinks different is condemned a homophobe, racist, extremist, or terrorist. Our Reconstructionist officials (liberals/government activists)…
The heart and soul of what America values derives from the American Dream. This idea was explored by James Truslow Adams in his book, “The Epic of America,” written in 1931. In his book, he stated that the American Dream was “that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” This essentially means that each person that comes to the US will be given equal respect, have the freedom to do and say what they want, and be given an opportunity to succeed. Americans treasure freedom the most out of any value.…