Alien and Sedition Acts

We should hold this truth to be self-evident: that we, the people, have not held up our end of the “social contract” between us and our government. Perhaps our disenfranchisement with the government is one of our own making. Perhaps our role in government needs to go beyond mere obligations, or even participation. And perhaps the emerging divide between the government of the people, by the people, and for the people with those very people can be ameliorated by something as simple as education…

Josh Rozdolsky Saleh The Patriot Act United States History What would everyday life look like when the government can look through everyone's private information? The Patriot Act violates Civil Liberties and is Unconstitutional by restricting the First Amendment and Fourth Amendment rights of Americans. The Patriot Act violates freedom of religion and speech. It violates our right to search and seizure without proper warrants or…

George Washington and Thomas Jefferson - two of our nation 's greatest presidents. They have multiple memorials named after them, and they have their faces presented alongside Theodore Roosevelt 's and Abraham Lincoln 's. Both of the men are also featured on currency, Washington on the one-dollar bill and the twenty-five-cent quarter, and Jefferson on the (rather uncommon) two-dollar bill and the five-cent nickel. But Washington came first, and Jefferson was third, so someone had to come between…

The experiment was underway. Moreover, it was happening in real time. No global or cultural events could be halted to create the ideal outcome, and no precedent could prepare the United States for what would come to be. In the election of 1800, America definitively learned what it meant to live under the Constitution. Furthermore, they learned how the culture of America would be intertwined with international matters, and how the United States government would establish their own culture. It is…

It also acted as a catalyst to the start of the Industrial Revolution in the United States as America became less dependent on European manufactured goods and started making their own. The Embargo Act of 1807 and The Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 also acted as catalysts toward the start of the Industrial Revolution and sparked nationalism, because Americans were no longer importing manufactured goods and started making their own. After the war, Americans surged with…

serious threat. He was described as “The Father of the Country” since 1776 which is to say, before there was even a country.”(Ellis, 120) Washington voluntarily stepping down from office shows and reaffirmed the nation’s unique position by refusing to act as monarch and that it suggests that every President was replaceable. However, in the Farewell Address, he thrusts for national unity and independence from Europe. Ellis highlights three main factors: first Washington reputation rested not on…

regarding the excess power of the federal government and how it often leads to Tyranny. However, as soon as he became president he use that very power to further get what he deemed best for the country. Even as vice president he openly oppose the alien and sedition acts which reinforced position against federal control over free speech and immigration. Yet, when faced with the Louisiana purchase use that same power to initiate action. This directly violated his strict constitutionalist view on…

The Election of 1800 Year 1800 witnessed a historically election that was fought between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams for the President of the United States. The results of the election would act as one of the most important pages in the book of history that would shape the country’s future for generations to come. The election took a big turn when John Adams came in third, and there was a tie between the two Republican candidates, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. The audio of Thomas…

In the article, Founder’s Chic, Brand criticizes the use and abuse of the founding fathers in today’s political life. Brand begins the article by quoting a statement by John Adams that the history of the revolution will be one continuous lie. The author claims that by focusing too much on the founding fathers and praising them for starting a nation, the ordinary citizen is undervaluing himself or herself. Brand presents a compelling argument that while the founding fathers started the nation,…

and limit the scope of the national governments authority (Milkis & Nelson, 2012, p. 101). This constraining of power however, was contradicted by the 1803 Louisiana Purchase as well as the 1807 Embargo Act. Jefferson attempted to justify the assertions of presidential power by calling them acts of popular will. A populist intervention as he called it. He addressed the contradictory actions of his stated principals with a letter. He wrote “A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless…