Benedictine Confederation

American Imperialism started to find their way in the Westward Expansion where Native Americans struggled trying to have control over their land. Once America has taken over, they felt that it was the right thing to do by building a better government and new nation. That is where the Dual Political System comes in. The Americans believe that building a dual political system based on race, gender, and class is a right way for a better and working government. It is there to protect the people’s…

Our founders distrusted direct democracy, and prefered a representative form of government because direct democracy gives too much power to the majority; ensuring that the general will, will always prevail. Even The Articles of confederation, a form of government that favored general will over the federal government so much so the federal government had so little power, it couldn't even get the states to pay their war debts, was not a direct democracy. England was a representative…

Achen and Bartels’ Democracy for Realists shakes the assumptions underlying the democratic foundation on which we’ve build our country. With a career's worth of research and knowledge they strongly argue that our romantic idea of democracy in fact does not produce responsive government and never will do so. They assert that rule “by the people” is an irresponsible way to run a state--our current electorate is disinterested, uninformed, and irrational, and should not be trusted to decide the…

Founding Fathers Journal Constitution: By all means, I did not support the decision made to ratify the United States Constitution. The United States Constitution does not completely serve as beneficial for the people. This national government imposed in the Constitution does not serve to protect the liberties of the people. A government so strong can only seek to control the people in the states’. I oppose the Constitution because it will risk the sovereignty of the states’. I…

Architecture does not come out of nowhere. Architects always absorb knowledge from a certain typology that they favor in the past, digest the knowledge and apply them to their own design. It is significant that architects carry classical ideas throughout generations in order to project designs in their ages powerfully, and leave heritage for next generation. During 18th and 19th century, several classical revivals occurred in America. Due to the increasing demands of housing and the eagerness of…

America’s development into a nation-state came about by the War of Independence, the action of casting off the parental states governing control ‘Britain’, however, there are still remnants of the British governing system in America’s governmental structures. Their president became an elected king with some other powers of kingdom ship e.g. to go to war, to pardon, friends whether wrongdoers are otherwise, to select a Cabinet of his un-elected. What set the American culture apart from any other…

“Historic Hudson Valley was formally founded in 1951 as sleepy hollow restorations by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.” “The Hudson Valley comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York, from the cities of Albany and Troy southward to Yonkers in Westchester County.” Historic Hudson River Towns are located along New York’s Hudson River, from Yonkers to Albany. In 1994, Historic River Towns of Westchester was created by mayors and supervisors…

In 1688, King James II of England was overthrown by a union of English Parliamentarians led by Dutch Stadtholder William of Orange. In 1765, the rebel colonists of the 13 American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy. In 1789, the French peasants revolted against the French aristocracy and absolute monarchy. While the Magna Carta was written to limit the royal authority and establish the rule of law, the United States Bill of Rights was the constitutional protection and…

When it comes to any important historical document, there are going to many different interpretations. Everyone will be given the same text to read, but very few people will be able to completely agree as to what it means. This idea isn’t even specific to documents like the Constitution, it holds true with just about any reading. When it does come to the Constitution, the question as to what it means is as big as ever. Tribe and Dorf start off their paper talking about the purpose of the…

There were many disagreements about the Constitution and compromises made for it. One discussion was regarding the president and the length of his term. Hamilton wanted the president to serve for life, like a monarch. However most others disagreed on this proposition. So the committee compromised and decided on a term that was a middle ground, not for life, but not too little of a time that the people would have too much power. Another compromise was made regarding “the proper balance between…