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action has not always been a disadvantage for all minorities. In an article written by Glen Towns from the New York Amsterdam News, he mentined that African Americans have seen an increase in admissions at the University of California, Los…

The Asian American Movement The Asian American Movement began in the late 1960s and continued throughout the 70s and 80s. The earliest and key moments of this movement began in California. Many factors contributed to the movement as Americans of Asian descents joined together to fight their shared persecution and to rally for acknowledgement and acceptance. The term “Oriental was replaced by “Asian American” as a clear message that Americans of Asian descents should be recognized as equals and…

see if Berkeley could do what other cities and states across America had attempted but failed to succeed in. Funding for the campaigns to pass the tax were used to a significant proportion in payment of media coverage and campaign consultants (State of California, 2014). The Berkeley vs Big Soda webpage reflects the efforts made through print and electronic types of media formats, through rallies and even venturing door to door that aimed to generate the awareness of the people in Berkeley to…

The California High Speed Railroad is a railroad managed by the HRSA (The California High Speed Railroad Authority.) Its purpose is to connect the mega regions of California. Sounds like a good plan? Well, there are some negative reasons why this railroad should not be built. The railroad should not be built for the following reasons: There is Still No Legitimate Funding Plan; the Costs Look Like nothing what the Voters Approved, and Shrinking Ridership Numbers. The California High Speed…

Within this essay I aim to compare the different discussions of language found in Hobbes (Leviathan, Chapter IV: Of Speech), Locke (An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Bk.III: Chapter I: Of Words of Language in General) and Berkeley (A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Introduction §19 ff). To do this, I will be providing an account of each of the scholar’s views and from this distinguishing the similarities and differences of these views. The philosophy of language…

land left to settle in Virginia, so they began to look towards Indian territories. Nathaniel Bacon, the young, ambitious cousin of Sir William Berkeley, the governor of Virginia, decided to lead this charge. These actions caused conflict over land…

Rebellion in 1676, backcountry farmers led by Nathaniel Bacon, a British aristocrat, rebelled against tidewater planters who occupied prime real estate and were led by William Berkeley, the governor of Virginia. Bacon’s rebellion was a power struggle between two stubborn, selfish leaders, Nathaniel Bacon and Governor Sir William Berkeley who fought over Indian policy. Bacon's followers resented the planting elite because of the control they had on the colony’s resources and government. To…

Kant established this kind of knowledge by rejecting the empiricist assertion that experience is the source of all our ideas. Kant argues that experience is possible through the minds structuring. Kant gives a god argument and it establishes what Berkeley and Hume failed to see. Kant explains that the mind brings to objects rather than given to the mind by objects, and this explains why they are indispensable to experience but unsubstantiated in…

Bacon’s Rebellion In 1673 a man by the name of Nathaniel Bacon came from England to the Virginia colony. He was a well-heeled planter, Aristocrat, and the cousin of William Berkeley, who was the governor of the Virginia Colony at the time (Give Me Liberty an American History 103). William Berkeley had been the governor for over thirty years, and during those years the people had grieved. He was a very corrupt governor who was easily bought. He formed alliances and appointed his friends to…

William Berkeley, was a harsh governor towards the land owners. Berkeley monopolized the Indian’s fur trade and refused to retaliate after multiple Indian attacks on frontier settlements. His friendly policy toward the Indians was a main cause for Bacon’s Rebellion. Berkeley’s attempt to find a compromise between the landowners and the Indians did not please the rebels. He wanted to preserve the friendship and loyalty of the Indians, but in doing so he angered the landowners. Berkeley was not…