Congress of Vienna

On September 5, 1638, the future fourteenth King Louis that France would see in it’s history, was born in St.-Germain-en-Laye, France. This would later be found out to be an important date to one of the most influential and longest reigning kings in France. He was born to King Louis XII of France and Anne of Austria. The reign of King Louis XIII would soon be gone from the memories of citizens and a new King would rule over France for over 70 years. His name was Louis-Dieudonné and he would…

The Second Continental Congress, formed in the early stages during the development of America, consisted of prestigious individuals, such as John Adams, Samuel Adams, and Benjamin Franklin. This group convened after declaring independence from Britain in 1776 with the goal to form a new system of government for the country to follow. On November 15, 1777, two and a half years after the start of the Revolutionary War, the Articles of Confederation were adopted. Adjustments were made for the next…

in the United States, I would say, without hesitation, our Congress. And when I say every day, I truly mean every day, including those grueling hours at the golf course on one of their two hundred forty days off per year. I do not know about you, but I always thought that the best way to convince someone that my viewpoint was right was to show my dominance by striking a ball into a hole with a stick. This of course demonstrates Congress’ always tactful and ever wise approach to their career.…

I argue that the creation of political parties in the United States Congress both addresses and enhances the collective action issues known as the prisoner’s dilemma, agency loss, and the tragedy of the commons, due to their constant clashes of ideological ambitions. The formation of Congress was most likely the first act of collective action before the official constitution was drafted. Two opposing sides, one the heavily populated states argued for a legislative body based on population. And…

about how they were sorry for their loss. In 1780, the Ladies Association of Philadelphia was formed to raise money to buy shirts for the army. There was one specific time when John Adam’s wife Abigail asked him to put forth to the second Continental Congress a notion of “Remember the Ladies.” She was not expecting full rights, but she was expecting legal rights of protection for the women in this country. The outcome of the revolution yielded nearly zero results for the women, and it…

How to Help Homeless Veterans In 1775, the Continental Army was formed by the Continental Congress to raise an army to fight against the British. Since that day, brave men and women have fought and died for this country. Some of those brave men and women that have fought for our country didn’t die. Some of them lived, and some of those men and women are living on the streets. There’s now a big problem in our country. They risked their lives to defend our nation against its enemies and now they…

and realized that a new day had dawned upon us. I had just woken up from somewhat of a sleepless night. It was the twenty eighth day of the month of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five. The second continental congress was convening in Philadelphia days from now and I was asked to represent Massachusetts again. Massachusetts, specifically Boston, had seen a lot of pain these last several months. British ships have been docked at the port and redcoats have…

creating a collective action dilemma within Congress. Without term limits, legislators’ main motivator is reelection, but to be reelected they have to please their constituents. Taking away the motivation to be reelected would also take away the motivation for legislators to please constituents or even do a good job in Congress. In addition, term limits would hurt both congressional responsiveness and responsibility. As it stands…

while. This was during the Stamp Act. Thomson never lost hope that America will triumph the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act is what got Thomson interested in politics. He was a successful businessman with considerable wealth when he became Secretary of Congress. Charles and Benjamin Franklin worked together on the Stamp Act. Charles was appointed Secretary for the Friendly Association. when he gained the trust of the Indians, he presented the peace treaty to them that he helped to prepare. He…

war. During May ofo 1776, the Congress passed Adam’s resolution stating that each colony should have their own independent government, leading to the creation of the Declaration of Independence just a few months later. He was a very prominent proponent of American independence during the early stages of the Revolutionary War, but very few took him seriously as they considered him ‘obnoxious,’ and he was generally disliked by other members of the Continental Congress. Eventually, Richard Henry…