Declaration of Sentiments

Tumult is inherent in the conception of a free and thriving republic. In Niccolò Machiavelli’s Discourses on Livy, this is a central claim as to how republics can remain successful. Machiavelli uses the Discourses as an opportunity to celebrate free states, and illustrate how these states came to being. He uses examples from the past as a key guide to determining the future for those in charge of establishing a republic. Specifically, Machiavelli likens the prowess of Rome to how a proper…

Robert Walpole’s Whig Supremacy Under Robert Walpole’s leadership, Britain achieved political stability for the first time in more than three decades. When Walpole was brought into office in 1721 by King George I after the Earl Stanhope died and the Earl of Sunderland resigned, he made great efforts to unite and bring more of the Whig party into the government. His goal was to bring peace to the nation. In the period before Walpole’s Whig Supremacy, King George I wanted to bring more of the…

*Note: South Africa is the only country I have not yet written about. England History shows that King Henry II played a critical role in establishing the foundation of England’s judiciary (Terrill, 2013). Having the support of the people and combining his new ideas with past ones, he successfully restructured the system (Terrill, 2013). Because the people wanted the king to be a deciding factor of judicial cases, Henry created three courts. 1. Court of Exchequer: determines issues between…

Every single movie follows the same outline. They follow what is called the Hero's Journey. . Batman Begins shows the journey of Bruce Wayne becoming Batman. It starts at a young age when his parents were shot in front of him in crime alley. He goes through a lot of training so that he can fight better and protect Gotham from criminals. He chooses a bat as his symbol sense he is afraid of them and wants the criminals to be scared of him. In the movie Batman Begins Bruce goes through all the…

In December 16th 1773 a group of Bostonians «Sons of Liberty» disguised a large tea shipment. The losses of 10000 pounds are equivalent to 4 million dollars today. In response to this the British government closed the the port of Boston and required the colony to repay all of the losses.This has a major affect, because Boston’s colony was one of the biggest on as well. The British government enacted five legislative acts, also known as the Coercive Acts. Those acts were intended to restore…

Thomas Jefferson was a Virginia planter and lawyer who became an American statesman and philosopher during the Revolution. He was very educated and believed in Enlightenment. Jefferson’s Draft of the Declaration of Independence was filled with Enlightenment ideas. In Jefferson’s Draft of the Declaration of Independence, he stated that he attempted to produce “an expression of the American Mind.” (104) Not everyone agreed on Jefferson’s Draft because they had their own interpretations and wanted…

Darren J. O’Byrne, author of an Introduction to Human Rights (2003) defines human rights as universal and belonging to each of us regardless of ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, age, religion, political conviction, or type of government . This idea is clearly beneficial to many but it does come with an array of difficulties which will be touched upon later in the introduction. O’Byrne pushes the notion that human rights should be incontrovertible. Are human rights be incontrovertible? Under…

One major human rights issue that has been debated for the past decade in Australia, is the protection and treatment of refugees who land on Australian shores. “At the end of 2015, the number of refugees reached 65.3 million, revealing that 1 in every 113 people are displaced from their home.” This constant rise in refugee number highlights the importance for Australia’s government to move towards better solutions for the management of asylum seekers. This essay will consider the political…

lives, ranging from news articles to everyday conversations with each form of propaganda appealing to one or more of the three modes of persuasion: Logos, ethos, and pathos. Logos, logic and reason, is best exemplified by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence. In the text, Jefferson uses logic and reason to deduce why the colonists had to…

“My Responsibility to America” “My Responsibility to America” is to be a good steward in exercising my rights and in the process educating others on their rights and responsibilities to leave a better America for my children. I will go about this by: 1. Being a good steward to the environment. 2. Teaching my children self reliance and self responsibility. 3. Supporting and defending “The Constitution”. 4. Participating in the democratic process. Being a good steward to the…