Declaration of Sentiments

Micah Reigstad Professor: Douglas Pierce History 0222-21 6 October 2017 Social Contract Book Review The Social Contract was written by the Swiss born Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) and the first publication of the book was in the year of 1762 in the French language. In 1968, Maurice Cranston translated the book in English and the book has around 190 pages in Penguin Classics edition. In this non-fiction book, Rousseau tried his very best to theorize the most superior way possible to make a…

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness and all these rights are unalienable Rights. He supports this argument in three ways. His first argument consists of telling History of American history, he explains by telling founding signature to the Declaration of Independence, the American flag wasn't there. the second way, these original patriots risked death not by standing or kneeling…

In the novel, Prodigy, by Marie Lu, the theme is not everything you see is true. In this novel, there are two characters’ point of view, Day and June. They’re fighting for the freedom of the people, and trying to change the ways of the republic. In this novel, the author shows the theme through dialogue during the interrogations or characters, the actions of Razor’s lies or the government's’ secrets, and multiple points of views from June and Day and more. Marie Lu shows that people tells…

other ideas and perspectives that were created from the French Revolution. We can see these perspectives and ideas through the writings of contemporary observers such as Olympe de Gouges, Edmund Burke, and Thomas Paine. Respectively they wrote, “Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citzien, “Reflections on the Revolution in France,” and “The Rights of Men” and through these writing they managed to bring back different perspectives…

combination of different nations developed human right instruments and formulae of implementation in United Nations General Assembly. The United Nation declaration and convention aimed in ensuring all the states and countries including Australia upholds development and safeguarding Human Right. The major issues was strengthening universal declaration of human right through the United Nations general assembly that was conducted back in 1948. During the convention, the countries drafted common…

Thomas Jefferson can be seen as many men: a revolutionary whose signature is proudly displayed on the Declaration of Independence, a slave owner who disagreed with slavery, or the enemy of religion. In his life he fought for people’s individual rights and happiness, his most vicious being the one fought to pass the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. It took almost ten years to pass, and cost him any esteem the church once held for him, he was able to take away a great portion of power the…

hoping to find a safe haven, more than often they face varying levels of discrimination during the asylum process, such as humiliating questioning and being forced to ‘prove their gayness’ in a variety of ways. As espoused in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, rights are not given to people by their status in society, where they are born or their government – they are innate and universal, without the ability for them to be taken away. There is no just cause for someone’s…

rights. The United States of America has been through history for more than two hundred years and has changed a ton ever since the Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4th in the year of 1776. America has over came a long journey with many bumps in the road but the cause was something that needed to be fought for. As times altered so did America, The Declaration of Independence states, “all men are created equal”, but this wasn’t always the case before the Civil Rights movement and…

Benjamin Franklin along with the other six men were the ones who signed the Declaration of Independence, and The United States Constitution. He was a very important man in his lifetime. He was very well known for his achievements. In 1776 to 1785 he served as the United States Commissioner. In 1785 he was President of the Pennsylvania…

The ideas and thoughts that were compiled in the Declaration of Independence were not simply written down in haste but with years and years of experience, thought, and time was spent. While it was signed by John Hancock, the contents were inspired by many. Even a piece written in 1690 by John Locke towards the public in France, has strong ties to the Declaration of Independence. These two texts were written decades apart from each other yet many of Locke’s…