Franklin Pierce

Thomas Paine was a renowned pro-American writer and author of some of the most persuasive texts of the American Revolution. Paine wrote in a manner that appealed to the masses, not just American elites. He often quoted the Bible in his arguments in an attempt to engage people of all classes in the struggle for American independence and for a rejection of government based on hereditary monarchy. In Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense, it said the Colonists should aim for complete independence from…

Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin were the most two who stood against slavery by writing, speaking, or negotiating.…

Women’s role in society drastically changed from the development of European colonies up to the American Revolution. During the early development of European colonies, we’ll look at the lives of Native American women and their roles in society and how they changed through the colonization of North America. Specifically, I’ll look at the life of Pocahontas and Jikonsahseh, prominent Native American women. I will look at enslaved women from their initial arrival until the abolishment of slavery by…

The Magna Carta was an influential, historical document that impacted society in several ways. It was signed by the British King John. The King signed it, unaware of all rights he was giving up. The Magna Carta was basically 63 grievances of the noblemen in Britain. The Magna Carta was just as impactful now as it was then. There are innumerable ways the Magna Carta has shaped society today. The Magna Carta influenced modern society by allowing freedom of speech, being a precursor to human rights…

In the final public letter Thomas Jefferson wrote to Roger C. Weightman, Jeffereson referred to the declaration as “an instrument, pregnant with our own and the fate of the world.” America’s fight to autonomy has been viewed as the world’s paradigm of revolutions from colonial rule and it all began with the “Declaration of Independence.” The American declaration of independence became a blueprint for future declarations, fulfilling Jefferson’s prophecy. The drafting of a declaration of…

These days, many people might have heard about the fourth of July - Independence Day, the day that the United States of America was freed from the British colonies and started to have its own rights, but few people actually know what happened. This essay will talk about the American Revolution, the events that took place and the causes and negative effects of this event. After this it offers some recommendations on how they could have dealt with these negative effects. When looking more closely…

to understand and perceive the world around us. The concept of Deism is that God does not interact at all with our lives, and that he does not care what happens to us. This sounds harsh, and even gives you chills just to think this way. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Pain are a few of the great thinkers of an era of reason. Thinkers that refused to surrender their lives to a greater power, and instead use their intuition and reason to unveiled the way they were interpreting the…

Few events loom as large within the consciousness of the United States as the American Revolution. It has been endless debated and mythologized from the moment of its occurrence. By the same token, here are few topics as studied as the American Revolution. This seminal event has been examined and deliberated by generations of historians to the point there are few historiographies as extensive as that of the American Revolution. This has led to endless biographies of the founding fathers,…

4. What new challenges did the British government face in North America after 1763? How did republican ideology inform the colonists' view of their relationship to Britain? After 1763, British government began to face new challenges in North America; the challenges could be split into two categories: finance and control. British’s immense empire began to face threat from its traditional enemies like France and Spain, whom also wanted lands in North America. Other than its European enemies,…

This essay will discuss the life and accomplishments of William Bradford. William Bradford was a very interesting figure in early American history, he became a pilgrim, helped found, and became the governor of Plymouth Colony, and signed the Mayflower compact. The life of William Bradford was a very interesting and exciting life and is now one of the most iconic figures in early American history. William Bradford was born in 1590 in Austerfield, in Yorkshire, English. His father was a yeoman…