Jefferson Davis

Was America founded as a Christian nation and should it pursue a unique identity of a Christian nation? The main three reasons why America is not founded as a Christian nation and should not be considered as a Christian nation is for those reasons that the text of the constitution does not say that the United States is a Christian nation. Second, in the first Amendment it applies to respecting religious and therefore it does not apply to only Christianity. And third, conservative pastors whining…

Chirp chirp, listen to the beautiful sound of the birds chirp in the tree of the," Little Grand Canyon," also known as Providence Canyon. Providence Canyon is so beautiful it is hard to believe the federal government will not let it become a national park were everyone can see it. This park is beautiful and special. I believe the Providence Canyon should become a national park. This canyon is a part of Georgia history. This canyon has been carved over an 100 years ago and still is…

Noah Webster’s Preface discusses the critical elements of a dictionary and the process he went through while creating his version of an American English dictionary. He explains the years of his research and findings, along with the importance of why he chose the specifics for his edition of his work. During the time after the revolution, it is important for America to establish an American English dictionary, this gives the citizens a reference they can go to that is giving correct identity of…

meant in carpenter hill in Philadelphia. The delegates were chosen by colonial legislatures, or by committees of correspondence of the respective colonies thomas jefferson was the third president and was the vice president for the second president. Congress put together a committee to draft the Declaration of Independence. jefferson died on July 4, 1826–50 years to the day after the signing of The Declaration of Independence. He was 83 years old. In fact the first Continental Congress was…

America has always been described as the freedom to choose. But have you ever thought, “ Maybe America means more than we think.” It’s not just our independence that makes our country the terrific home that we know; it’s the people in it that make it so wonderful. Those people had to have courage to dream, determination to never, ever, give up, and full dedication to their cause. Without them, we wouldn’t have our glorious freedom. They are the warriors that stopped our country from falling and…

John Hancock was born in Braintree, Massachusetts January 23, in 1737. He was adopted by his Aunt Lydia and Uncle Thomas Hancock. His uncle was rich and he owned a shipping company. John graduated in 1754 from Harvard College. In 1764 his uncle died and he got the family business and money. In the 1760’s John began his career in politics. He became an important politician in Massachusetts. He was made a leader of the Massachusetts delegate to the second continental congress in 1774. In May…

Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence was the formal document written to inform the British monarch, King George III, that the Thirteen Colonies no longer wished to be a part of Great Britain. Signed by representatives of each colony, this document inspired a revolution that created the United States of America. Jefferson and the signers wanted Britain to know that government should get its power from the people, not the people existing for the benefit of the government. Jefferson…

The fact that there is a debate on whether health care is a right of every American or not is just astonishing. How is it that there are people deciding whether other human beings should have rights? What makes those people who are deciding the “worthy” ones? It honesty baffles me that some think that just because someone is poor, a minority, a woman, or of a different sexual orientation then suddenly they don’t have certain rights, and eventually there could be a vote for them to have it or to…

Based on historical facts of the author's life. The Audacity of Hope is a book written by the United States ex-president Barack Obama published by Crown Publishing Group in 2006, the beginning of his presidential campaign. The content of the book is dense in ideas and values; details of his biography and his fluid narrative creates a pleasant reading environment. The central point of reflection in this book is the rescue of original values of the American people who have been betrayed prolog…

The building of the Panama Canal was overseen by Theodore Roosevelt who was president at the time. This was a goal that the United States was reaching at for a long time. This was a trans-isthmian canal that would later help in the transportation of materials across the coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific. In the mid nineteenth century, the United States and Great Britain began to discuss a Clayton-Bulwer Treaty to that would rival a proposed canal through the Central American Republic of…