Militia

Also in 1787, they passed the militia act and the riot act. State militia ordered the men to stop and to hold their fire, but the men did not stop. When the militia came out and killed four men, Shay’s group ran away. Shay’s rebellion scared many Americans. Shays’ Rebellion is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers…

The second amendment of the constitution states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The constitution was created in 1789 and revised in 1992. The purpose of the second amendment is for people to protect themselves, but a great deal of people are abusing the purpose. America has had way too many mass shootings and accidents which resulted in many deaths. If the constitution is a set of…

Orwell, determined to leave the POUM militia, confessed that he “would have liked to join the Anarchists (Orwell 116)” despite the fighting in Barcelona under Communist order between the CNT and the UGT. While witnessing the increased street fighting in Barcelona during the May Days under Communist…

The Battles of Lexington and Concord during the Revolutionary War Jalen Perez-Aguilar Mountain View High School Abstract The battles of Lexington and concord were the first battles of the Revolutionary War. Many events lead the defeat and the close victory at Concord. Paul Revere took a Midnight ride with 3 men he got captured, but William Dawes escaped to Lexington and warned Samuel Adams and John Hancock. The Patriots retreated at Lexington, but they formed a trap at concord and the road…

One perspective argued that the United States was victorious because of the common man that were enlisted in the state militias. The other perspective is that was presented, and one that the authors favor, was that it was due to the Standing Armies that the United States became victors. The author’s overall aim was to identify the various myths that are associated with the…

American Revolution The American Revolution was the beginning of a new country. The thirteen colonies come together attempting to develop a plan, and argue their rights not knowing it would lead to independence. Beginning of a rag-tag group of militias, undertrained men took on the world’s greatest military of the time. Boston, Massachusetts 1765 the American colonist are on edge and enraged over the newest tax placed upon them by the English crown. The Stamp Act was a law designed to raise…

In my opinion, The Mission was a fantastic movie because of the action, the drama, and the history of the movie. As we saw, Father Gabriel, a Jesuit priest, entered the Guarani lands in South America with the purpose of converting the native Indians to Christianity. Father Gabriel was accepted by the Guarani Indians and then builds a mission, where he is joined by Rodrigo Mendoza, a reformed slave trader seeking absolution. Unfortunately, a treaty transfers the land in which Father Gabriel has…

On August 11, 1794 the President of the United States of America, George Washington, made a proclamation that addressed the protest against the Whiskey Tax. This proclamation not only addressed the farmers in the western counties of Pennsylvania who were protesting the excise tax on whiskey, but also rallied Washington’s supporters to ally with him in hope of aiding his army to stop those who were rebelling. The Whiskey Rebellion was first proposed by Alexander Hamilton with hopes of helping the…

that the first phrase of the amendment, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state,” limited the “right of the people” to have weapons only in connection with…

said “privilege” not right to bear arms. I should be able to buy any weapon of my choosing whether it be for home defense, the defense of my family or for recreational use. Where it becomes unclear to some is how does the militia tie into. I honestly have no idea how a militia is even in the same sentence. The government has stated on numerous occasions we need stricter gun laws and ban the use or purchase of assault rifles. I do, however agree that the gun laws need to be stricter on who…