Official documents of the United States

In my research I have found that in the late 1700 there was a conflict which formed America’s first political parties. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, being the main voices of the parties, had different views for the future of their economy and a successful government. (American History from Revolution to Reconstruction and beyond. n.d.) Thomas Jefferson mainly supported agricultural importance and ethics, while Alexander Hamilton…

terrorism. However many believe that the country is not actually at war and that civil liberties groups go too far in trying to restrict individual rights. This eventually could lead to another problem and cause a war within the people of the United States. People state that the war on terror is the same as to other wars when rights have been restricted, which is not entirely false. The war on terror could cause certain rights to be restricted as a way of protecting oneself from…

routes. As document 1 shows, the location of early African empires was essential to their…

Third World, as well as on the West and on Asia. Overall, this book gave a glimpse of the Cold War and how the world was affected by the strong tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union after they emerged as superpowers when WWII ended. Thesis: McMahon argues how the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States affected each country domestically, but also affected many countries globally, especially Third World countries such as Africa, Asia/South East Asia, and Latin…

During the perilous war, America's Founding Fathers composed a remarkable document that outline the liberties and rights given to every resident of the United States. This prominent paper, known as " The Declaration of Independence", stated, "that all men are created equally." Clearly, this has shown to be false as black citizens of the United States have been living in the slums of segregation and discrimination. However, a historical event occurred in 2008 that many say have drastically…

Hamilton was addressing in this letter would be John Jay, the U.S. Congress, and those who opposed adding negroes into the Continental Army. Purpose: Elaborate upon the author’s purpose for writing this document. Alexander Hamilton’s purpose in writing this letter was to persuade John Jay, the United States Congress, and anyone else who opposed negroes being in the Continental Army. He was persuading them to let blacks into the Continental Army by telling them reasons why they would make good…

According to author Debra DeLaet, state sovereignty is defined as “the exclusive right of a State to govern the affairs of its inhabitants and to be free from external control” (DeLaet, 2006, 3). Having freedom from external control allows a state to implement its own policies or government type. With this, countries with tyrannies or dictatorships have the protection from international law…

February 7, 2016 La Casa Amarilla opens its historic doors to the public for the first time La Casa Amarilla was built in 1920 by Henry D. Whitfield, an architect from the US from the United States. The “Yellow House” will be open for tours two times every month. La Casa Amarilla is home to many historic documents and signatures along with a piece of the Berlin Wall. Costa Rica is honored as one of three countries to have a piece of the Berlin Wall in Latin America. La Casa Amarilla will also be…

by President Harry S. Truman and was featured in his official White House press release for the Hiroshima bombings on the 6th of August 1945. The heart of this statement poses countless questions about the nature of the bombings; as did the justification for bombing a non-military city bring a means to an end or an end to the means. There are lingering questions surrounding the ethics of atomic and nuclear weapons, asking whether the United States truly had justifiable reasons for Hiroshima.…

Daniel Ellsberg stood up against decisions made by the United States government during the Vietnam War by observing the truth of the government’s foreign policy, distributing classified documents eventually called the Pentagon Papers, and creating a crack in the Nixon administration. These actions resulted in an immense negative impact on the relationship between the U.S. government and American people in which citizens questioned the credibility of the government. The issues described in the…