Philadelphia Convention

The National Convention tried to make France a stable and prosperous society by giving all men the right to vote. They created the committee of public safety. It was made up of 12 members and they had absolute power, which they used to try to save the revolution. Since…

“Waste: damaged, defective, or superfluous material produced by a manufacturing process…” (Merriam-Webster, Waste). Using this above definition, it is possible to break into the sub-branch known as electronic waste or E-waste. Due to the current large consumerism culture, many first world countries find themselves producing an unstable amount of E-waste from the constant “upgrading” or destruction of older electronics. Further in this paper, examples of how this waste is dealt with shall be…

“The law shall provide for such punishments only as are strictly and obviously necessary,”. This is part of number eight in the Declaration of the Rights of Man, but it was not practiced during the latter part of the French Revolution. The French Revolution was an unprincipled time of sudden change and violence. The Revolution was sparked by the National Assembly, which also helped continue the revolution. The National Assembly was a group formed from the people of the third Estate. The…

group like ISIS do not recognize international law and or the Geneva Conventions. These two evil regimes do not have any allies, it is them against the world. The use of military drones would be completely justifiable and should be encouraged against these enemies of the free world. Now in a different case where if there are two major countries or two major alliances at war with each other who both recognize the Geneva Conventions and international law then I think that some kind of ban on…

the cost of being second place in the arms race is too great to contemplate. And so, the ultimate statement for this paper is not about what we wish would happen, but what should realistically be done about this system. Ultimately the Geneva Conventions and the USMCOJ both have guidelines that outline the use of any weapon…

The Seneca falls convention opened the eye of many women on how men had all the rights unlike women who had slim to none. Before the Convention, women were denied many opportunities for instance, the right to vote, education, and were basically treated like property. Leading this convention there were five very strong figures who influenced the beginning of a revolution called the Women’s Right Movement. Therefore, the Women’s Convection at Seneca falls was what set the chain of events that led…

Previous decades have been plagued with slavery and civil rights, but injustices still exist in today’s society such as prejudice based on social class, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, occupation, education and religion. Although civil rights movement was seen as a heroic and victorious episode in the U.S.’s history about equal citizenship rights between African-American and whites, the inequality and prejudice about African-American is still a painful blain. It’s not hard to find various…

by Sylvester Stallone in the Rocky film series, is a boxer from Philadelphia whose statue is, in the movie, put atop the steps of the museum in thanks for all his contributions to the city. The statue made for the movie was a full bronze casting and was to remain atop the steps of the museum—and indeed it was a popular tourist attraction, Rocky being one of the most famous movies in the world. However, the museum and the Philadelphia Art Commission lobbied for and succeeded in its relocation,…

Stanton soon brought up the problem of never-ending mistreatment of women and her discontent with how others, especially men, were addressing the topic. After listening and being persuaded by Stanton’s speech, the group of women decided to hold a convention after experiencing first-hand how women were treated when it came to politics or something other than family responsibilities, the women felt strong about doing this in hopes of bringing forth the issue of women’s rights. They were motivated…

American Anti-Slavery Society. These abolitionist demanded uncompensated emancipation of slaves during 1833. Lucretia Mott was a very influential Female leader and Mott not only helped in creating the AASS, but she also helped in the founding of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society in 1833 and along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, they would create The Women’s Rights Movement. This organization included African Americans and white female leaders fighting for racial and gender equality.…