Republicanism

government is compelled to uphold. The first guaranteed function of government was a republican government in every state. Stemming from an uncompromising commitment to the core values of sovereignty our Founding Fathers adopted the core ideology of Republicanism as a total rejection of aristocracy. This philosophy, from the inception of the United…

The National Mall and Tiananmen Square represent the political ideologies of the respective regimes, as well as act as the symbolic centers of political power in their countries. This part will illustrate how the institution of each government and the political culture of each country are indicated by the formal and spatial language of the two sites. First, to understand the development of these spaces, one must understand the American and Chinese political regimes. In politics, a régime is the…

The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. They defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War in alliance with France. The American Revolution happened 1775 through 1783. The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The Declaration of Independence declared independence between…

In what sense are all men created equal according to the Declaration of Independence? The majority of the Declaration of Independence is a listing of all the injustices that the King of England has committed against the colonies. However, it is important to understand why these injustices are deemed unjust by Jefferson and the other writers of the Declaration of Independence. All the reasons can be boiled down to the statement that Jefferson makes proclaiming that “all men are created equal.”…

Abraham Lincoln: Moving Towards a More Perfect Union The United States of America has had forty-four presidents; our nation has put the wellbeing of our country into the hands of forty-four people. A president’s job is to lead our government, be a spokesperson for the people, and make sure America is living up to the ideals we were founded upon. One particular president, Abraham Lincoln, was a phenomenal spokesperson for the ideals America stands for, particularly equality and freedom, and led…

stressing the importance for realism, as opposed to idealism (e.g., accepting the way things are and governing in accordance to achieve the common good, as opposed to focusing on the Aristotelian political ideals). Most importantly, promoting republicanism as opposed to, monarchical regimes, authoritarianism, and…

fraudulent, stating that the United States “glories in refinement and universal education; yet maintains a character, stained by a system begun in avarice, supported in pride, and perpetuated in cruelty; the existence of slavery in this country brands republicanism as a sham”. The author’s claim invalidates the glorious destiny, held by the United States since its inception in…

to 1846. Seller refers to this time period as the “Jacksonian America”. Sellers main argument is that the major social revolution, created by capitalism, that occurred after the War of 1812 caused American politics to turn from constitutional republicanism to a more democratic way of politics. He believes Jackson was a main reason for this change in American politics. Jackson’s main policies consisted of breaking down the Bank of the U.S., the achievement of extending the voting right to white…

Thomas Paine – Writer of Common Sense who used to be a corset maker’s apprentice but moved to America. Republicanism – The idea that the government’s power came from its people. Richard Henry Lee – Virginian who stated that “The United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states”. Thomas Jefferson – Virginian who wrote the Declaration…

The Anti-Federalist Papers were written not by one man, but by many. Either in fear or just yearning for anonymity, most of its writers used pseudonyms such as: Brutus, Federal Farmer, and Centinel just to name a few. Even today we struggle to pin down the identities of these authors, but there is some speculation. George Clinton, Robert Yates, Samuel Bryan, Melancton Smith, Richard Henry Lee, Mercy Otis Warren, and Patrick Henry are suspected as being the authors of the letters. Doubting I have…