Republicanism

As politics often goes, there was an argument. An argument about a problem two people observed. Jane observed that trust in the government is low because Congress does not act on anything substantial. She proposes the solution of replacing every incumbent, regardless of party. Jeff observed that people have a problem with the government, but Jeff blamed it on the “structure” of government. Now, as political arguments go, Jeff and Jane are both correct and incorrect. Jane is correct in that…

“If men were angels, there would be no need of government.” -James Madison. Unfortunately, because men are not perfect and rather flawed, our country has government, and more specifically, our Constitution. Americans have abided by the Constitution for over 200 years, and if not for the great thought, time, and compromise that the founders put into this document, America might not have been the same. When America arose as a new country, we first had the Articles of Confederation. However, these…

The United States is a country founded on the principles of liberty, one of the rights of the people is to challenge the government if need be. Thus, entwined with the history of the United States is the act of rioting. A riot is a group of individuals, about a dozen or more, attempting to insight change, many times with violence. Riots can be incited for political, social and or economic reasons. So much so that there is no period in the nations story without a fair share of riots. The early…

book, the republican constitutions protect minorities and losers as a system in the government is well organised. Democracy can be a winner of political regime to protect individual rights such as freedom and education. Kant believes that liberal republicanism is the most successful regime as it encourages promoting production and wealth. By republican Kant means a political society that has solved the problem of combining moral autonomy, individualism, and social order (Doyle, 1985). In…

This history study will define the exclusive rights of governmental representation through the development of citizenship in the early Roman Republic. In the early Roman Republic, the fall of the monarchy provided a new way to interpret citizenship that provided a broader range of legal rights to the ruling classes. The “patricians” define an early example of the development of citizenship to grant specific governmental rights of representation, which dominated Roman society as a type oligarchic…

Imagine for a moment being captured, taken against your will, and forced into enslavement. For many of the enslaved peoples who wound up in The Caribbean and Latin America, this was a hypothetical scenario but instead their harsh new reality. As the yearning to escape their enslavement peaked, many became desperate for an escape to freedom. With the view of the vast ocean before them and the actuality of their enslavement behind them, many turned to a new form of slave resistance, marronage.…

It’s funny how Historian’s like to use explosive language like “revolution” and “boom” to describe events that took several decades to develop. During the Antebellum Period, both the North and the South underwent economic, social, and ideological changes but they happened much more subtly than the titles suggest. The North moved more noticeably into their new era of progress and hard work, while in the South changes were leisurely and served more to solidify their culture. In the simplest terms,…

formed before the Irish Free State was created, such as the Catholic Defenders (Hayes and McAllister, 2001, p902), and even more so, the PIRA was building on the successes and in turn failures of the IRA in the South who had formed in 1917. Irish republicanism was not a new concept, and violent counter-actions to authority rule were set deep into the story of the Island over…

Helen Maria Williams, Charlotte Smith and the French Revolution Women of the 18th century were writing novels, lyric poetry and conduct books, but after the fall of the Bastille in 1789, political concerns appeared in their writing. They entered male dominating territory as historical writing was traditionally a male preserve (Walker, 2011, p. 145). In the 1790s a ‘Women’s War’ developed as women writers explored new genres in which they expressed their opinions on events in France, which…

The Defeat of Land Reform (pp. 494 – 495) 11. What were the primary goals of the Radical Republicans concerning land reform, and how successful were they? (Be specific in your response) The Radical idea of confiscating Southern lands and distributing them to the freedmen had powerful supporters. Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania and Charles Sumner stated that taking away Southern lands will destroy the power of the agragarian economy and will be beneficial for the black civil rights. However…