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    Politics and culture in America has always been evolving by either social, economic, or by political parties. It has continually changed since it’s founding in America. At the heart of democracy, and changes that would happen, the expansion of voting rights for white men from the “white male suffrage”. As white males won the right to vote and political parties came more organized, the aspect of American politics and culture changed. At the beginning of the early politics of America was very…

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    “The United States did not create human rights. In a very real sense it is the other way around: Human rights created the United States.” Stated by Jimmy Carter, this quote delineates the manner in which the citizens of the United States enjoy an abundance of rights. The foundation of these rights emerged from the ideologies of the Founders, which in turn were tremendously influenced by numerous occurrences in the world’s history, including the advancements of the Age of Enlightenment.…

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    and express opinions, gave the president too much power, and made immigrants live in fear of being marked a threat and deported. It came to a point where everyone was so extremely opposed these Acts that, that John Adams had to step down, making Thomas Jefferson the new president. For these many reasons, the American public hated the Alien and Sedition Acts, which led to them being repealed, and America once again could be a safe place for immigrants to live and Americans to express their…

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    I am persuaded that the Federalist [Hamiltonian] political approach toward governing the young United States had stronger ideas versus the Republican [Jeffersonian] position, which lacked in forward thinking, suppressed free marketing and trade, sought to reduce the national army, and yet supported virtue of the common people. The American Revolution caused high war-debt issues, requiring immediate and effective attention, which in my opinion demanded a strong centralized government. Hamilton’s…

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    Sir Thomas More wrote “Utopia”, a fictional description of a perfect society, in 1515. Merriam Webster dictionary defines a utopia as “a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions”. More uses the modernity and appeal of the New World to craft this account and show the contrast between European monarchies and what is allegedly ideal. With the combination of new, better lands and exploration on the rise, this book gained popularity while evoking a sense of…

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    Forced Founders Response Paper While American education has been teaching high-school students that the American Revolution was led to by events like the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Concord or the Proclamation of 1763, Woody Holton, a history professor from the University of South Carolina, decided to veer off in a new direction by expounding a revisionist theory through his book Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves & the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia. In Forced Founders…

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    whether it is that individuals are born naturally evil or innocent. A great example of one’s ideas on human nature is William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies. The author of the novel shares many ideas on human nature with an enlightenment philosopher, Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes idea on human nature correspond with Golding’s ideas through his writing. Hobbes believes that humans are born with a natural evil and will grow corrupt. Through the character Jack, that Golding creates, readers can…

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    Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, at one time very good friends, were looking at each other from opposite sides of a very heated topic. Jefferson, many times referred to as a “godless man” by the Federalists, saw Adams’ Alien and Sedition Acts as an attack…

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    quality of life worse than death. As a result, the colonies unanimously decide to sever the chains of despotism and become the Thirteen United States of America. On July 4, 1776, Congress adopts a document written by Thomas Jefferson which vindicates the liberation of the colonies. Thomas Jefferson supports his purpose of justifying declaring independence from the British in the “Declaration of Independence” by emphasizing Britain’s tyranny through strong diction and by citing specific examples…

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    the monarchical British Parliament. As a result, the leaders of the revolution created The Declaration of Independence which would protect the rights of the people and increase quality of life. This was originated by the founding fathers such as Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin which of who were heavily influenced by western philosophy. The 10 amendments were created to protect the people of their individual rights as they strongly believed that all men are created equal, which are still…

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