Thomas the Apostle

William Marbury was a judge appointed to a circuit court by the second president John Adams. John Adams lost the election to Thomas Jefferson, and decided to make a few more appointments on his way out of office. (Kelly, 2014) The state secretary at that time was James Madison. He was the individual commissioning appointments but decided against the order once Thomas Jefferson took office. William Marbury filed a lawsuit against James Madison on the grounds that he was violating section thirteen…

Men who indulge in philanthropy and maintain the poor as well as they maintain themselves because it’s a moral calling to do good are not necessarily good men. Henry Thoreau, author of “Walden”; argues that philanthropy is “overrated” and that it is selfish to “Stand between any man and his genius”. Thoreau emphasizes the gift of living and cherishing accomplishments stating them as “Blessings to mankind”, he uses figurative language,ethos, and pathos appeals, to demonstrate how he views…

Human behavior is defined as the array of every physical action and observable emotion associated with individuals, as well as the human race as a whole. In other words, our behavior is influenced by our emotions towards the things around us and our own self-interest. The root of our self-interest stems from the set of value society places on possessions. With that said, humans cannot be trusted to be productive in society due to out innate behavior and greed John Locke, an optimist during the…

Thomas Paine, an english pamphleteer, wrote the book “Rights of Man’” in 1791. Within his book, Paine expresses his personal portrayal of America. Thomas Paine’s characterization of America being the country that is built upon a just government who allows all its citizens to be treated as equals is somewhat true. To begin, Thomas Paine states that our government was built “on the principles of society and the rights of man”, this is a true statement. Our government was created by the people and…

Summaries of The Two Speeches Patrick Henry is saying that we need to go to war with the British to gain our freedom otherwise we might as well just die. He wants to fight Britain until they give up their reign over the colonists and allow them to be their own country. The British military buildup in America is to control and to intimidate the Americans. The course of action the colonists must take is to fight back.Working with the British is not a workable solution because they tried…

Justice of Peace and claimed that the executive branch was forcing actions on the other branches. Before Thomas Jefferson was elected into his role of Presidency, William Marbury had been appointed to be a Justice of Peace by John Adams, but the appointment process had not fully been completed. By that time Jefferson had been in his role of Presidency and Adam's role was terminated. Thomas Jefferson had then denied Marbury access to his role appointed by the previous President, even though…

Jazmine Johnson We see a change in America through these three changes, Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812, and the Monroe Doctrine. We became more of a unified nation ,and less like a bunch of states. The first change is the Louisiana purchase. It was a originally a part of New France and exchanged hands a couple of times. In the year 1800, Spain ruled the…

The Nullification Crisis Jackson and Clay’s different responses to the Nullification Crisis was another major difference between them. One of the protective tariffs that Clay argued for in his American System was the Tariff of Abominations which was designed to protect manufactures from foreign competition. This however created a decrease in cotton prices which hurt the south, particularly South Carolina. South Carolina responded by passing a doctrine known as nullification in which they argued…

Frederick Douglass in the narrative, The Life of Frederick Douglass, asserts that the enslavement of human beings is immoral and that slavery should be abolished. Douglass supports his argument by informing the reader of the conditions of slavery, displaying the illogical reasoning behind slavery, and exhibiting the opportunities available for freedmen. The author’s purpose is to advocate for the abolition of slavery in order to spread awareness of the injustice of slavery to abolitionists and…

When the founding fathers wrote the Constitution, they were outlining a plan for the governing of the nation and recording the principles according to which they wanted America to function. These were the principles that had first united the American colonies to fight against Britain, and still remain central to American identity today. However, in more specific matters, the founding fathers knew that what was right for America during the first years of its existence would not always be right…