Thomas Wolsey

Alexander Hamilton was a very important man. He was one of the founding fathers of our nation. Alexander was born in Charleston, Saint Kitts on January 11, 1755. His parents were Rachel Fawcett Lavien, and James Hamilton. His mother was abused by her first husband. She had than ran away and moved in with James Hamilton. They then had another son named James, which was Alexander’s older brother. James Hamilton had left his family a few years after Alexander was born. This left Rachel all by…

and his disagreement of a combined religious and governmental power attacked the Catholic Church. Through his many writings, he wrote of his stance regarding many issues at hand and assisted in spreading ideas more freely during the Enlightenment. Thomas Hobbes and his work, Leviathan, greatly supported monarchs of the time, suggesting that it was the ideal government system. In this work, he supports enlightened absolutism, strengthening the central absolutest administration at the cost of…

Golding’s Lord of the Flies (LoF) follows a group of young schoolboys left alone on an island to show that when man is stripped bare, only uncontrollable savagery remains. Also, no form of government can control the way men truly are. Philosopher Thomas Hobbes shows a similar theory about the nature of mankind in Leviathan as savage and without morals; however, he advocates for an absolute monarchy, believing that men can be controlled if they willingly give up their power. Other philosophers,…

Democratic-Republicans included Samuel Adams, Elbridge Jerry, Patrick Henry, George Mason, Richard Henry Lee, George Clinton, Mercy Otis Warren, and James Lincoln. Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton headed the Federalists, while Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson headed the Democratic-Republicans. These two disagreed with one another on almost everything. For…

Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. He was the first general Postmaster of the United States as well as the first diplomat to France and England and greatly increased America’s relationship with these countries. Both Machiavelli, the Italian politician who wrote The Prince, and Sun Tzu, the Chinese war philosopher who wrote The Art of War, write about what it means to be a good leader. Although, Benjamin Franklin was a great leader he could have…

of Africans in America. Morgan on the American Fear of Debt and Impoverishment In The Challenge of the Revolution, Morgan examines closely the relationship between the foundation of American slavery and white American fear of debt. He begins with Thomas Jefferson, an influential figure in the founding of the United States and their third President. Jefferson, himself both an eloquent supporter of freedom and a slave owner, embodied the paradox of American slavery in a nation allegedly founded…

Moving into the nineteenth century, the abolitionist movement surrounding the death penalty began to come into effect. Many reforms were seen in many states during the early 1800s, including giving the jury discretion in imposing the death penalty and limiting the types of crimes (down to two in New Hampshire and Ohio by 1815) that were eligible for the death penalty. This is time when juries began to utilize their own power through the controversial actions known as “jury nullification,” in…

path that he followed. His original career was being a lawyer in NY. Eventually he got his first major job in politics, which was being a Senator, a position he was elected to in 1791. He increased his importance when he became the Vice President of Thomas Jefferson in 1800. Although, he did not fill this position during Jefferson’s second term, because of issues between the two. So, within a year or so of being replaced, Burr turned to a secessionist scheme, which he had been planning for a…

Man may attempt to exert influence over politics, but he is only able to do so through the sphere in which he understands them to exist. Knowledge then directly controls the practice and concept of politics. The relationship between politics and knowledge as understood by Machiavelli and Hobbes differs according to their interpretations of human nature, fear, and individualism, which consequently affects the way they view and approach political systems. Regarding the nature of man, Machiavelli…

rule them. There were several discussions on how America would be governed. Many people had different yet some similar ideas for America. Thomas Paine, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson all wrote their ideas on how America should set up their government. Some of these ideas were still used today but not used then. Thomas Paine stated his ideas for the government in his book, Common Sense, which was written in 1776. Paine stated that America should not…