"When a long train of abuses and usurpations take place it is their right, it is their duty to use every constitutional means to reform the abuses of such a government, and to provide new guards for their future security," argued George Henry Evans in "The Working Man's Declaration of Independence," (DOC A). Evans, a Jacksonian Democrat, wrote the document in a similar fashion to the Declaration of Independence justifying Jackson's future actions with the bank. ... However, one may question Jackson's resolution to the economic problem by the installation of powerful State banks....

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The question is, should the American Revolution be thought of as a true revolution or merely a civil war where there was a change in power, but the elements of daily life remained the same. ... The colonies were already governing themselves with a degree of independence. ... In fact, not only was democracy absent, prominent colonialists were opposed to the idea of democracy "Aristocrats like John Adams wanted to make sure it[Declaration of Independence] didn't go too far in the direction of democracy."" ...

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The two big questions are: "Who is right and Who is wrong?" ... Thomas Jefferson in the "declaration of Independence" states: "We hold these truth to be self evident: that all men are created equal-(page 324). ...

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Even just isolating these tax and military problems as part the issues colonists were made to deal with there was essentially nothing they could do, the British legal system (referenced in the declaration of independence) was mock-enforced conveniently for the British agents so as they would receive little or no punishment leaving early Americans feeling as though justice has not been served but rather they were jerked off. ... The second continental congress met again in 1776 and wrote and signed the Declaration on Independence on the 4th of July that year marking its place in American histo...

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The first step, of course, in America's pursuit of democracy was the Declaration of Independence in 1776. ... The people of France overthrew the king, then set forth the "Declaration of the Rights of Man," which changed Locke's right to life, liberty and property to the right to "liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression." ... These ideas, like the ones in the American Declaration of Independence, lended themselves to a partially democratic system where the powers of the king are limited and the people have some say in their government (Pious; Lefebvre). ...

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n Myths10 America Is the most powerful country in the world, living in a dream? Well, ten of America's most widely know phrases; four of what we know as liberties, are myths. The American dream, just that a dream. Individualism, I am me, is something of the past. America's melting pot that is...

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The Struggle for Democracy The word "democracy", originated from the Greeks, which meant "the people to rule." However, democracy in America is not as simple as "power to the people", but is actually a complicated system of government and politics. There are two forms of democracy, which are dir...

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Virtu Like most Western philosophers, Niccolo Machiavelli's ideas were heavily influenced by the early Greek philosophers. Most notable among the Greek philosophers who inspired Machiavelli was Plato. In particular, Machiavelli took interest in Plato's concept of just rulers who ruled by moral virtue. Machiavelli argued against this Platonic philosophy. He believed in "virtu", whatever was best for the State was virtu. ...

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