But, chanced with a reign of terror, he too was shut down by the people, The Thermidorian Reaction, which then lead to a new government, The Directory-which was incapable of getting anything done. After much hope was lost, there, rising from the ashes like phoenix, was the great Napoleon Bonaparte. ... Many took to the streets to declare their unrest during the October days, and then again, by breaking away from the other Estates-which lead to the creation of the National Assembly. ... Although it seemed that times were harder after capture of their "king, " Napoleon, the revolution had settle...

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It was a movement to overcome the natural law traditions that were founded by the forefathers and progress beyond the political principles that were established. ... " He then explains that because things have changed dramatically since the founding of the United States there has to be change. ... Because of the economic advancements that were taking place, Americans could no longer enjoy the blessings and liberties that the Declaration proclaimed. ... Pragmatists realized that there were different contexts associated with rights. ... There were some contradictory involved such as not adv...

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Once the rights, "Life, Liberty and Property" are locked in then the citizens have no reason to overthrow their government. ... " His ideas that were arranged in the 18th century are now key parts in today's constitution. ... No research translating into a vote is allowed and the public is left unhappy having to break rules and cross borders. ... Hobbes also believed that there was a danger in electing a strong leader in a liberal democracy. ... Also many people under Stalin's law were unaware of the mass killing of Kulak's. ...

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He then dedicated himself to breaking down the internal tariffs within France. ... Despite the bloodshed at the Bastille and the riots in Paris, there was some clear-headed thinking. ... The French Revolution had brought forth first anarchy, then statism, and finally, dictatorship. ... There was no 'revolutionary justice'; there was no reign of terror; there were no bloodthirsty proclamations by the Continental Congress." ... In the Boston Tea Party, no one was hurt and no property was damaged except for the tea. ...

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In the French Revolution of the late 1700's, there existed a strong economic divide between the rich and the poor. ... If there is an existed struggling and helpless public, who is discontent with its situation, and doesn't see leader as legitimate force to improve the status quo, then often (as in the case of the French Revolution) they feel as if they must take action in their own hands. ... In a brief summary, Americans desired more independence from Britain; they were opposed to the oppressive actions taken by the British, the British were uncooperative, so the Americans revolted...

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Constitution were created. ... Both these concepts go hand and hand with one another: if there is more social justice then there is more democracy and vice-versa. ... In Robert Nozick's book titled, Anarchy, State and Utopia, he states that, "individuals have rights, and there are things no person or group may do to them without violating their rights" (2). ... This idea also follows the ideas of Adam Smith and John Locke, who believe in free marketplace and as long as there is this freedom there is justice. ... But it is no less true that these kinds of exclusions were always...

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All across France there was a transition from the old regime to the modern. ... To sum everything up there were many reasons that contributed to conceptualizing the French Revolution, yet it was the Bourgeoisie that took the actual step in realizing it. ... The number of peasants was easily more numerous then the other social classes, having four fifths of the population . ... Lastly there were the philosophes, the creator of the ideas implemented in the French Revolution. ... There were many ideas presented by philosophes that were floating in the minds of many people, like that of Rou...

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John Locke's philosophies were influenced by his life and work. ... Later John Locke went to Holland because of there was suspected radicalism in the government while there he wrote the Essay Concerning Human Understanding which examines the nature of the Human mind and the processes by which it sees it sees the world. ... In the mid 1660's John Locke focused on philosophy while he lived in Oxford, then he became acquainted with Robert Boyle,who played an important in the early years of the Royal society, who then introduced John Locke to the Royal Society, which was made up of scien...

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As Tocqueville sees it, there are many dangers facing American democracy, mostly lying in societal attitudes and tendencies. ... He believed that if all were equal, then no one person had any basis to claim the right to rule over another. ... The conclusion is that the opinion of the majority must be the best one, and as a result, there is a tendency to abandon freedom of thought in democratic societies. ... In this novel, there were also some aspects of American society that, according to Tocqueville, helped to preserve democracy. ...

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During this time there were scores of technological advancements. ... Along with the immense leaps in technology, there was also an overall demise in the socioeconomic and cultural situation of the people. ... France's economic system allowed for the highest taxation of the third estate while the clergy members were exempt from taxes, and the nobles paid little or no taxes at all. ... Aristocrats were stripped of their privileges; however peasants were given no aid out of poverty. ... The forces of change caused revolutions and revolts to first take place in the 1820s and 1830s and the...

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Furthermore, a call-to-action in the free speech is necessary, as a call to action shows that there is a potential action behind that threat, and that the speech is not being used loosely, but rather as a tool to start a rise and cause real physical harm to an individual or the United States as a whole, because that speech would then be interfering with the free speech and life of the other individual in harms way. ... In looking at a recent situation at Oklahoma State University, where fraternity members were caught on video singing "There will never be a nigger in SAE," the Oklaho...

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There was a bill proposed by Olympe de Gouges that called, "Declaration of the Rights of women " which is very similar to Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Woman. ... In the second phase of the French Revolution the Committee of Public Safety takes over the Convention late due to the Convention moving slower then the French public would've liked. ... The Paris Commune were part of the September Massacres and forced the creation of the Convention. The Convention try's to make France a republic, which would mean no more kings. ... The Directory then has the right...

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In the revolutionary war, the beginning battles were fought using "respectable" tactics. ... If following the original warrior way is suicide, then why should the judgment of citizens strictly on what those soldiers and scholars wrote explicitly in the constitution be any different. ... This also brings in the argument of legal morality, which plays no part of the constitution, being that morality is a human characteristic not a property of a document. ... Again the idea of morality enters the equation, though we elect officials to express the views of the public, how can they assess the o...

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No soul dared to threaten the authority of king or church as those who did might be tortured or burned at the stake. ... No longer was human comprehension run by the mystical and supernatural once the rational version of comprehension proved much more convincing. ... The philosophers were elite members of society, and despite the context of their messages, they were not always free from discrimination. ... Freedom was of uttermost importance to him, not in the sense of no limitation, but rather that those whom are to be served in the name of the common good instigate these boundaries. ... Can ...

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In general, Clinton's spots were the dominant focus of the television news coverage receiving about 50% of air time while Dole and Perot split the remaining 50% (Kaid, Tesdesco & McKinnon, 2000). ... Thus, bias in television news coverage of presidential elections has little to no effect on its audience. More importantly the bias in television news has no real effect on the out come of presidential elections (Allen & D" Alessio, 2000) Conclusion I like many other Americans believe that there is a bias in television news coverage of presidential elections. However, in my research I fou...

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However the attacks of 09/11 were meant to cause terror, which is also considered a harmful act and god forbid that should ever happen to the United States. ... When the 09/11 attacks occurred the rights and safety of the people of this country were violated and being that the roles of the government as far as the classical liberal ideology is concerned are: Protection - to protect each individual form being harmed or feeling like they"re being harmed, which would block their pursuit of happiness. ... There is no wrong, hence the term: "in American Government 1 = -1." Even then most liberals w...

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However the attacks of 09/11 were meant to cause terror, which is also considered a harmful act and god forbid that should ever happen to the United States. ... When the 09/11 attacks occurred the rights and safety of the people of this country were violated and being that the roles of the government as far as the classical liberal ideology is concerned are: Protection - to protect each individual form being harmed or feeling like they"re being harmed, which would block their pursuit of happiness. ... There is no wrong, hence the term: "in American Government 1 = -1." Even then most liberals w...

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Throughout the essay there will be various important points about the French Revolution and why or how they affected civilization. ... Another group of people that were very heavily involved in the French Revolution were the peasants. ... For one, the Clergy were very upset about having to be part of the state, up to then, church and state had been separate. ... They too, were unhappy with the church being part of the state, but they were not as religious as the peasants. They were unhappy because they still had no real power or rights, social or economic input...

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Today, there still isn't a firm conclusion to the disagreements between what the purpose of education should be. ... For example, the establishment of the No Child Left Behind Act" (NCLB) enables the assessment of public schools through standardized testing. ... These students are then penalized by more budget cuts when they don't perform well enough on their tests. ... The privatization of public schools mean that there will be a push in raising test scores, which will lead to schools not being able to develop curricula that build on students' culture. ... Dewey's ideas su...

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