However the widely accepted principle of freedom is that we are free to do whatever we want as long as we do not have negative impacts on other people's freedom. ... Giving the actual call for women's right, Elizabeth Cady Stanton saw that women were not free at that time and both equality and liberty weren't working together. ... " written in 1852 was another situation where black man were left out. ... Though Americans were celebrating the four of July, slaves had no rights. ... "For all men to be 'equally free and independent' they must be 'equal be...

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The country's probably most well-known motto "In God We Trust" can be found on every dollar bill2. ... The very language of the Constitution and Bill of Rights suggest that, though created with Christian morals in the back of their minds, the framers of the Constitution intended America to be a nation free from any one religious authority. ... However, to say that the colonies were free from religious persecution is far from truth. ... In 1689, Great Britain had passed a religious Act of Toleration, but this meant little for American colonies.4 In his Notes on the State of Virginia, ...

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In order to understand why these founding fathers would go to such lengths to separate themselves from Britain, after all they were committing treason by creating this Declaration, we have to go back in time to the French and Indian War, most commonly known in Europe as the Seven Years War, (1754-1763) and the aftermath. ... At first the British were frighten of the French who devastated their settlements but they were able to recover after William Pitt was at the command of the operations. ... Whatever may be the consequences, we must risk something; if we do not, all is over". ... Our...

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This linked people together and let people openly criticize the government, which they were not allowed to do before when Britain was ruling them before the American Revolution. ... In the south, if a free black was caught even playing cards with a slave, they were sentenced to "thirty nine lashes on his bare back" (48). ... Women started getting jobs as well because there were many new opportunities. ... The new jobs like this were all formed because of the Jefferson beliefs. ... After the American Revolotion Americans started to evolve into what we are today. ...

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These land cessions were in direct support of advancing settlers. ... The dream of being a nation from sea to sea was realized before 1850. The idea of an " empire of liberty" and free democracy, appealed to immigrants for various economic and political reasons. ... When he realized that we could not keep growing without expanding our territory, he conceded his ideals and compromised. With this compromise we were allowed to become the nation that we are today. ...

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He did not see a free black man, working along his father as an equal; he was brought up thinking that blacks were supposed to be less respected than whites like him. ... The document discussed the need and want for owning property, elections and voters, and also "all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion- (The Virginia 156). ... That we will never know. ... Without the events that occurred in the past, whether they were right or wrong, we as a country would never be where we are today. So before anyone calls our founding fathers hypocrites again, maybe they should take a...

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This period was around the time of the American Revolution, and many articles are explaining how he United States should be free. ... "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." (Jefferson 1) By saying this, the colonists of this time believe that they deserve to be free to make their own decisions, they went against one of the most powerful nations in the world at the time to achieve their dream of being a free, se...

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This treasured document contains many significant points but the most influential and well-known statement that we still abide by today is, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.... He begins the analogy with "Sir, suffer me to recall to your mind that time in which the arms and tyranny of the British Crown were exerted with every powerful effort in order to reduce you to a State of Servitude" (lines 1-4). ......

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In the middle of April in 1803, shortly before Monroe's arrival, the French asked Livingston if the United States was interested in purchasing all of Louisiana Territory. ... Eventually, all 56 delegates signed the document, which ended with the words, "We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." ... From the time it appeared, the people of the United States were able to see, in writing, the ideals they were trying so vigorously to defend. ... Thomas Jefferson knew that Virginia was the only place where such a bill could be passed since dissecting sect...

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This philosophy is the groundwork for what we now more wholly understand as laws of nature, in whatever form, not to be exploited or undermined. ... The philosophers were elite members of society, and despite the context of their messages, they were not always free from discrimination. ... Rousseau conquered in his vision that "man is born free and everywhere he is in chains". ... Once realized, this brand of political association would be one which "will defend and protect with the whole common force the person and goods of each associate, and in which each, while uniting himself with all, ma...

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As we had discovered the fascinating history of the American Revolution we can find a lot of reason of why the colonist were so anger with the Parliament and want to free from the kings government. ... Before that there were a lot of circumstances that made the colonist react against the crowned. ... In March 1770 the Massacre of Boston where four people were murder, and six others were wounded. ... Patriots, Loyalist and Undefined were the groups that were form during those times. ... On the other side, there were other colonists leaders that were agree with Nationalism. ...

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Before the declaration, there was something called "New Awakening" which seemed to increase the amount of people that believed in God; they had converted to believe in an evangelical God (Edwards, 1741). ... Like the bible says, we should love our neighbors the same as we love ourselves. ... So disregarding the religious wars that are taking place in the middle east, by following God's law rather than Man's law, government and religion combined, can live together in harmony if we were to follow the Creator's ways and act accordingly to our morals. ... They rescued ma...

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The Louisiana Purchase and national health care legislation were two historic events in the history of the United States. ... French resources were spread thin already, and the Louisiana Territory being an Ocean away did not help either. When Napoleon heard that the United States population was growing rapidly, he knew it was only a matter of time before the Americans would start spilling over into the French territory, and there was little that he could do to stop them. ... As Henry Adams said: "The sale of Louisiana to the United States was trebly invalid; if it were French property, Bo...

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The states were being asked to place all of their trust into one central government. ... On February 11, 1790, Quaker protesters called for an end of slavery before Congress. ... Second, at this point in history, no biracial society existed; therefore, a place for the black population to live once freed, was needed. ... However, Washington's words of wisdom were not evident within his second term. ... In fact, the complete opposite has been built into our national identity: we have become entangled in every world affair possible. ...

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