He contributed many benefits to our country such as the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, sent Louis and Clark on an expedition to find the Pacific Ocean in 1804, and of course his most famous contribution: drafting the Declaration of Independence. ... " Benjamin Banneker, son of former slaves, realized the irony and hypocrisy in this part of the Declaration of Independence. ... Banneker uses pathos to remind Jefferson of how he was inspired to incorporate the statement about equality into the Declaration. ... He wants Jefferson to realize the African American slaves are what America was befor...

• Word Count: 518
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In April 1775 blacks had fought for the Continental Army; three months later, however, Washington had banned blacks from the patriot army; in November Lord Dunmore made his proclamation; and by July 4th, 1776, the passage on slavery had finally been deleted from the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration fought for the freedom of the white American; the rights of the black man were not included in this new revolutionary legislation. ... For the black bondsman in 1776 the contradictory language of the revolution, epitomized by the Declaration of Independence, made Dunmore's promise ...

• Word Count: 1913
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Finally, Frederick Douglass, one of the most famous black abolitionists and well-known as an eloquent public speaker, made a speech on Independence Day 1952 entitled "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" In this speech Douglass addressed a predominately white audience about how on the day celebrating American independence, political freedom, and natural justice, he as a black man could not celebrate while his people were still enslaved. "The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence bequeathed by your fathers is shared by you, not by me....This Four...

• Word Count: 1369
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The thesis statement is that Lincoln sought to preserve the American union and its system of self-government by reclaiming the ideals of the Declaration of Independence and to recover the Spirit of '76 to the American mind which states that "all men are created equal". ... He focused on the need to return to the foundations of the Declaration of Independence and the ideas that shaped the creation of America in order to hold the Union together. ... Therefore, slavery threatened the Union and the principles of the Declaration of Independence. ... Therefore, they sought to secure t...

• Word Count: 2032
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One could find many disappointed slaves following their Declaration of Independence from Britain forming the United States of America. ... America was a premature country formed by revolutionaries who adamantly demanded their independence from other countries, and at the same time used those experiences as a guideline. ... There has been a political declaration of freedom with no solid plan to abate the problems it caused. ...

• Word Count: 1128
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Thomas Jefferson shows his most Important achievement, the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, where Jefferson writes "We hold these truths to be self evidence: 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" ( The Norton Anthology American Literature 715). In my opinion the merely problem with this passage from the Declaration of Independence is that is does not say, "We hold these truths to be self-evidence, that all men including their race, creed, religion or c...

• Word Count: 1502
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the 1760's and 1770's, the British undermined the success of American colonists with high taxation and a strong military presence. Economic growth was deterred and the majority of profits were used to fund Britain's wars with feuding European nations. The years following 1783, welcomed an Am...

• Word Count: 572
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During a time of revolution and independence, the leading men, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, and James Madison, all helped to influence a young country which stressed freedom and liberty for all. ... The opposite of that culture is individualism which supports self-expression and independence (Arnett 102). ... Documents like The Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776 were some of the first example of the desire for self-expression and independence. ...

• Word Count: 1212
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In response to the South, the North argued that "Slavery itself was a moral and political evil that was contrary to the spirit of the Declaration of Independence, and that it had been tolerated in the constitution only by necessity and ought to be restricted" This everlasting debate lasted until the next year when the Missouri Compromise was introduced. ...

• Word Count: 855
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• Has Bibliography
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Picture yourself, sitting in the spine-chilling examination chair at the eye doctor, with the intent to receive eyeglasses or contact lenses. The doctor's purpose is to know which pair of lens is best tailored to your vision. And so, the eye doctor brings down the phoropter and shows you different s...

• Word Count: 1349
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Losing the fight to limit slavery in Missouri, and Southerners' aggressive declarations during the discussions, led many Northerners to promise opposition to any new slave state or territory. ... " King later renounced some of the radical suggestions of this declaration for slavery beyond Missouri, but it was a sign of how far the debates had pressed some Northerners. ... It convinced many Southerners to highlight the Constitution, narrowly interpreted, at the expense of the "Declaration of Independence" and the principles it protected. ...

• Word Count: 2503
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate