Franklin argued that the Albany Plan would unite all of the colonies instead of having them separate and this would have helped all of the colonies to have a similar local government and provide uniform answers to common issues and problems. A cartoon was attached to the Albany Plan; it was a cartoon of a snake broken up into many pieces underneath, each piece representing a northeastern colony. The cartoon showed, bluntly, the dis-unity of the country; he chose to represent each colony as a piece of a snake because a snake can not be complete without all of the pieces. ...

• Word Count: 1484
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ... Discontent was growing among the colonists and Britain seemed to only fuel the fire by passing even more acts, such as the Stamp Act in 1765, which was a tax paid for every piece of printed paper used by the colonists; the Townshend Act in 1767, which basically gave gover...

• Word Count: 1859
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I can't tell you more, but read the book, and the piece in the last September's Reader's Digest and you"ll know who I really am" (Griffin, 37). ... The distance between them and me was far more miles than that physically separated us. ... They would live on separate sides of the cities. ...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Due to its complex structure and extensive vocabulary "Founding Brothers" is known as a complicated piece of literature that is aimed to be read by students who want a more in depth understanding in the beginnings of the United States. ... The two friends were separated by the differences in their ideas, so Jefferson shifted his trust to Madison, someone who had similar views to himself. ... America was fractured and each state was separated by ideals and ideologies. The thought of a new nation that was independent of British control united the separate states under one nation that w...

• Word Count: 1803
• Approx Pages: 7

Ferguson in 1896, which legalized enforced segregation in public places and established the "separate but equal" doctrine. ... He says, "You may think that the Constitution is your security- it is nothing but a piece of paper. ...

• Word Count: 1254
• Approx Pages: 5