When asked about Benjamin Franklin or Thomas Jefferson, we can tell you all about them, but when asked about the women of the women's suffrage movement many of us can't tell you a thing about it. ... At the convention in Seneca Falls the men and women of the movement wrote the Declaration of Sentiments. ... Without this Declaration of Sentiments woman today as we know it would not be successful businesswomen, doctors, or lawyers. ... Gradually, as women like these continued to insist on economic independence, the idea that women could have more economic status...

• Word Count: 1793
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Ever since the Declaration of Independence, when America broke away from England, the concept of liberty followed inevitably. ... Thomas Paine preconceived America gaining independence from England. ... However, Paine does not include the downfalls that would result if America were to seek independence. ... He claims American independence is inevitable whereby he convinces those who were uncertain about rebelling. ... Douglass is an example of how men will come up with different versions of this concept for the sole purpose of bettering their lives and the lives they care about. ...

• Word Count: 1973
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Instead, we choose to be apathetic, watch television or listen to music and think about and what their American dream is. ... "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" (Declaration of Independence). ... There's nothing in the Constitution about whether the Executive or Judicial branches can limit speech, and those branches do it routinely when it serves their interest. " The entire Grand Jury system, federal and sate, operates in secret. ... How about, more amendments to the constitution so Americans take one more step toward this dream. ...

• Word Count: 1483
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

About a million Irish migrated to America because of this political struggle and hoped for democracy. ... The notion "all men are created equal", as stated in the Declaration of Independence, was not an interest to the founding fathers. ...

• Word Count: 1671
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School