Are we so special because we were founded on morals of honor and integrity? ... Our founding fathers were nothing like we"re taught to believe. They were smugglers, thieves, liars, cheats and rebels, but they were all the aforementioned traits with a dream to be free from British rule. In the book, "The Glorious Cause" written by Robert Middlekauff, it is said that the seeds of the American Revolution were planted before the war even started. ... The thieving, womanizing, slave owning, rebels made our country free. ...

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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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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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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 enrolling in school, he could already read and write. ... The bill for general education-- allowing everyone, without regard to birth or wealth, to have as much free education as each person was fitted for. These bill were not immediately passed some of the bills were not passed for up to about four years. ... Three of the papers that were especially good were: 1. ... We owe him and many others thanks for a wonderful nation. ...

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