What changed and what stayed the same in the era of the American Revolution between 1775 and 1789? Just how revolutionary was it? Although the colonies of British North America, on July 4 1776 felt strongly enough about the incompetence of British rule, to declare themselves independent of such r...
A child of the American Revolution, John Quincy Adams was the first President of American History whose father, John Adams, also served a term as President of the United States of America. Since birth, JQA was well groomed and educated in preparation of his predetermined destiny to become a fu...
Richard Henry Lee (Born 1732, died 1794) BIRTH DATE: January 20, 1732 BIRTHPLACE: Stratford Hall in Westmoreland County, Virginia DEATH DATE: June 19, 1794 PLACE OF DEATH: Chantilly, Virginia PARENTS: Thomas and Hannah Ludwell Lee EDUCATION: Received his elementary education from private tutors, was sent to England to complete his education at the academy at Wakefield. ...
Abraham Lincoln and Equal Rights With America struggling in a state of Civil War, the nation's very core was being shaken. Abraham Lincoln, who was president during this period, realized this, and delivered one of his most historically renowned speeches, "The Gettysburg Address". This speech ad...
In places where the Constitution uses citizens, the Confederate Constitution adds on saying "only citizens of the confederate states."2 Another major difference between these two documents that also distinguishes between the two classifications of government is the part in the Confederate Constitution that states, "but no person of foreign birth, not a citizen of the Confederate States, shall be allowed to vote for any officer, civil or political, State or Federal."2 What is wrong with this part of the document is that the Confederate states may claim the number of people in their state includ...
Does the equal protection clause in the fourteenth amendment guarantee same-sex couples the right to marry? If same-sex marriage were to be federally legalized would the sturdy backbone of our culture be broken? Is it not morally wrong to deny the citizens of the United States of America the basic human right to marry? Is it governments place to define marriage and love? The United States of America is desperately striving to answer these intense questions but it seems that everyone has a different opinion on what is moral and what is lawful. ...
After the American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain in 1776 came the "launch of a grand revolutionary experiment in popular democracy" (Miroff, Seidelman & Swanstrom 1998, 17) and with it the birth of Republicanism. ...
The dictionary definition for the American Revolution is; "the war between Great Britain and its American colonies, 1775-83, by which the colonies won their independence." But this war meant so much more than this brief description and the American colonies won a lot more than just their freedom, t...
Benjamin Franklin America has never and will never forget Benjamin Franklin, because he would "write things worth reading or do things worth the writing." He wrote as much as he possibly could and became famous for doing many things. Benjamin stands alone as the only person to have signed all fou...
What is Success? If we are able to learn from the many failures we experience throughout life, and do things differently we have found a clear path to success. Bill Gates, Michael Jordan, and Stephen King; what do all these people have in common? The answer is that they are successful, but they wer...
Same-sex marriage has been one of the most controversial and divisive topics in the United States since the 1970s. On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Obergefell vs Hodges which granted same-sex couples the legal right to marry in every state (Oyez). Obergefell vs Hodges required states...
It set a new precedent not only for the Court's future rulings for the next 50 to 60 years but permitted the growth of Federal Agencies, legislative acts in the name of the Interstate Commerce Clause, the birth of lobbyists/special interest groups and the personalization of corporations. ...
The U.S. Constitution Article Five, clause two of the United States Constitution states, "under the Authority of the United States, [the Constitution] shall be the supreme law of the land." As a result of the fact that the current activist government is pursuing inconsistent policies, many believe the Constitution has become irrelevant because no guiding principles seem to exist. Thomas Jefferson once said, "The Constitution belongs to the living and not to the dead." Accordingly, it is often referred to as a "living" document because of its regular alteration and ...
Introduction: "We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth, peace, security, liberty, our family, our friends, our home. But when we look at our flag and behold it emblazoned with all our rights we must remember that it is equally a symbol of our duties. Every glory that we associate with it is the result of duty done. " The American flag represents more than just symbolic freedom, equality, and strength. We as Americans take pride in red, white, and blue and live for our history. America has created its own history since its discovery with the arrival of Christopher Co...
In American states, an elected governor is the head of the executive branch. Other leaders in this branch, such as the lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and auditors and commissioners are also elected into their positions by the people. Due to the freedom of being able to organize the structure of each executive branch freely, there is much variation among the states. Officials of the executive branch take the laws that are passed by the legislature and turn them into action of the government throughout the state. In order to do this properly, the executive branch must...
