He once said "I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these states. ... During this time there was only some unrest between Colonial America and Britain, but Mayhew's discourse became an extremely interesting bridge between the radical Puritan past and the American Revolutionary future. ... Jonathan Mayhew justified overthrowing the King by proving that intentional unjust laws are considered abuse. ... One would see petitions overlooked and the foolish and harshness of the crown (a.k.a. the King). ... The...

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• Grade Level: High School

In response, Jefferson sent future U.S. president James Monroe to Paris to aid Livingston in the New Orleans purchase negotiations. ... The delegates wanted approval of the Declaration to be unanimous since they all were fully aware of the type of impact that the Declaration would have on the future of this nation. They were blatantly waging rebellion against their king, and admitting it in writing. ... The third paragraph reflects on Jefferson's beliefs and philosophy on both the sovereignty and natural rights of the people, concluding that once adopted, no law is irrevocable and shall a...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Social and technological change in the seventeenth century brought about the greatest change to a seemingly ordinary concept that everyone experiences everyday- thought. Never before had such an immense change in the thought processes of a mass group of people, quite possibly the world over, occurre...

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In his acts of rebellion against King George III's presumably tyrannous misdeeds ultimately led to the separation of the colonial people into the Tories and the Whigs, the loyalists and the patriots. ... Eventually Napoleon lost use for this land though luckily and sold it to us pocketing the cash for his own future battles with England. ...

• Word Count: 2477
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• Grade Level: High School