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    Family His background is rather unique‚ having been born in New Zealand‚ a country which‚ within a mere 50 years of formal European settlement of that remote British Colony‚ could admit him to its‚ already 20-year-old‚ university. Ernest Rutherford was born at Spring Grove in rural Nelson on August 30th 1871‚ the second son and fourth child of twelve born to James and Martha Rutherford. Scottish James had arrived in New Zealand in 1843 as a four-year old. James became a wheelwright and engineer

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    Patriots Pen Draft One If you were to paint a portrait of the Founding Father ’s from the average American ’s mind‚ the final result would depict a group of heroic men marching into battle‚ defeating the dastardly British‚ and writing the Constitution all in one sitting. Everything would be tinted with rosy hues of red‚ white‚ and blue‚ and patriotic music sounds in the background…right? Wrong. In 1789‚ a passionate disagreement broke out between Jefferson and Hamilton over the French Revolution

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    The Founding Fathers created The Bill of Rights in order to protect citizens’ individual rights under written law. One of the most important type of rights outlined in this document are the rights of the accused. Before the amendments that protect accused individuals were enforced‚ there was a decent amount of room for government to gain more power and for the people to lose justice and freedom while in the courts. Many innocent citizens would be labeled as guilty without trial and sent to jail.

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    The founding fathers rebelled against the British government and declared independence for various reasons leading up to the American Revolution. The first of many acts that led to rebellion was the Stamp Act of 1765. This act put taxes on any type of paper that the colonists used. The next acts were the Land Ordinance of 1785. The first act reserved land for American Indians that was west of the Appalachian Mountains. The final piece that led to rebellion were the Townshend Acts of 1767. This included

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    John Jay’s Biography John Jay was born into a wealthy family on December 12th‚ 1745 in New York City. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and was a very successful man. He strived for America’s Independence and was always trying to better the nation. In 1774 he married the daughter of New Jersey governor‚ Sarah Livingston. Having marrying her‚ Jay gained political connections to a colonial family. During the Revolutionary War‚ Jay represented New York in the Continental

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    Foundations of the Founding Father of Jazz: Louis Armstrong Being heard in movies‚ the radio‚ television‚ and even elevators‚ jazz music has made its mark in just about every single location of the world. As popular as jazz is around the world‚ its original roots and foundations in the African-American culture are often forgotten. One of the most influential jazz musicians‚ Louis Armstrong‚ also known as Satchmo or Pops‚ is considered to be among the founding fathers of jazz music. His career launched

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    The Founding Fathers of the United States had one goal in mind- American Liberty. This could be achieved in many different ways‚ hence the reason that many of the Founding Fathers disputed over how the U.S. government should be run. One of the most influential disputed that there were occurred during the Constitutional Convention. It was unknown how much power to give to the Federal government. Giving too much power would allow one person or a small group of individuals to rule the United States

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    Alexander Hamilton one of the leading Founding Father of the United State‚ who had a passion and a plan for the future economic growth and a well establish government. One of the major parts of Hamilton’s plan was to build up or pay off the debt accumulated from the Revolutionary War by raising the income of the government. By aiming to distribute bonds to the potential investors with the guarantee of a full repay‚ this will allow to build up credits for the nation (Foner 284). To get a continuous

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    History Rough Draft I do believe that the founding fathers were justified to rebel against the British because of the unfair treatment the colonists were receiving. Metaphorically‚ the colonists were a bunch of dogs and the government was the leash. They were controlling and had a lot‚ if not all the power over colonists. Tyranny played a huge roll in how the colonists viewed the British. The British were very controlling and oppressive towards the colonists. The British government limited the

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    shooting at Hamilton‚ it makes you think what really happened? This chapter was my favorite because it actually forced me to think about what really happened with the two shots heard. 2.  Why did Ellis choose the title Founding Brothers? I think Ellis chose “Founding Brothers” as the title because the men who are known to have helped make America a better country regardless if they ruined our economy or whatever were the founders and brothers in the sense that they all had some part in the

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