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    Matthew Hart 09/18/12 An Untrustworthy President “The true test of the American ideal is whether we’re able to recognize our failings and then rise together to meet the challenges of our time. Whether we allow ourselves to be shaped by events and history‚ or whether we act to shape them.”- Our current president. The U.S. president has been untrustworthy on more than one occasion. Our president is unreliable when it comes to foreign and domestic issues‚ as well as being all around untrustworthy

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    motivated the colonial poor to fight the British? 3. What were the grievances of the American troops who mutinied or rebelled during the American Revolution? 4. How did farmers resist impoverishment? 5. How did blacks respond to the opportunities presented by the Revolutionary War? How effective were their responses? 6.. Who benefits the most from a strong central government? How? 7. Did Shays’ Rebellion have the salutary effect of “refreshing the tree of liberty”? Explain your response

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    Declaration of Independence I believe the Declaration of Independence is completely relevant in today’s world. Of course America is not the same as it was in 1776. Many things have changed in our country‚ but the love and pride for it has only grown. The Declaration is not only relevant in today’s world‚ but it is the document in which we American’s live by. Thomas Jefferson said "We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their creator with

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    Causes of American Independence Movement Answer the following questions using your NOTES‚ TEXTBOOK‚ and VOCABULARY. If you use another website‚ you MUST cite it in your answer. Questions 1. What does the term “independence movement” mean? ● That people are getting together to make a movement against their tyrant to gain Independence from them. 2. Which nation did the colonists’ wish to be independent from? ● They wished to be independent from the British 3. Define mercantilism as practiced in the

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    The war for independence was a war many colonies fought and lost. For those few who won their fight received the great reward of freedom to choose their path in history. For one nation in particular it was the first step in establishing what will later become one of the world’s greatest power. A nation that would survive a civil war and two world wars and later mastered the power of the atom and explore space. All of these great achievements would not have happened without the ideas of a few that

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    After formalizing the Declaration of Independence in 1776‚ the thirteen American colonies had to figure out who they were as a nation. Although they had claimed independence‚ now the Framers had to figure out the foundation of the government. However‚ the ruling body at this point was the Continental Congress and in 1777 this Congress took an important leap to unite the former colonies by blueprinting‚ The Articles of Confederation. The Founding Fathers decided there needed to be a centralized governing

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    Two early American documents‚ the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence have‚ over the past 200 years‚ influenced a great number of democratic ideas and institutions. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights share many obvious similarities to both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was written by the Marquis de Lafayette‚ approved by the National Assembly of

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    Fox News‚ the United States has been involved in over 100 foreign military conflicts‚ but has only officially declared war in five cases: The War of 1812‚ the Spanish-American and Mexican American Wars‚ and both World Wars. Any other foreign conflicts‚ such as those in Afghanistan and Iraq‚ did not ever receive official declarations of war from Congress. These unofficial wars were waged because President decided to take matters into his own hands by declaring war without the consent of Congress. Today

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    The Declaration of Independence An exaggerated account of the occupy movement and socialism When in the course of events involving the 99% it becomes necessary for a people to advance from the subordination in which they have hitherto remained‚ and to assume among the powers of the earth the equal and independent station to which the laws of the communist manifesto and the president of the United States has promised us. We the 99% hold these truths to be self-proclaimed‚ that all men

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    American dream‚ by definintion an American social ideal that stresses egalitarianism and especialty material prosperity. Back when this country was first founded‚ the American dream was all about a better opportunity with chances to move up in life and live better. Back then they also stressed family values and having a close family. Now a days the American dream has changed to more materialistic stuff and bigger houses and faster cars. Does many bring happiness or does it bring destruction?

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