Mary Bodunde 11/16/10 period 30 1. Thomas Jefferson once said he believed that "all the good" of the new constitution might have been accomplished by simply amending the Article of confederation. According to the text’s authors‚ it is probably a good thing that the Fonding Fathers did not merely amend the Articles of confederation. with which position do you agree? Why? 2. Why didn’t the leaders of the American Revolution extend their spirit of equality to the abolition of slavery and giving
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identify with their nationality‚ not allowing other nations to press on them and control them -- at least not without a fight and an attempt of resistance. (; ^ of yahoo answers Shays rebellion Farmers got mad at government for not passing stay laws Virginia plan Proposed by Randolph and made more open by james madison Made the three branches of government to keep checks within the republican government to make sure no one had to fear that tyranny or abuse of power was possible 3/5 compromise The
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he went with his heart and let his emotions run wild. I was lucky enough to have been graced and awarded an interview with the great Patrick Henry to discuss briefly about his early life experiences with a focus on his most famous speech at the Virginia Convention. My first question to Henry was how he came to be a lawyer in such a short period of time. Patrick Henry responded with “Well‚ my first step in becoming a lawyer was to pass two oral examinations by different lawyers that were appointed
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is simply amazing to think of how anyone could have stayed alive in a foreign land surrounded by the unknown‚ with no friends and family to help and guide them. The majority of the colonists that moved to the Chesapeake region of Maryland and Virginia were laborers‚ that owed years of work to pay off their expense for relocating to the New World. They consisted of young men for the most part‚ with only a small number of females in the beginning years. Unfortunately‚ many of the new colonists
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Enriched History Book report The book I read for the enriched history project was Black Heroes of the American Revolution by Burke Davis. The reason I chose the book was because after looking at some of the books I thought I would be most interested in this one. On Revolutionary war day‚ there was a re-enactor of Edward Hector who told us much about African American soldiers. I have always been fascinated with African American History and wanted to know more about the soldiers Edward Hector talked
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The following selections are from the ratification debates in Virginia during June 1788. Jonathan Elliott‚ 3 Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Federal Constitution as Recommended by the Convention at Philadelphia in 1787 (2d rev. 137 1891) George Mason (June 1788‚ 32) “There is one thing in it which I conceive to be extremely dangerous. Gentlemen may talk of public virtue and confidence; we shall be told that the House of Representatives will consist of the most virtuous men on
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Kelly Rasulo Mr.Brown English 10H November 6‚ 2013 Revolutionary Works of Literature Authors write for a purpose‚ for something that they believe in. Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Second Convention and Thomas Paine’s The Crisis No. 1 both have similar goals and purposes. Patrick Henry was a lawyer and a great public speaker. His goal was to get the colonists to be passionate about the revolutionary war. He was a symbol for the struggle of liberty which shows in this speech. Henry was
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John White was an artist and a cartographer who traveled from England to the outer banks of North Carolina in 1585. John White was at the Roanoke Island for about thirteen months before returning home to England for more supplies. He made a series of paintings of indigenous people‚ plants and animals almost over seventy paintings. The purpose of his paintings he thought was to give the people back home an idea of what the new world was like. Despite the significance the watercolor paintings were
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In 1607 the first British colony was founded in North America and settled in Maryland and Virginia. This colony‚ known as the Chesapeake Bay colony‚ was colonized and settled by the English men of Anglican Church beliefs. Later in 1630 a wave of English men‚ women and children settled in the areas of Main‚ Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Rhode Island ‚ Connecticut and Vermont who were all believers of Puritanism. This colony was named the New England colony. In spite of both colonies being settled
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the heart of the case were ten and twelve years old‚ and had been kicked out of school. They were refusing to pledge because it conflicted with their Jehovah’s Witnesses beliefs. Three years later‚ the controversy appeared in court again as West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. The case was brought forward on behalf of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. At this point in time‚ three of the justices that had ruled on the prior case had been replaced. In a 6-3 decision‚ the court overruled
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