On May 25th 1787 fifty-five delegates from the thirteen colonies meet in Independence Hall in Philadelphia. They met after the Shays Rebellion to discuss the problems with the original Articles of Confederation and adjust things accordingly to the problems. This meeting would otherwise be known as the Constitutional convention and would go on for the next five months. One of the fifty-five delegates was William L. Pierce. William L.Pierce was on the the four delegates from the states of Georgia at the Constitutional Convention. He was forty-seven years old when being invited into the Constitutional Convention and being a part of it.…
Charles Pickney was one of the delegates who ratified and supported the constitution. Charles was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1757. He was a lawyer, Planter and Slave Holder, etc. Pickney enlisted in the militia when he was young. He was married Mary Eleanor and had three children.…
He was later re-elected and he continued to govern until 1779. He served over several Virginia militia trips against the Cherokee people in the west, who were, to say allied with the British. He let his friend Joseph Martin, who was an explorer, as state agent to the Cherokee Nation. Henry used to also invest in real estate with Martin. After being re-elected Henry turned down to be a part of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, saying that he didn’t agree in Philadelphia or he had a bad feeling toward the monarchy. Henry announced that the U.S. Constitution let too much power to the federal government. It passed. He was surprised in having the Bill of Rights picked up to help the new Constitution and guarded individual rights. He was elected as a presidential elector for the 1789 election. Which included nine other men. Surprisingly, all of the men chosen, voted for Washington with one of their votes, and cut their other vote among different candidates.…
authority. Additionally, he is relatable to Buck as they both discover themselves in the wild but…
Never before had both anti-slavery and pro-slavery views been more vigorously defended and articulated as correct after the passing of the Missouri Compromise. Many believed in pro-slavery as expressed by Charles Pickney who explained such views in his speech in Congress saying "slaves are happier in their present situation than they could ever be," and that "it [slavery] could not be got rid of without ruining the country."(B) John C. Calhoun, a Southern politician and political philosopher from South Carolina, believed that slavery was…
Patrick Carr was not a politician, or a general, or anything of much influence. He was a common working man. Although he became important to the American Revolution after death. More importantly, where, when, and by whom he was killed. Also what he said in the few days before he passed on.…
Rawlin Lowndes’ speech to the South Carolina House of Representatives debating the adoption of the Federal constitution on January 17, 17888 was a plea to save the Confederation. He wanted to add to it, not destroy it. Unfortunately, Lowndes did not change the mind of most Americans.…
Charles Richard Drew was a very famous and innvative surgeon and educator. He helped to create two of the larges blood banks in the world. not only did he create two of the largest bood banks, he developed a technique of plasma storage. This development is so significant because he helped to save the lives of hundreds of sodiers in World War Ii.…
Charles Perkins was born in Alice Springs; his mother was Arrente and his father Kalkadoon. He was removed from the Alice Springs Telegraph Station Aboriginal Reserve when he was 10 and educated at St Francis House, a school established by Father Percy Smith in Adelaide to educate Aboriginal boys. He trained initially as a fitter and turner but, being a gifted soccer player, he played professionally for the English club, Everton, then on his return to Australia with the Adelaide Croatian and the Sydney Pan-Hellenic Clubs.…
Dolley Madison, originally Todd Payne, was born to a wealthy Quaker family in North Carolina in 1768. The Todd Payne family, which included her father, John Payne Jr., originally a non-Quaker, and her mother, Mary Coles, as well as seven siblings only spent a year living in North Carolina. In 1769 the family decided to move back to rural-eastern Virginia to live with Dolley‘s grandmother on her plantation, where Dolley spent most of her childhood. It was during this time that Dolley first experienced slavery, though after the Revolutionary War her grandfather decided to emancipate all his servants. Shortly after that, the Payne family decided to move once again; this time to Philadelphia, the capital from 1774-1800. Her father set out to make a fortune as a starch merchant - however, his business failed tremendously and he died in 1792. Dolley‘s mother, Mary Payne struggled to keep the family going and opened a boarding house. Despite her initial success, she decided to move back to Virginia to live with Dolley‘s sister Lucy, who‘d married one of George Washington‘s nephews.…
In May of 1766 Jefferson met with the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia to discuss whether or not the states should regard themselves as part of the British Empire. The manner was debated by a group of radicals such as Jefferson and the Adams who advocated independence, while moderates such as John Dickinson debated towards reconciliation of the nations. Eventually, “Jefferson’s colleague Richard Henry Lee,” stood up and presented an enticing speech in favor of independence. After days of arduous debate, “James Wilson of Pennsylvania announced he felt ready to vote for independence” with expectations for the colonies to separate. The decision became fixed; Congress appointed a five person committee composed of Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston to draft a document declaring independence. Jefferson was nominated by the committee to write a rough draft that was significantly altered by Congress and Jefferson’s colleagues Adams and Franklin. “In the end, Congress removed about a quarter of Jefferson’s original language.” The finishing document is recapitulated into three parts. The first section introduces a preamble dealing with the “self-evident truths.” Thus incorporating meanings as to why it is a necessity that the colonies have overthrown their government. The second part chastises the British ruling, declaring the monarchy and king to be tyrannical. The last portion concludes with the colonial response, including Richard…
1. Thomas Abraham Clark, the son of a prominent Philadelphia lawyer, was born to extreme wealth. He was educated at home by private tutors, and entered local politics at a very early age. He soon rose to the top of his state in politics. Having traveled extensively in Europe, he is obsessed with the tyranny of European governments. He has corresponded with Samuel Adams, Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Jefferson. He is convinced that a strong government headed by a king is and has been, the curse of mankind throughout history. Under the Articles of Confederation, Thomas's law practice has prospered, but he is concerned over the inflated value of some colonial currency. Thomas Abraham Clark is a ...…
John C. Calhoun was born in Abbeville, South Carolina on March 18th, 1782 and he supported his family whenever his father was ill when he was still a child. In 1807, John became a lawyer and was soon elected to congress in 1810 where he was openly a “war hawk” or someone who wanted to go to war with Great Britain for independence, and in 1812 he got his wish when the war of 1812 began. During the war, he raised troops so that he could support congress which made him a nationalist and he fought for a stronger national government. Calhoun resided in Clemson, North Carolina in his home which is called Fort Hill which is his death place and only about fifty miles away from his birthplace. He held many different offices and the fell in the order…
Robert Douthat Meade took on the challenging task of writing a biography of the life of Patrick Henry from childhood until 1775. He purposely excluded the events beginning with the commencement of the Revolutionary war to give us a view into the events that shaped the character of the revolutionary hero and founding father we all know as Patrick Henry. He takes into account all of Henry 's journals, unpublished material concerning Henry, newspaper articles , and Henry 's personal letters that have surfaced since the writing of the three volume biography of Henry, published in 1891 and incorporates all this material into an in depth view of Patrick Henry. This biography helps us understand the man behind the revolutionary genius that many of us know litte about. Other than his famous "give me Liberty" speech, American culture has failed to recognize the radical contribution of Patrick Henry to the founding of The Unites States of America.…
Yet, in 1828 Jackson ran for President and won. The tariff was not passed until that year, and it backfired on Jackson. When it went into effect, the South was enraged about it and the economy was failing. The tariff they originally proposed was no longer supported by Jacksonian’s, and they did not support Jackson himself. South Carolina rallied heavily against the tariff, and supported their arguments with principles taken from the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. Also, they supported their case by arguing that the Constitution allowed them individually as a state to nullify federal laws for the whole union. They published “The South Carolina Exposition” which was written by John C. Calhoun, the Vice…