...University of Phoenix Material Influences on the Constitution Table Complete each section below. Include citations for your sources. |Documents |Summary |What was its influence on the Constitution? | |Magna Carta |Magna Carta is a document that King John of England was forced |Magna Carta served to lay the foundation for the evolution of parliamentary clause | | |into signing. The document was a succession of written promises|of the United States Constitution and enforced by the Supreme Court. | | |made between the king and his subjects that he would govern | | | |England and its people in accordance with the customs of feudal| | | |law. ("History Learning Site ", 2000-2013). | | |Mayflower Compact |Mayflower Compact is one if the first governing document of |The Mayflower Compact called for equality amongst people and...
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...related to the content of the entire chapter. How exactly would one explain why the title of this chapter is "Tyranny Is Tyranny?” According to the Dictionary, tyranny is nothing more than a nation under cruel and harsh dictatorship. Therefore, it is easy for most readers to place the title “Tyranny is Tyranny” because the text analyzes the movement for "leveling" (economic equality) in the colonies and the causes of the American Revolution. The chapter also argues that the Founding Fathers push for war to distract the people from their own economic problems and stop popular movements. The three main points of why such a title has been chosen will be discussed: how people were treated before the Declaration of Independence, how people felt being under British control, and how life was when the Declaration of Independence was established. The title of this chapter is “Tyranny is Tyranny” because tyranny was the exact word to describe how people were treated before the Declaration of Independence was established. Colonists under the control of Great Britain were treated unfairly and miserably. Lower classes of people had to pay taxes even though they couldn’t “make a dumpling to feed their hunger.” Higher classes were not threatened as much because they actually had money to take care of their problems. Though the more wealthy colonists had an advantage, there were still conflicts through the empire. By Great Britain being unfair and taxing colonists without their consent...
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...and then to reject, imperial rule. Having declared independence and defeated the British, American patriots then drafted the constitution that remains the law of the land to this day. With George Washington's inauguration as president in 1789, the story has a happy ending and the curtain comes down. This time-honored script renders the road from colonies to nation clear, smooth, and straight, with familiar landmarks along the way, from Boston's Massacre and Tea Party through Lexington and Concord, then on to Bunker Hill and Yorktown before reaching its destination: Philadelphia in 1787, where the Founders invented a government worthy of America's greatness. Those Founders are equally familiar. Washington and Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and James Madison, Sam and John Adams, Patrick Henry and Alexander Hamilton: in the popular mind this band of worthies, more marble monuments than mere mortals, guides America towards its grand destiny with a sure and steady hand. "[F]or the vast majority of contemporary Americans," writes historian Joseph Ellis, the birth of this nation is shrouded by "a golden haze or halo."(1) So easy, so tame, so much "a land of foregone conclusions" does America's Revolution appear that we tend to honor and ignore it rather than study it. In 1976, the 200th birthday of the Declaration of Independence, "every sidewalk survey show[ed] the great majority of Americans unwilling to sign [the] Declaration if it [was] presented to them without its identifying...
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...Constitution did not exclude the kind of state supported religion that had thrived in some colonies. This resulted in Congress adopting the first amendment to the Constitution. When it was ratified in 1791, it prohibited Congress to make any law "respecting an establishment of religion” (Paulson, 2001). Religion has become a very important topic in the US, today. The ideas that shaped our government were...
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...The voices of freedom that I chose was on the topic of slavery and what the word “freedom” meant. The Union and Confederacy used the same words but different meaning. In a letter, written on April 17, 1861, from Thomas F. Drayton to his brother Percival, an officer in the U.S. Navy, defends his support to the confederacy cause. He was a South Carolina plantation owner and ally for the confederacy succession. He explains that the confederacy is not fighting to defend slavery, instead, it is fighting for their own freedom. Abraham Lincoln was an United States president from the spring of 1861 to spring of 1865 when he was assassinated. He made an address to Sanitary Fair, Baltimore that discussed the different meanings of freedom on April 18,1864....
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...statement “If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies we are determined to ferment a rebellion.” She understood the unfairness of making one group subject to the will of another. John Adams response of “We know better than to repeal our masculine system.” Did not please Abigail. It was obvious by her response in a subsequent letter. Abigail wrote “Whilst you are proclaiming peace and good will to Men, Emancipating all Nations, you insist upon retaining an absolute power over wives.” That response said it all. It was obvious that she saw the hypocrisy in the Founding Fathers quest for equality. While they were fighting for freedom, they found it acceptable to suppress the rights of women denying them equal freedom. Abigail Adams was ahead of her time. She did not have a great impact on eighteenth century America but her ideas would continue to spread for generations to come. Women’s rights activists remained small throughout the first half of the nineteenth century. Women began to play a greater role in the public sphere by participating in various reform movements. One such movement was the Seneca Falls Convention. The Declaration of Independence was used as a model for the Declaration of Sentiments that was presented at the first Women’s Rights Convention in...
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...The Declaration of Independence can be divided into four main parts. The first part is an introduction that states the purpose of the document, which was to explain why the American people were declaring independence from the government of Great Britain. The second part is a theory of good government and individual rights generally accepted by Americans from the 1770s until today. In this theory, all individuals are equal in their possession of certain immutable rights. These rights are not granted by the government. Rather, they are inherent to human nature. Therefore, the first purpose of a good government is to secure or protect these rights. Further, a good government is based on the consent of the governed -- the people -- who are the sole source of the government's authority. If their government persistently violates this theory of good government, then the people have the right to overthrow it. The third part of the document is a list of grievances against King George III, who was singled out to represent the actions of the British government. These grievances are examples of actions that violated the criteria for good government stated in the second part of the Declaration of Independence. These grievances, therefore, justify separation from the King's bad government and establishment of a good government to replace it. The fourth and final part of the document is an unqualified assertion of sovereignty by the United States of America. It proclaims the determination of...
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...Ethical Awareness Inventory Analysis Gen/480 Ethical Awareness “You tend to base your ethical perspective on what it is good to be, rather than what it is good to do” (The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management, 2012). My ethical awareness inventory scored predominantly high in the character-based perspective. As this inventory states, “Good people demonstrate good actions” (The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management, 2012). I believe the basis for this ethical perspective comes from the fact that I was raised in and still practice Christianity. “The process of living out one’s values is more important than the outcome of a decision” (The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management, 2012). I don’t know that I would consider this to be true of myself. I had a negative number in the results perspective. As an entrepreneur I do value results. I have owned businesses before where I had to let employees go because they negatively affected the bottom-line. I knew that if I allowed the current arrangement to continue the entire business would close and everyone would be out of a job not just the employee who role was no longer a contribution to the bottom-line. That being said I would never make a decision that was dishonest, deceptive or intestinally destructive to anyone for self-preservation. The section of the EAI that identified frustrations are both accurate and ridiculous. The ridiculous is from the foundational pre-supposition that “not everyone has an...
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...Why is the ninth amendment important? It is a moral statement. The ninth amendment states that there are other rights that may exist aside from the ones explicitly mentioned, and even though they are not listed, it does not mean they can be violated. The founders of the Declaration of Independence rather than have a constitutional restraint created the ninth amendment: An example landmark court cases is Griswold vs. Connecticut, 1965. In the Griswold case, the Supreme Court decision found a new right in the Constitution that had never been mentioned before, a right to privacy. This pioneering decision by the United States opened the doors for many other similar contemporary court cases on the same issues such as Roe v. Wade. First of all, the Ninth Amendment of the Bill of Rights was voted for by 9 out of 12 states on December 15, 1791. Then the Amendment was issued into the United States Constitution on September 5, 1789. The Anti-Federalist Party...
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...Bill of Rights and Amendments Paper Jeremy Hall, Sheila Henderson, Sondra Lettsome, Elvina Scott, Desmond Thomas University of Phoenix U.S. Constitution HIS/301 Dr. John Theis November 10, 2011 Bill of Rights and Amendments Paper The founding fathers of our country had it right when they put in place an irrefutable plan of action and order. Although many things have changed since the inception of the original documents, the process and ways of which something must be done and adopted remains viable to us today. This example is not only found in the legislative democracy but also in the educational, religious, and social genres of the world. The constitution shares with all who take the time to peruse, the reasoning behind it, the amendments that are attached, and the rights of each person living the American Dream. After Congress proposes an amendment, the Archivist of the United States, who heads the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), is charged with responsibility for administering the ratification process under the provisions of 1 U.S.C. 106b (Archives.Gov.) If two-third of the number of votes of both the Senate and the House of Representative are in favor an amendment can be proposed by the Congress. Otherwise, two-thirds of the legislatures of the fifty states can call for a constitutional agreement for the purposes of proposing amendments to the Constitution. After an amendment to the Constitution has been proposed, it must be ratified...
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...------------------------------------------------- Research: Affirmative Action. Do you feel that affirmative action has a place in today's society? Do you support or oppose its role in today's politics and our lives? Why? Affirmative action is a term most Americans are familiar with, but a term that is not always well understood. To clarify, as defined in Politics in America by Thomas Dye, affirmative action is any government or private program designed to help offset the effects of “past unequal treatment of minorities and/or women by giving members of these groups preferential treatment in admissions, hiring, promotions, or other aspects of life” (Dye, 2009, p. 551). Over time, affirmative action has resulted in an array of policies or programs specifically designed with the intention to enhance employment and business opportunities, or educational programs for groups, such as ethnic or racial minorities, as well as women, who all, as a group, have suffered discrimination. However, the approach in which these policies or programs are employed, the forms of action they entail, and the far-reaching repercussions they convey for our society may deviate from one specific program to another. Since its founding, the belief in human equality has guided the American republic. Of the truths held to be self-evident in the Declaration of Independence, the very first and foremost is that “all men are created equal.” This certainty is deep-seated as we recognize intuitively the equality of individuals validates...
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... and because of her work the United States was able to safely settle the land. While the United States has relied upon strong, powerful women such as Sacagawea since its formation, the number women that have been capable of holding powerful positions has far exceeded the number of women that actually have. Currently, women do not hold the same power as men in the workforce and the government, in the United States. It is evident that women have come a long way, but it is important that we continue to support the movement of women in powerful leadership positions. Historically, women have always been at a great disadvantage in regard to competitiveness in the workplace. As early as 1790 women were already being discriminated against. One of our Founding Fathers Alexander Hamilton was even quoted saying women are “a source of cheap labor” (Leckie). Women back then were often sent to work long hours, in hot sweatshops, performing undesirable tasks. Yet, they still made less than men. Organizations of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s such as the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association (LRLRA) and The Knights of Labor tired to petition the thirteen to fourteen hour work days women faced and the unsafe and unsanitary conditions they had to work in, however their efforts were unsuccessful. It wasn’t until the mid 1900’s that women were finally even considered part of the workforce. Women were also considered more...
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...on international and transnational arena, his writings revolve around 1919 Paris peace conference from the perspective of an outsider. Erez chose not to focus on the subsequent peace process that followed after the war and its impact on the main powers like European powers but rather he focused on the impact of the peace process on the side states like Korea and china. These countries didn’t play a major or rather significant role in the peace process in fact they were largely ignored. Central to his thesis is the Wilsonian message of national self-determination and equality among states. To be well conversant with the encumbrance and openings implanted in China's the excellent place to start is on Jonathan D. Spence's good new book. ''The Search for Modern China,'' a detailed account across centuries from the fall of the Ming dynasty in 1600 up to the point of death of the democracy movement in June 1989, will educate everybody students and public alike of Chinese history. The effect and similar causal sequence of Wilson's discourse from 1918 up to the end of Paris peace conference is what Manela defines as the "Wilsonian Moment. As per Manela, Wilson radical ideals was based on his need and determination for all the nations of the earth to become self-governed and to embrace colonial ideologies. Wilson was directing his message to Europe audience but the broadcasting media in Europe send the message across the globe and it was welcomed by leaders from non-western developing countries...
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...has already been compiled, this essay will rank each historical figure by their impact on the world. (Please note that this list was compiled based on a western perspective.) Topping the list at #1 is Muhammad. As the Prophet of Islam, Muhammads, s.a.w, teachings have reached and inspired many societies and their people. His teachings also indicate the best way to think and therefore live. At #2 is Jesus Christ, whose place as the central figure of Christianity has impacted the lives of his believers, all 2 billion of them (give or take). His existence has lead to the many holidays and churches that occupy mainly, western society. At #3 is Gautama Buddha, who is the spiritual teacher and founder of Buddhism. Lord Buddha has played a large role in the growth of many people of asian descent and offers a religion to the world that can be seen as very peaceful. At #4 is David, King of Israel or rather the Biblical King of Israel. As the founder of Jerusalem, he has empowered the Jewish nation to take on a large amount of influence in various aspects of the world, including the entertainment industry. At #5 is Ali, the founder of Sufism. Ali is a central figure in Sufism due to being anearly Caliph, expanding the religious world. Continuing the list at #6 is Joseph Smith, Jr.. He is one of America's religious leaders who actually founded a religion; in his case it is Mormonism. At #7 is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi who was an Indian nationalist leader. Being instrumental in non-violence...
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...Fourth of July The Declaration of Independence We celebrate American Independence Day on the Fourth of July every year. We think of July 4, 1776, as a day that represents the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation. But July 4, 1776 wasn't the day that the Continental Congress decided to declare independence (they did that on July 2, 1776). It wasn’t the day we started the American Revolution either (that had happened back in April 1775). And it wasn't the day Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence (that was in June 1776). Or the date on which the Declaration was delivered to Great Britain (that didn't happen until November 1776). Or the date it was signed (that was August 2, 1776). So what did happen on July 4, 1776? The Continental Congress approved the final wording of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. They'd been working on it for a couple of days after the draft was submitted on July 2nd and finally agreed on all of the edits and changes. July 4, 1776, became the date that was included on the Declaration of Independence, and the fancy handwritten copy that was signed in August (the copy now displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.) It’s also the date that was printed on the Dunlap Broadsides, the original printed copies of the Declaration that were circulated throughout the new nation. So when people thought of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776...
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