Jaime Prater Chapter Summary

All individuals are created equal. This is one of the many ideas the United States is built on. This concept existed long before the Declaration of Independence was written. This idea was introduced by John Locke who was an Enlightenment thinker. The declaration of Independence is where Americans declared their rights. Thomas Jefferson, the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence was greatly influenced by the philosopher John Locke. Locke believed that humans had natural rights, that power comes from the people and all men are equal, and these beliefs can be found in Jefferson’s writings.

The Constitution—the foundation of the American government—has been quintessential for the lives of the American people for over 200 years. Without this document America today would not have basic human rights, such as those stated in the Bill of Rights, which includes freedom of speech and religion. To some, the Constitution was an embodiment of the American Revolution, yet others believe that it was a betrayal of the Revolution. I personally believe that the Constitution did betray the Revolution because it did not live up to the ideals of the Revolution, and the views of the Anti-Federalists most closely embodied the “Spirit of ‘76.”

It is understood that John Locke played a key role of influence on Thomas Jefferson. This influence can be seen through Jefferson’s writing on the nation’s founding document. This document is called the Declaration of Independence. John Locke, the English Enlightenment philosopher wrote his Two Treatises of Government to refute the belief that kings ruled by divine right and to support the Glorious Revolution of 1688 (Doc 1). This piece of political philosophy provided many explanations for the people’s rights and obligations to overthrow a corrupt government. Specifically, Locke’s ideas from his Two Treatises of Government heavily influenced Thomas Jefferson’s rationale for the propriety of America’s separation from England by expressing a great deal in the right to change the government, human rights trust and strong legislative.

John Locke was a philosopher and political scientist. He had many interests and produced a number of writings that influenced future leaders. One of these leaders was Thomas Jefferson, who was involved with the aid of America and the act gaining independence from Britain. The Declaration of Independence and Locke’s views on government contain many similar aspects. These ideas includes the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (natural rights); the protection that is provided by the government for these rights; and the altering or abolishment of government if it fails to provide and protect the rights of the people. There may also be some differentiating ideas regarding these two sources. An example of this may be that, even though Jefferson and Locke agreed that the people should be able to overthrow the government if their rights were encroached upon, Hobbes believed that this would lead to a state of nature, which wouldn’t end greatly.

Thomas Jefferson in his historical document, The Declaration of Independence (1776), asserts that the colonies should break free from Britain’s tyranny. Jefferson supports his assertion through the use of anaphora, parallel structure, imagery, emotional appeal to patriotism, and logical appeal to the colonist’s basic rights. Jefferson’s purpose is to advocate for the separation of Britain and the colonies in order to escape the British tyranny that King George imposes on the American colonists. Jefferson writes in a measured tone for the British parliament, King George, and for colonists who have been a victim of Britain’s oppression.

work, he noticed a stunning similarity between Locke’s views on human nature, and the colonies democratic and equal view of life. The preamble of the constitution directly relates to Locke’s writings on laws and the pursuit of happiness. Also Jefferson very deliberately borrows Thomas Rousseau ideas of a social contract. The Declaration of Independence was written to separate us from Great Britain, but the reasons were less political and more inspired by human will and what is right for all mankind, which is another reason why it is such an influential

Old fashioned, hand made clothing, reserved lives, playgrounds that only consist of a cement slab, and a school system that only teaches through the eighth grade are peculiar to the outside world. These oddities are just the surface of the unusual practices that take place in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints. The FLDS church is one of the largest Mormon fundamentalist denominations and one of the largest organizations in the United States whose members practice polygamy. Polygamy is illegal, in 1890 the Mormon church ended its practice of polygamy, which created a split in the church. Fundamentalists moved to secluded areas where they could continue their practice of plural marriage. Plural marriage was one of

During the first years of the English settlements of North America the people who immigrated from England they formed colonies that with the support of the British government. The colonist didn 't pay a lot of taxes on their trading benefits to the government. Through the years, the King and the parliament started raising taxes on almost everything that the colonist was producing in the colonies. The colonists weren 't happy with the new taxation that the king was charging to the colonies, and it led the colonist to protest at British empire. There are several reasons why the colonists revolted against the British government. The settlers felt that the British government were treating them unfairly, and their rights were violated. The conflict between the British Government and settler helped to gather political ideas to break away from the British Government and declare their own independent nation.

In Common Sense, Thomas Paine tries to persuade fellow colonists to come around to the idea of breaking ties with Great Britain. Paine lays out his position that the British system of rule is very flawed in that the crown is the overbearing presence in the British Parliamentary structure of government. Paine is highly critical of the amount of power given to the king by the British Parliament. While Paine makes a powerful argument against Britain’s governmental attitudes, it can be said that his ideas put forth would also have a direct effect on the approach Thomas Jefferson took in writing the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson, in attempting to write a carefully crafted argument to justify severing ties with Great Britain, drew key ideas from Common Sense.

The Enlightenment period gave way to many great thinkers, known in this era as philosophes, who fought to improve society through reason and their influential statuses. The main idea of Enlightenment thinkers, such as John Locke, Voltaire, and Mary Wollstonecraft, was to change perspectives on topics of interest, that were previously discredited, in society.

The Founding Fathers are the cornerstone of all the ideological values that are American. The three aspects of American ideology guided past Americans and continue to guide future Americans towards a moral high ground. Thomas Jefferson, who drafted the Declaration of Independence, did so for the good of all Americans, present and future. American is the greatest country on earth. The other drafters of the Declaration of Independence thought of the Declaration as a document that stated their ideological premises and not their selfish beliefs.

After reading the U.S Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and Thomas Jefferson’s Letter to the Danbury Baptists in 1802. I realized that all three of these documents have common signers and Thomas Jefferson as the creator of these documents. God also plays a major role in these documents. As mentioned in the Declaration of Independence “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness (Declaration, 2016, p. 1)”. This document, which was created, first in order to assure our countries stability states that our country has been built on God, and it united the thirteen colonies. This document mentions us as equals just as mentioned in the Bible “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus”(Galatians 3:28). The Constitution does not mention God but it is built on God, and the founders believed strongly in God and the “Natural Law”. Thomas Jefferson’s Letter to the Danbury Baptists in 1802 on the other hand

Dobbins in particular maintains his archetype as a gentle giant, with the monks of the pagoda nicknaming him “Soldier Jesus”, a testament to his tranquil character (114). Kiowa’s adherence to Baptism and overall religiousness is also brought to the reader’s attention, with the mention of his copy of the New Testament and his concern with his platoon having set up a base at a religious site (116). O’Brien also provides a convincing and rather relatable look into Dobbins’s religious background, with Dobbins describing himself by saying that “I believed in God and all that, but it wasn’t the religious part that interested me. Just being nice to people, that’s all” (115). Dobbins’s engaging views give the reader an agreeable opinion that many readers who also attended church as a child can relate to. By keeping Kiowa and Dobbins in their conversational “comfort zone”, O’Brien is able to give the reader a relatable and reasonable

Jefferson 's outlining of the Declaration of Independence follows Aristotle 's philosophy of disagreement (in his Rhetoric), particularly, invention, by utilizing three types of argument; ethos, pathos, logos. Jefferson demonstrates his illustration that the American colonies have no choice but the dispersed from Great Britain.

Of all my classes I’ve attended, I believe I have never cried as much as I have with this class. The last 6 weeks have magnified the fact that as African-American, divorced woman, single mother who has underwent abuse multiple times by the ones closest to me, the odds are quite unjustly stacked against me. Not only has The Cry of Tamar helped me look at all the obstacles behind me that I conquered, it has given me the encouragement to press forward. I am not the only one. I am a part of the more than half who have encountered sexual assault, but didn’t report it. Having grown up in the church, I’ve seen first-hand and totally agree that the violence women experience in today’s world “is an area of continued need for education and prevention within the church1.” I can relate to Tamar’s story in more ways than one.