In his speech before the National Convention, he claims the Church calendar to debase nations and persuades people that a new calendar is a must for every Frenchman. However, Romme is biased towards the production of a new calendar, clearly shown, because he is head of the calendar reform committee (Document 2). The “Institution Concerning the Era of the Republic and the Division of the Year” also supports the new calendar. This document not only looks at the calendar from an intellectual level, but also considers the economy. It claims a new calendar will soon be needed for commerce and the trades, and arts and history.
Imagine you are fighting in a war. Fighting for your country against a country that has a monarchy. American history is based on all of the events that happened and how America became what it is today. Revolutionary writers Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Jefferson all wrote pieces to defend America, however In John Adams piece “Defense of the Constitutions of Government in Massachusetts During the Revolution”, Adams argues that free government has a great advantage over a simple monarchy. Adams relies on juxtaposition and counter argument to develop his argument that a free government is better than a monarchy.
He found this to be a necessity, order for him to speak universal truths and express his own genius and be believable to others. Emerson felt that nothing in this world can bring one peace but one’s self and that only the triumph of principles can bring one peace. These last two lines from “Self Reliance” essay represent Emerson’s individualistic concepts (Ralph 4). Emerson values the equal individual that is in touch with their universal genius. Fredrick Douglass is evidence of discovering his own brilliance and universal truths.
The initial growth of the US government stemmed largely from the American Revolution in 1775 when the United States was competing with Britain for the expansion of this territory. Directly following the revolution arose the Constitution, which quickly established a governing policy over the indigenous residents. In the third clause of Article 1, Section 8, we saw the Indian Commerce Clause, which ensured that Indian tribes must be subject to federal policy under the Constitution. These policies pushed some groups out of their original settlements, while around the same time, another movement was occurring
He believed that man could be more successful facing threats by teaming up with other men, if man had the desire to do so. He then went on to say that if men were to come together with his fellow men this would form a human presence known as society. In Rousseau’s definition the title "The Social Contract" was the agreement among men that sets the conditions for membership in society. Rousseau was also one of the first modern writers and philosophers to seriously attack the idea of a democracy. He is therefore considered a founding father of modern socialism and Communism.
Use Of Rhetorical Devices Patrick Henry used rhetorical devices to persuade the Virginia Representatives to go against Britain. He utilized rhetorical questions, allusions, logos, and tone to affect the listeners in the speech to the Virginia Convention in 1775 respectively. To achieve his purposes to face Britain he used rhetorical questions to emphasize on the point and make people think. Additionally the tone helps show attitude from respect to the listeners to serious hopelessness about The King of Britain and gaining peace he also wanted to show how serious he was about liberty and freedom. Rhetorical questions are used to leave the reader/listener thinking about the point trying to be made.
This led to a decision for the king: cope with our demands, or we fight for our independence. After the king rejected the demands of the petition, Thomas Paine released an article entitled “Common Sense”. By this time, the people thought they were fighting to make King George III listen to their demands, but Thomas Paine introduced the idea that independence was better fighting for, and that Britain has too much power over us. He stated that Britain could drag Americans into war that they had no intention of being in, which was concluded that America is much better off on its own, and that this way of thinking was common sense. This document changed the minds of thousands of Americans to now want complete independence.
All men have the right to be free and by forming a social contract, a nation can be brought together. He enforced the idea of a republic and that the people under ruling should have a part of the leadership governing how they live and that if government abused its powers ranging from law to tyranny they should be overthrown. Locke helped form the basis of modern liberalism, we use today. One of Locke’s main ideas was that men were born with a blank slate in a ‘state of nature’, and could distinguish right from wrong. He believed that man inherently had an understanding of goodness.
Document A is the official announcement published by the National Convention on King Louis XVI execution. Its purpose was to give a detailed rundown of the event, and the effect that it will have on the French people. Obviously biased, the document is a good source of information, though a bad source for finding out the ideologies of the people. b) Outline the origin of Document B and explain why it was written (its purpose). Document B is a letter written by a Parisian noble to a friend in England.
INTRODUCTION – A constitution is a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or organization is governed. The purpose of a constitution is to explain how sovereign power is distributed amongst the government and people as well as to delegated bodies. There are numerous arguments for a codified constitution being introduced in the UK such as that it would offer a better protection of rights for the people and prevent an over mighty government. Calls for constitutional reform were particularly prominent in Blair's first term of government, as this was promised in the Labour Party manifesto of 1997. Arguments against adopting a codified constitution such as that it could lead to judicial tyranny are outweighed by arguments for it.