Three Principles Of The Founding Fathers Essay

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The the three principles of the founding fathers that I am going to write about are personal freedom, separation of powers and equality of opportunity. The fight for personal freedom is something that to this day we fight for. The founding fathers knew the way they were being treated was not right. The British king had all the power and enacted the Stamp Act.This in my opinion was an eye opening experience and the first time the people stepped back and realized they did not have any personal freedom. They had the British that held control over them with every thing they did. The freedom was not there, just like today we do not have certain freedoms which the government controls. We have elected officials in office today that are trying…show more content…
" The American view is that the rich guy may have more money but is he isn't fundamentally better than anyone else." (100 Souza) Almost everyone at birth has the potential to be whatever they want to be. This makes the equality of this nation like no other nation in the world. You will not see people bow down and kiss the presidents feet like you would in other countries. Just because someone has lots of money does not give them more rights then the next person. People do not see themselves as less a person then the next because of money or social status. The equality of this country has given every person the ability to be successful. Finally these principles are the reason in my opinion America is where it is today. Works Cited Page 44 Thomas G. West & Douglas A. Jeffery. "The Rise and Fall of Constitutional Government in America. " The Claremont Institute for the study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, (2006), p. 34. 98, 100 Souza, Dinesh. "Whats Great About America." Kirkpatrick Signature Series Reader, (2008), p. 98 37 Madison, James. "The Federalist NO. 51." American Vision and Values, (1788), pg. 37 14 Spalding, Mathew." Independence forever:Why America Celebrates the fourth of July." Kirkpatrick Signature Series Reader, pg
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