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    Sociology is the study of social behaviour. Our behaviour is patterned in certain ways and sociologists study these patterns and differences in a scientific manner. The study of modern sociology, the objective and systematic study of human behaviour and society, only began from the late 1700s onwards (Giddens, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001). The origins of this science can be linked to the two great revolutions that occurred in Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth century – The French Revolution of 1789

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    holdings for themselves and their families. When the time came, however, to separate them from the tyranny an ocean away; at the best it meant starting all over again after the ravages of war. This paper gave me a whole new outlook on what the Founding Fathers of our great nation endured and sacrificed in order to bring to us the United States as we know it today. All other of the world’s revolutions were initiated by men who had nothing to lose. Our ancestors had everything

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    Washington was the president whose ideals where the most coveted among the founding fathers. It is difficult to pinpoint a general idea of what the founding fathers wanted for the future of the United States. Some did not want banks just as Jackson did and some wanted to allow a central to making funding of the government much easier. In many ways leaders in Antebellum American were almost just as divided as the founding fathers but more visibly so. We will only look at what George Washington envisioned

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    The Founding Father chose our government to be a republic. There are many different kinds of governments Monarchy, Dictatorship, Communism. These governments would not necessarily work for the United States, and what the people want for their community. The Founding Fathers wanted our government to be a republic because the people wanted their opinion to be heard in the laws that were made and the taxes that were being set. The people wanted to have a decision in what happens to their country. When

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    known as the “founding fathers of america”. As well , when the united states established its liberty, documents were established. The most important documents are : the declaration of indepence , the bill of rights , and the constitution. The documents were signed by the founding fathers and they excluded people of color. Anyone who wasn’t a U.S citizen was seen as an alien ,racism occurred at the time and is rising. When the foundation of the country started the founding fathers did not use the

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    Essay #5: The Philosophies of the Founding Fathers Leaders heavily impact the destiny of their countries. Looking to Rome, Macedonia, and Egypt, their countries have risen to unimaginable heights and have fallen, in large part, due to the brilliancy or ineptitude of their leaders. If America was to succeed after becoming completely independent from Britain after the Revolutionary War, American leaders would play a huge role in helping the colonies traverse through the uncharted territory of independence

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    "men in general, in every society, who are wholly destitute of property, are also little too acquainted with public affairs for a right judgment, and too dependent upon other men to have a will of their own."1 This shared attitude guided the Founding Fathers in their establishment of what has become America's modern day political system. When today's modern day student is asked just what sort of system that was, it seems the answer is always "democracy." In reality, the House of Representatives

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    and how to treat others. It would be only natural for this to influence the constitution as it influenced the founding fathers who wrote it. In my view religion in the enlightenment era greatly influenced the ideals expressed in the writing of the constitution. While not everybody was religious during that period most were as it was considered “socially acceptable”. The founding fathers were held in the public eye therefore they would have at least had to appear religious. George Washington arguably

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    The Founding Fathers were a very powerful group. Our Founding Fathers are George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe, and Benjamin Franklin. This group of men created the American democracy and will always have an enormous effect on us till the end of time. The Founding Fathers are highly known for creating the Declaration of Independence. The Thirteenth American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and overthrew the power of Great Britain.

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    Douglas believed that the nation can be existed forever as half slave and half free. The reason he believed so was because the founding father formed. The founding father formed was basically the people that were on the lands from the begging before the slaves. Douglas said that if the slavery was in the territory from the begging in because the founders that did not stop it from being exist or spread over other lands. Douglas declared “it was the policy of its founders to prohibited the spread of

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