Rebecca Gertler 11th Grade Summer HW Questions for Eric Foner’s The Story of American Freedom 1. Where does the American idea of freedom or liberty originate? The original idea of freedom in America was brought by the first puritan settlers in colonial Massachusetts, and was a spiritual thing, as oppose to religious or social. Many of these settlers’ original goal in the colonies was obtain a religious freedom they were not granted in England. They believed in Christianity and thought that their
authority when he quotes Thomas Jefferson, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…” That if a highly respected man such as Jefferson, who was the President of the United States, believes this then it must be true. Even though both happened in different time periods and goals, they both wanted change for the greater good; wanting to be a united country, not being divided, having controversy and problems with one another for example: racism/slavery. MLK’s mission was to
revolutions were occurring during the late 1700s and the early 1800s such as the American Revolution, the French Revolution and the Haitian Revolution. All made a significant change in the world today but the American Revolution was special. Not only did the American Colonists made a new nation, there were political changes and social changes after this Revolution. It was revolutionary because there were many political, social, and small economic changes. Before the revolution, the colonies were originally
Also, British prohibit the colonial manufacturing to compete with the Great Britain. Another reason why the English colonies were angry with Great Britain because of George Grenville who the king named him as a prime minister and his idea was that the English colonies have to pay taxes to support the British Empire. Many colonies didn’t like it because it was new to them and it was very high taxes. Furthermore, the stamp act crisis affected everyone
as well be dead. In theory, if we look back at the previous events that lead to the rebellion and later towards a war against Great Britain events such as the Boston massacre, the tea act, the stamp act, and many other it makes perfect sense as to why the colonist decided to take control of the situation and rebel. However, was the American Revolution truly revolutionary or was it simply
What exactly is an effective piece of writing? One might say an effective piece uses diction and syntax to its advantage and all kinds of strategies to present its position; another may configure that an effective piece understands, weeds out, and gives plenty of information surrounding the topic; it may even be said that a piece such as this will open up the mind of the reader and aid in their journey in seeing the world with a new perspective. Although these ideas are fair, an effective piece of
for a conflict over a particular style of life of some individuals. The Southern states depended upon the agriculture that their slaves worked for, including cotton production. When Abraham Lincoln became named President in 1860, his opposition of slavery was seen as a threat to the economic interests of most Southern states. The South responded by seceding from the union and founding the Confederate States of America in 1861. The first state to secede was South Carolina, on December 20, 1860. Mississippi