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Papers On Colonial & Pre-Colonial America
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Continuity of Ideas: The Puritans to the Revolutionary Writers
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A 6 page paper
which examines “The Mayflower Compact” and the Declaration of Independence as they
illustrate how some ideas were powerfully imbedded in the nation despite the changes in
times. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAmayflw.rtf
Contradictions of Law in Early American History
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This is a 10 page paper which discuss the Revolutionary War and the contradictions of the ideals that the war was fought for and the real affects of the war on African Americans and Native American Indians.
The bibliography has 12 sources.
Filename: JHCont.rtf
Crevecoeur and de Tocqueville
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A paper which compares the impressions of these two writers of early American culture, and considers which of them had the more accurate perception of American society. Bibliography lists 3 sources
Filename: JLtocque.rtf
Cultural, Racial, and Ethnic Diversity: Ideologies of Assimilation
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A 6 page review of the numerous factors which have led to diversity in the United States. The author explores the three major ideologies of assimilation (“Anglo-Conformity”, “the Melting Pot”, and “Cultural Pluralism”) and rejects these terminologies in favor of “structural pluralism”, a terminology which takes into account factors such as economics and geography as well as race and ethnicity to describe American diversity. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPethni2.rtf
Declaration of Independence – Purpose and Principles
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This 4 page paper examines the Declaration of Independence with regard to its purpose; the principles of government it espouses; and relations with the British. Finally, it looks at the actual declaration of independence contained within the document. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: HVDIndep.rtf
Democracy And Capitalism
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7 pages in length. The writer discusses the essential elements of capitalism and democracy in the U.S., as well as explores the impact of capitalism and democracy upon education in relationship to John Dewey's "Democracy and Education." Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCDemCp.rtf
Democratic Elections -- Protection Against Tyranny
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This 6 page
report discusses how in the earliest days of the fledgling United
States, the leaders of the country were clear on their intention
to assure that the government they formed would be one with
safeguards against the forms of tyranny they had known in their
native England. The rules established by the Constitution were
designed to carry out the principles of limited government and
individual freedom that continue to be valued today. But
regardless of how such ideals are still valued, the fact remains
that modern Americans’ high rate of re-election of their
representatives to Congress may suggest that the citizens of the
nation are not exercising full democratic control over the House
of Representatives and the Senate. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BWframer.rtf
Did the 19th Century Americans Conquer the West or Did the West Conquer Them?
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This 5 page paper discusses the following two books specifically, both of which are diaries from that era: "Chardon's Journal at Fort Clark" and "The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin". This paper examines their experiences in the West versus their expectations and the expectations of the people of that era. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: GSMagoff.rtf
Differing Views of the Causes and Impacts of Revolutions
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A 4 page overview of the perceptions of Edmund Burke, Maximillien Robespierre, and Thomas
Paine. The author of this paper emphasizes the opinions of Thomas Pain and asserts that revolutions do no necessarily result in long-term
instability and violence. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPrevol3.rtf
