After several trips to Britain as a colonial representative, Franklin took many trips to England as a representative of America and then goes back to Philadelphia so he can then supporter independence in the colonies. He is put on the comitte that writes the Decleration of Independence and is one of the signers as well. ...
It seems somehow self-evident that “the state of nature”- or natural laws, are meant as a guide-post to how men should conduct themselves in harmony or opposition to others. Hobbes, in an earlier century, has little hope that men are totally able to find a political solution by themselves. They require a strong leader, a ...
Security at the Indianapolis International Airport will be putting a halt to smoking anywhere on the airport property. One staff member I spoke to calls this ban the strictest smoking ban in the nation and believes the ban has gone too far by including areas outside the airport. The new ban prohibits people from smoking ...
Few American political movements predate Populism. The phrase would not be turned into a political party until the late 19th century, though its ideals have existed since the birth of the nation. As the author of the Declaration of Independence and a father of the American Constitution, Thomas Jefferson was the first “populist” to hold ...
The period between 1781 and 1789 in American history has often been referred to as a critical period, perhaps the most critical, in the development of American democracy. The passage of the Articles of Confederation following the end of the Revolutionary War reflected the tensions between the revolutionaries-turned-politicians in the new nation. The British had ...
