...What John Adams did after the Boston Massacre was very brave. The Boston Massacre was, “The most important trial in colonial history …, and John Adams agreed to defend the enemy”. By defending the British, John Adams, placed himself in a very difficult political position and placed his own family in danger. Adams was a known patriot in a time of high tension. A time he would later identify as,” the era of the true American Revolution”. Adams choice to defend the crown, pitted himself against his fellow patriots, and against his own American interest. Many colonists could not understand why Adams would defend the hated British. Several lashed out at John. Adams, “could not walk the streets without being spat on or having rocks thrown at him”. Prior to the massacre, John was known as a man of honor and integrity. After his choice to represent the enemy at trial, he would temporarily be hated by many townspeople. He had to defend the crown against his own countrymen with little support. He had only, “the support of his wife and equal partner Abigail and his own sense of righteousness kept him going.” John believed in his cause so much he, “remained steadfast in his convictions” in spite of, “daily threats against his life and property”. Ironically by defending the British, John...
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...primary source and secondary sources will be heavily used. This paper will include the effects of the Boston Massacre such as the propaganda used to over exaggerate the Boston Massacre. In the documents being scoped at in this paper there will be the effects of the Boston Massacre such as The Committee of Correspondence and the 1773 Tea Act. While focusing on these aspects we analyze them into further investigation. B. Summary of Evidence The colonists were angering King George III, so he put taxes on paint and glass and wine. (BostonMassacre.net) While King George was putting taxes on items he also sent 4,000 British troops over to the colonies and an amount of warships. The colonist started to get angered with the high taxes and the soldiers quartered in the colonies. (Gilderham.org) There were also the Townshend Acts, which tries to raise revenue of the colonies so the...
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...Revolution, but the real truth is where the patriots pushed british soldiers too far making them react by firing on the angry mob. British soldiers were harassed by colonists, by throwing snowballs and yelling fire. While this was minor violence it turned to more violence when they started using clubs and throwing icicles. While british soldiers did not have the right to fire they did have the right to react if they were harmed leading it to be justified for firing on the mob. British soldiers were right to react to the mob even though they had went too far they still were justified where they should suffer minor penalties but and not harsh penalties. In the Boston Massacre the soldiers were defending themselves against the commons which every other person have the right to but the soldiers defending themselves were wrong for this. There has been more situations than this where the people have defended themselves but to where patriots make that right look evil and they used that as a reason to protest against the british. The protest was used as their rights being violated, but it was...
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...to levy taxes on its citizens. The Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. Townshend hoped the acts would defray imperial expenses in the colonies, but many Americans viewed the taxation as an abuse of power, resulting in the passage of agreements to limit imports from Britain. The East India Company was on the verge of collapse and Parliament hoped to boost the company's bottom line by allowing them to sell tea more cheaply to the colonists. Also, Boston was occupied by British soldiers in October, 1768 to help protect customs officials from rioting colonists who were protesting the taxes and customs regulations. In the 1770’s, tension in Boston was high, soldiers started roaming around the city and riots were common. The citizens began to organize and pour into the streets, crowds of citizens were gathering to defend themselves and confront the soldiers. Citizens were angry and soldiers were attacking anyone that...
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...As he puts it, according to Morgan, they were a “motley rabble of saucy boys, negroes, and mulattoes, Irish Teagues, and outlandish Jack Tars” attacking the British sentries. It would seem that John Adams that the behavior of the mob swarming the guards were very antagonistic and had no place to throw their anger at but towards officials by using threats. On the other hand, it would seem that John Adams’ description of the guards was very ordinary. As he described it, they were just merely “British sentries” that when they were harassed with snowballs and threats shot in the crowd and killed a few civilians. This distinction between the two shows that Adams did not approve of the actions the colonists had taken towards the British during the...
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...brought the revolutionary war into the 13 colonies. We American decided not to be bully by the British authority so we decided to take matters into our on hands. It was not easy for us do that Britain out number us x6, but we never quitted and decided to keep fighting. The Boston massacre, one of the most bloodiest event in US history. This was a event that shook America apart. In March 5, 1770 the presence of the British troops in Boston was very unwelcome. Citizens were feeling treating by the increase amount of troops. This all began when 50 citizens attacked a British sentinel. They were throwing snowballs, stones and sticks, they started firing in-defend, 5 citizens died that night. John Adams took this case defending the British soldiers, he won the case and they were release. The Boston Port act, many confuse this act with the Boston tea party, one event led to the other. The Boston port was close on June 1, 1774 due to the destruction of the tea for the Boston tea party. The ports were originally going to re-open till the city reimburses the East India Company for all the destroy tea. Later the crown decided to start taxing tea, which as never done before. The Massachusetts government act was on of the furious reasons that led to revolutionary war. Basically the King took sole power to appoint and dismiss the council. This gave...
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...amazing roots from which this country came through many of the different trials, tribulations, and successes in the early days there are countless well known individuals who played major roles in enabling and shaping that growth. To narrow down such a broad search to only a select three proves to be more difficult than one may think. However, even given the difficulty of this task I have in the end chosen three men, that without, this country may very well have shaped up much differently than the country that we have come to know to this day. The three men of my choice are John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. The reason for my decision on these three individuals is because they all played crucial roles in the formation of our great country and without their key insight and the driving force that they brought it could have turned out much differently. Each holds a very important place during this time in history which will be more fully understood and unveiled in the coming pages. To better understand these roles, and these men as a whole I believe it best to look at each individually to see what brought them to be such important figures in history and how it was that their fates intertwined. John Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony of Braintree which is now known as Quincy (Bio, 2013). John was a direct descendent of Puritan colonists whose father was John Adams Sr. His father wore many hats which included being a farmer, a Congregationalist...
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...who pleaded not guilty before the court were issued larger fines and temporarily demoted. Among the men tried were other prominent Adams County Federalists: Captain Alexander Cobean, who later founded the Bank of Gettysburg and marched his men to the Port of Baltimore in the War of 1812; and Captain James Scott, the first Postmaster of Adams County. In addition, Lieutenant Colonel James Horner, Lieutenant James Wilson, Lieutenant Robert Hays, and Cornet John Foster were charged, tried, and fined. The man who officially filed the charges, Brigadier General Simpson, soon retired. Ironically, James Gettys was named Brigadier General, 5th Division, just prior to the War of...
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...Cheryl Brown Professor Jackson English 401-13058 6 Nov 2012 What Is a Terrorist? The dictionary definition of a terrorist is someone who creates terror through violent action in order to achieve a goal. A terrorist is a dangerous person with weapons and has the motive to kill people. We, as an American, may view a terrorist as unthinking, immoral, brutal, murderous and in a way, not a human; but a monster. How could we view a terrorist in any other way? A moral American would never think of acting in such a way as a terrorist would, right? But a terrorist is indeed a human. A terrorist could be a man, woman or even a child. A living, breathing person with views that may be quite different than that of our own views. A person who may not see what we view as a terrorist act, but as a belief that may have been taught from birth. One of these terrorists you will be learning about is Ayaan Hirsi Ali, “Somali-Dutch feminist and atheist activist, writer and politician who is known for her views critical of Islam. She wrote the screenplay for Theo van Gogh's movie Submission, for which she criticized the treatment of women in the Islamic society and “Juxtaposed with passages from the Qur'an were scenes of actresses portraying Muslim women suffering abuse.” (Voices on Antisemtisim). After which she and the director both received death threats, and the director was murdered by an Islamic extremist. The daughter of the Somali politician and opposition leader Hirsi Magan Isse, she...
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...position of prostitutes in medieval society? Ruth Mazo Karras, Common Women; Leah Otis, Prostitution in Medieval Society; Margaret Wade Labarge, A Small Sound of the Trumpet: Women in Medieval Life 4. Why did the French choose to follow Joan of Arc during the the Hundred Years War? Kelly DeVries, Joan of Arc: A Military Leader; Bonnie Wheeler, ed., Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc; Margaret Wade Labarge, A Small Sound of the Trumpet: Women in Medieval Life 5. Discuss the significance of siege warfare during the crusades. You may narrow this question down to a single crusade if you wish. Jim Bradbury, The Medieval Siege; Randall Rogers, Latin Siege Warfare in the Twelfth Century; John France, Victory in the East: A Military History of the First Crusade 6. Why did the persecution of heretics increase during the high and later Middle Ages? You may focus on the persecution of one heretical group if you wish. R.I. Moore, The Formation of a Persecuting Society; Malcolm Lambert, Medieval Heresy; Gordon Leff, Heresy in the Later Middle Ages 7. To what extent did the ideals of medieval knighthood match its realities? Maurice...
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...Having declared independence and defeated the British, American patriots then drafted the constitution that remains the law of the land to this day. With George Washington's inauguration as president in 1789, the story has a happy ending and the curtain comes down. This time-honored script renders the road from colonies to nation clear, smooth, and straight, with familiar landmarks along the way, from Boston's Massacre and Tea Party through Lexington and Concord, then on to Bunker Hill and Yorktown before reaching its destination: Philadelphia in 1787, where the Founders invented a government worthy of America's greatness. Those Founders are equally familiar. Washington and Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and James Madison, Sam and John Adams, Patrick Henry and Alexander Hamilton: in the popular mind this band of worthies, more marble monuments than mere mortals, guides America towards its grand destiny with a sure and steady hand. "[F]or the vast majority of contemporary Americans," writes historian Joseph Ellis, the birth of this nation is shrouded by "a golden haze or halo."(1) So easy, so tame, so much "a land of foregone conclusions" does America's Revolution appear that we tend to honor and ignore it rather than study it. In 1976, the 200th birthday of the Declaration of Independence, "every sidewalk survey show[ed] the great majority of Americans unwilling to sign [the] Declaration if it [was] presented to them without its identifying label." During the Constitution's...
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...U.S. Copyright Law (title 17 of U.S. code) governs the reproduction and redistribution of copyrighted material. Downloading this document for the purpose of redistribution is prohibited. HOW MORAL REVOLUTIONS HAPPEN Kwame Anthony Appiah W. W. N O R T O N & C O M P A N Y New York London Copyright © 2010 by Kwame Anthony Appiah All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First Edition For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, N Y i o n o For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact W. W. Norton Special Sales at specialsales@wwnorton.com or 800-233-4830 Manufacturing by Courier Westford Book design by Helene Berinsky Production manager: Devon Zahn Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Appiah, Anthony. The honor code : how moral revolutions happen / Kwame Anthony Appiah. — ist ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-393-07162-7 (hardcover) i. Social change —History 2. Social change—Moral and ethical aspects. 3. Honor—Social aspects—History. 4. Social ethics. I. Title. HM836.A67 2010 303.48'409—dc22 2010019086 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10110 www.wwnorton.com W. W. Norton & Company Ltd. Castle House, 75/76 Wells Street, London W 1 T 3 Q T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 pliijiilijff E MM ÉP l j ...
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...THE FORD PINTO CASE: THE VALUATION OF LIFE AS IT APPLIES TO THE NEGLIGENCE-EFFICIENCY ARGUMENT Christopher Leggett Law & Valuation Professor Palmiter Spring, 1999 Abstract Text of Paper Abstract The cases involving the explosion of Ford Pinto's due to a defective fuel system design led to the debate of many issues, most centering around the use by Ford of a cost-benefit analysis and the ethics surrounding its decision not to upgrade the fuel system based on this analysis. ISSUE Should a risk/benefit analysis be used in situations where a defect in design or manufacturing could lead to death or seriously bodily harm, such as in the Ford Pinto situation? RULE There are arguments both for and against such an analysis. It is an economically efficient method which has been accepted by courts for numerous years, however, juries may not always agree, so companies should take this into account. ANALYSIS Although Ford had access to a new design which would decrease the possibility of the Ford Pinto from exploding, the company chose not to implement the design, which would have cost $11 per car, even though it had done an analysis showing that the new design would result in 180 less deaths. The company defended itself on the grounds that it used the accepted risk/benefit analysis to determine if the monetary costs of making the change were greater than the societal benefit. Based on the numbers Ford used, the cost would have been $137 million versus the $49.5 million...
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...Tort Law Cases/Assignments Trial Procedures Lewis v. Robinson 2001 BCSC 643 British Columbia Supreme Court The plaintiff, Kenneth Lewis, was a delivery person. He knew that the defendants, Will Robinson and Marci Salach, were the new owners and occupants of the property, but Lewis didn't know that the defendants had a dog. Lewis entered the property and was confronted by Salach and her dog. She was holding the dog's leash at the time. Most times, the dog was chained to its doghouse on the defendants' property. However, on this particular day, Lewis arrived on the property, startling Salach and the dog. Salach asked Lewis to identify himself, received no response, and then warned him that the dog did not like strangers and to be careful. Lewis saw the defendant speaking, but claimed he couldn't hear her as the dog was barking. He tried to pet the dog and then tried to move out of the dog's range when the dog bit his hand. Prior to this incident, the dog had never attacked, bitten, or lunged at strangers, and there was no evidence of complaints from neighbours or friends. Lewis brought an action for damages, but his action was dismissed. For Discussion 1. Why did Lewis bring an action against the defendants . Lewis believed he was entitled to damages for the injury he suffered when the dog bit his hand. 2. Summarize the conflicting evidence. Lewis claimed...
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...Thematic Paper on Christology in the Gospels Submitted to Mr. Kwok H.B. of Alliance Bible Seminary in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course of TH512-E:Systematic Theology II Sept.-Nov, 2005 Margaret, Tse Yin Yi M024110 November 29, 2005 I. The meaning of Christology 3 II. What Can Be Discerned about Jesus from His Words Concerning Issues Other than the Kingdom and Himself 3 III. What Can Be Discerned about Jesus from His Deeds and Words Proclaiming the Kingdom of God 3 IV. What Can Be Discerned about Jesus from His Words Concerning Himself… 3 V. Hosea and “the Son of the Living God” in Mattew 16:16b 3 VI. Jesus as Messiah in the Gospel of Luke 3 VII. Narrative Christology and the SON OF MAN: What the Marken Jesus says instead 3 VIII. Conclusion 3 IX. Reference 4 I. The meaning of Christology The Greek for “Messiah” is Christos, whence “Christ”. So, “christology” would discuss how Jesus came to be called the Messiah or Christ and what was meant by that designation. In a broader sense, “christology” discusses any evaluation of Jesus in respect to who he was and the role he played in the divine plan. Scholars distinguish different kinds of Christology. “Low christology” covers the evaluation of him in terms that do not necessarily include divinity, e.g. Messiah, Rabbi, Prophet, High Priest, Savior, Master. “High christology” covers the evaluation of Jesus in terms that include...
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