My choice for the historic document is Carrie Chapman Catt’s persuasive argument titled "Address to the Congress on Women's Suffrage." Her thesis states “Woman suffrage is inevitable” (Catt 1) and her paper explain why. She has three causes that make up her argument which is both logical and clear. She is asking for Women’s Suffrage; she needs to comport herself in a rational, cohesive, manner. Catt knows the audience she must convince will be men. Therefore, she chose logos as her mode of persuasion
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will rise up, live out the true meaning of it’s creed: “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal.” (King 4). By saying this he addresses the fact that from the time that the Declaration of Independence was passed in 1776, which was made to make America and it’s people, as one, free. Not only the white people and 187 years later it is only the white who are free and treated
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New York Committee of Correspondence. In September, the year he graduated, he became the second youngest member to attend the First Continental Congress. He retired from the Congress because he didn’t want to sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Instead he became deeply involved with the New York government. In 1777, John Jay became the first Chief Justice of the state of New York. He also served in the Council of Safety for the state along with being elected for the second time in the
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man who attacked him with a club. Many of his crewmates and friends told him to leave. He fled to the U.S. In 1773. When the battles of Lexington and Concord happened, Jones offered the U.S. Navy his expertise. He commanded the warship Providence in 1776. In 1777 he was given command of Ranger, another warship meant to attack all British ships. His greatest success was in 1778 when he sailed from Brest to the Irish Sea then to Whiteman to
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America: fearless freedom, patriotic pride, an unyielding unity, and we've got the stars and stripes to prove it. 1776 marked the birth of a nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Now, decades – centuries – later, we find that the ideals once so delicately fabricated by our forefathers have withstood the trials of time. We find a country built on the rarest form of resolve and the endearing desire to succeed. We find the epitome of what it means to be an American. This country
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Colonial America The early American Colonial era is around the period between the founding of the first English colony in North America in 1607 and the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The European settlers were beginning an entirely new life,the life of these settlers would be changed forever. America was founded on Biblical principles. The settlers were very religious. The settlers On May 13,1607 the first permanent settlement in North America was Jamestown. The first act they made after
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upon to speak here today?” (pg.503). Douglass requests his audience to be patient and respectful toward him, for he has endured as a former slave. Through much of the first half of the speech, Douglass describes how our fathers must have felt in 1776. Most were still loyal to Great Britain. The public didn’t know which side to take and if taking one, would seal their fate. Douglass is clearly speaking to a crowd of white and black citizens, by constantly reiterating that he respects the men that
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parliament, to raise the revenue for the British army. “No taxation without representation” is the main slogan of American colonists. Most colonists boycott the British goods and some of them attacks the customhouses and tax collector’s homes. In March 1776, stamp act repealed with the help of parliament voting but it happen after a long protest. The British rule was followed by most of the colonists until the acceptance of Tea act, 1973. The first Continental Congress was called by the colonist after
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they would be educated and free. Masons’ objective decisions set the path for his later accomplishments as a law regulator. His interests in law allowed him to become a Virginia statesman, where he then wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776. During this time, he developed a bias towards local governments and opposing executive powers to one person, such as the president. George Mason believes that congress should have the official say in all things relating to political affairs.
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violated. When the Bill of Rights was introduced Americans were soon to agree for the benefit of individual rights. The English Bill of Rights was not originally apart of the Constitution however it was later added because of its great importance. In 1776 when the colonies declared independence from Britain, the thirteen states of America became their own, independent country. The Declaration of Independence officially separated America from Britain causing a need for a new government to unify the states
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