LAD #21

Andrew Carnegie created the gospel of wealth which gave much of his fortunes to socially beneficial projects, such as funding libraries. With time, a distinct distance of wealth has emerged. It is usually obvious to know who is wealthy and who is not, simply by looking at the person's house. In the past, it was not so obvious since mostly everyone had the same dress, type of house, and ate the same foods. Without wealth, however, there would not be people funding beneficial projects like the arts. The change is beneficial for the progress of race. Carnegie says that wealthy people should take care of their wealth and put it good use. The small class of rich people can aid society more so than everyone being poor. He questions how the wealth can be shared throughout society. One way was to pass it down through family, but this only benefited a select group of people. Another way was through death. The money of a wealthy person would be shared among the poor. The last way was to continually give money throughout one's life. He strongly believes in the last method because the wealthy person can get more out of his share of money since he is alive. The wealthy are responsible for setting an example in the community and using their money to strengthen and benefit society.

LAD 19 and LAD 20

On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln delivered his First Inaugural address to the nation. He gins by saying that the people in the South are apprehensive that they will lose rights because a Republican has taken offer, but Lincoln tells them that he has no intention to get interfere with slavery in the states where it already exists. Slavery is a right that the state chooses, not the federal government, so Lincoln shows the southerners that they have nothing to fear. Also, he addresses the Southerners fears of freeing fugitive slaves, saying that he will abide by the Constitution, and send the slaves back to where they came from. Lincoln states that he will do his best to follow the Constitution. Next, Lincoln confronts the problem of secession, saying that the Union was formed before the Constitution was even formed and had stood up against many trials. He says that they do not need to fight over secession, unless the national authority has to get involved. The North will not not invade the south, but only collect duties as required by law. He says that the South should not be mad, as no right in the Constitution has been denied to them, the problems in question were not addressed in the Constitution. Lincoln says that if the minority wont give in, then the majority has to otherwise the government will stop. Secession is like anarchy. Lincoln states that the country really is in the hands of the people, and they can make an amendment concerning slavery. He ends his address saying that the fate of the union is in the hands of the people, not his. The Emancipation Proclamation declared all slaves in certain slaves free and stated that their freedom was to be recognized by everyone and not to be suppressed. The proclamation did not apply to Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware, or West Virginia or Southern states under the Union. Lincoln told the newly freed to abstain from violence, work for a reasonable wage, and that they could be enlisted in the United States service. Previous to the Proclamation, many slaves had been escaping and fleeing to the North and this continued after the issuing of the Proclamation as well. Lincoln did not pass this through Congress but used his power as Commander-in-Chief. Although this did not officially ban slavery through the nation, it was a stepping stone towards the thirteenth amendment which eventually would

LAD #13

The Compromise of 1850 was passed by the U.S. Congress to settle slavery issues and to avert the dissolution of the Union. It stemmed from the request for statehood by the territory of California in 1849, which included a constitution banning slavery. California's admission of the Union would tip the balance in favor of free states; sixteen free states to fifteen slave states. A balance had been achieved with the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which tried to settle the growing slavery issue at that time by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. The proposed admission of California in 1850 was further complicated by unresolved slavery questions in the vast southwestern territory that had been ceded to the United States after the war with Mexico ended in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The Compromise of 1850 called for the admission of California as a free state as well as the organization of the ceded southwestern land into the territories of New Mexico and Utah, without mention of slavery. It stated that, when the territories became states, voting citizens living in those territories could then decide on their slavery status, a solution known as popular sovereignty. The compromise also settled the boundary dispute between Texas and New Mexico and called for prohibition of slavery in the District of Columbia. The act was so severe and the outrage against it in the North so intense that it led to heavy abuses and therefore defeated its own purpose. The number of escapees increased, as did the number of abolitionists who took up the cause against slavery. Putting the law into effect only led to more animosity between North and South, and when South Carolina justified its secession from the Union in December 1860, it listed the personal liberty laws as one of its grievances. The Fugitive Slave Act was not repealed until June 28, 1864, well into the Civil War. The Compromise of 1850, created in an effort to stave off war, actually may have fostered sectional tensions. Ultimately, it led to a Republican victory in 1860 and to Southern secession.

LAD #12

We really did want peace with Mexico, and we tried last September to do that. However the mexican goverment refused to listen to these negotions. We will try again to improve relationships with Mexico, where we will figure out the issues of borders of mexico, the rights of such people in the no man's land, and many other issues. Our person was then greeted by the revolutionary party, and where violence could have been used he avoided negotiations so nothing was accomplished. Now the mexican gov was very different. Due to military force present of Mexico, congress then ordered troops into texas. Troops went from Corpus Christi to Del Norte, waiting for an engagement. 16 troops were killed after we were checking up on your camp. This embarked us upon the warpath. Our commerce has been anialahted and we still remember the previous actions that mexico has commited against us. And as war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself, we are called upon by every consideration of duty and patriotism to vindicate with decision the honor, the rights, and the interests of our country.

LAD #11

All portions of gods race deserve respect and the right to ensue the course god embarks upon them. This being stated, the opening of the preamble was stated;We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. When a country gives these rights to all citizens and persons, the people at the Seneca convention believe that woman should deffinetly have these rights. They also say that it is thier right because they are suffering to refuse allegiance to the constitution. They state that women have been too patient and now they are demanding the rights that they deserve. They then state many rights on women that have been ignored by men. Then they list off all the resolutions that will counteract the previous ignored rights. Some include the fact that men and women are equal, women can have any role in society, and the same amount of virtue, delicacy, and refinement of behavior that is required of women.

LAD #10

Monroe declared that the European nations are basically banned from the western hemisphere. He said that us Americans do have good relations with others in Europe and we have not taken place in any European War because we wish to stay out of it. He then says that we would only make such a declaration if we were pushed to do it and if it was an act of pure defense. He used the fight between Spain and Portugal to prove the unsettled situation in Europe and to further say that a foreign country interposing in American business will not be accepted. He said, "It is impossible that the allied powers should extend theuir political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness. This doctrine overall warned European nations that both south and North America were off limits and that America is now becoming a powerhouse and will use strong force to terminate a nation if they come in the western hemisphere.

LAD #9

Thomas Jefferson's first innaugural address was, according to The American Pageant, a classic statement of democratic purposes. The Primamry objective of the speech made apparent in the beggining was that Jefferson believed the power of government should be with the people. Referring to the constitution, he encourages people to band together for the common good. He also states how the majority is needed in all cases to prevail. Later on in the speech he tells people his only principles that he believes in are essential in being a united body and will lead to peace, safety, and liberty. These including "equal and exact justice to all men", preservation of one government and among others safety abroad and peaceful relations with other nations.

Jefferson concludes his speech by saying that he can and will do a great job while in office, and that he is qualified for this position because of his position that he held prior to this one. His final words include that he will step down once people have had enough of him.

Columbus Blog #8

Christopher Columbus was indeed a great sailer who skillfully acquired funds and motivation for a journey to the new world. However, he was also an inhumane conqueror who brutally enslaved indians and caused the deaths of over half a million indians. Due to these acts I believe that he was both a great explorer and a greedy, inhumane murderer, however he was an inhumane murderer to a greater extent.

An act of untrustworthyness and greed occured when a reward of 10,000 marvellos would be awawrded to the first person to see land. A crew member named Rodrigo saw land first but columbus assuaded this and took the reward for himself. After he actually landed on this land the first thing he saw were Indians, kind and excited, running to meet him. And the first thing he thought was how good of slaves they would make. This continued not only on Hispaniola but on other Caribbean islands where he ensalved the general population and created an epidemic of sickness, violence, and slavery.

This was all driven by his greed and desire for gold. His homeland desired a certain quota of gold to be met and so he recquired the Indians to look for gold. If they didn't meet their quota, which they often did not, he cut off their hands and let them bleed. Also if Colombus didn't get the recquired amount of gold, then he would enslave the Indians in order to make up for it. If Indians didn't give him a certain amount of bows and arrows that he wanted he would stab them and let them bleed to death.

This genocide continued throughout numerous islands like Cuba, with the complete decimation of the Native Races. Numbers widely range of the amount of Natives he killed from 250,000 to 8 million! Even the smallest possible figures still portray a mass genocide that would appal almost all people if they knew the truth about the "great" Christopher Colombus. Therefore due to his greed, bloodlust, and lack of ethics I believe that columbus was more "evil" than a "hero".

LAD 7 Washingtons Farewell Adress

Washington wrote the Farewell Address after completing his second term as President. After completing his second term, the people wished for him to run again yet he refused. He stated that he wished to return to a calm and peaceful life. In the Farewell Address Washington warned that American citizens should avoid the rise of political parties claiming that parties would split the nation which contradicted his belief that national unity was extremely important for the success of the nation.Washington also advised America to continue a policy of isolationism in foreign affairs. Furthermore Washington said that America should try to remain neutral, not make allies or enemies. Washington also stressed the point that the constitution was an extremely important part of the United States and urged that people abide it's rules. In the Address, Washington also thanked the America people for the honors they conferred upon him and the many oppurtunities they gave him. This speech was actually short compared to what people expected but it my opinion it was short and sweet.

LAD 6 Washington Neutrality Proclamation

This article is written by Washington and it states how he tells all the countries fighting that the United States are staying out of the fight. He even says that any citizen that gets involved or gives them untrue information and such will no longer be protected by the United States. Basically he is just stating how the US really wants to be neutral.

LAD #10

1. Why are factions so difficult to eliminate
Factions are difficult to remove due to liberty. Federalist number 10 goes to explain how liberty is like fuel for the factions, making the grow more prosperous and widespread. Once the faction is entrenched the document explains that the only thing left is control and manipulate what fuels it or control its effects. Or it could control what it produces and harness it for the better.
2. If factions cannot be removed how can they be controlled
According to republican principles, a faction can be controlled more easily if the faction is of a minority. Basically a majority vote can diminish a minority based faction because the republican prinicples may be out to "destroy the constitution". However if the faction is of a majority you must use a pre-exisitng passion or ideal that the majority hold in high regard. Manipulation of this variable is key if one wished to control, manipulate, or spur a faction to do a certain thing.

Blog #4 Revolution Article

1. Despite the 620,000 soldiers that died in the Civil War, for some reason it is still looked at as inferior compared to the Revolutionary War because that was the war where we gained independence.

2. John Adams did not want to be forgotten in history so him along with George Washington strived to secure their place in history. It was surprising that it was Washington who pursued this more thoroughly by editing his grammar of his journals and even hiring David Humphreys to write an authorized biography.

3. The revolution was a bloody war with much carnage, portrayed at Bunker Hill and other battles where the battlefield was strewn with dead and dying bodies. Even with these imaged however, the Revolution isn't considered to be a deadly/bloody war.

4. George Washington did not make a convincing or memorable speech like Lincoln's Gettysburg address. In fact, when Washington made his speach when he resigned from the army he said nothing memorable and completely left out all of the 100,000 men who had fought under him and secured their nations freedom.

5. The Civil War in the south actually involved artillary bombardment which i thought was only involved in the World Wars, and it was actually quite brutal. It is described from an American under siege that there were things flying everywhere, cannon-calls whizzing, people's chests blowing up and wounded men groaning all along the lines.

LAD #4 Declaration of Independence

LAD #4

Democratic Principles: These include how it states that all people have unalienable rights, and that a government gets its power from the governed and if the people think the government is doing something unfair than they can resist against the governement. All in all it basically says the people have the right to control and resist against their governement.

List of Grievances: He refused to his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies, without the consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the military independent of, and superior to civil power. For imposing taxes on us without our consent.

Conclusion: This states how the colonies have warned Britain about their wrongdoings and whatnot and that they feel their revolution was completely justified. It then goes on the state and very clearly state how the colonies are no longer asscosciated with Britain and the United States of America now have all the rights of an Independent country.

Thomas Schoeniger

Decarlo

APUSH
9/13/10

Precis

1. History repeats itself and the American Revolution is very similar to Vietnam
2. Britain was very powerful so the king was arrogant and wished to put down the rebels and assumed it would be easy
3. The British think it will be an easy war to win and they are in no trouble
4. Through British defensive campaign and recruiting Americans for the British army it was thought to be a definite win.
5. By recruiting the loyalists Britain could maintain control even after they won
6. Despite some resistance, there was still a lot of anger towards the colonists that led to the British aggression
7. Britain and other nations were scared that because America gained independence other countries like the west Indies would follow suit
8. The British army faced problems, worst of all was the distance between the colonies and Britain
9. America was unconquerable due to natural boundaries and guerilla tactics
10. The general public knew that the invasion was a bad idea and Britain would lose
11. Pitt told the parliament that again, the Americans cant be beat
12. Pitt said that Britain were the oppressors and such but he went unheard and so the war continued
13. There were many warnings about the outcome of the war made heard before parliament
14. Guerilla warfare was used in the war and losing was sometimes winning
15. Washington again utilized guerilla warfare and the fact that loyalty to Britain was easy to fake
16. The fact that everything had to be shipped across the Atlantic again hurt the British
17. The hired mercenaries were very expensive and just created a higher need for supplies
18. Loyalists weren’t organized and didn’t remain loyalists, so they were not as affective as they were perceived to be
19. The war was weakening Britain so they became vulnerable to other European attacks
20. The outcome for Britain would have been better if it had listened to the barrage of complaints about the war coming from intelligent men
21. Britain was nervous about the opposition’s opinions and so he didn’t conduct the war with full vigor
22. American people were overjoyed and proud of their new found independence after the war
23. By persevering against all odds the Americans came out on top and won their independence
24. The British lost because their hearts weren’t in the battle
25. The parliament waged a war that wasn’t beneficial for the country as a whole

1) What concepts are included in the Mayflower Compact?

Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers

2) How does the Mayflower Compact reflect and attachment to both the "Old" and "New" worlds?

The colonists still hold where they come from in high esteem and feel obligated to establish written laws and such which represents the old world, yet they reveal god as a driving force and they establish themselves as independent and say that they will govern themselves so this represents the new world.

3) How did the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut differ from the Mayflower Compact?

The Mayflower compact was composed of religious and geographical references, basically stating why they were there. However the FOC entail detailed laws and regulations dictating how the colony will be run, as well as showing their desire for fundamental order.

4) What prompted the colonists of Connecticut to take this approach to government, i.e.: use of a written Constitution?

They established this constitution In order to mimic the governing system that was present in england, however they also did it to enact some new laws that allowed them to make sure power did not fall into one person's hand. Finally they did it in order to use god's words and come together as a society united under a mutual written set of laws.

5) In what significant way(s) does the Fundamental Orders reflect a fear of and safeguard against the usurping of power by one person or a chosen few?

They clearly state the duty of all members of the government so power will be specifically distributed, as well as clearly stating how a governor way only serve for one year and may not be re-elected within the next year.

1. Who was John Peter Zenger? He was a man who created a New York newspaper in order to criticize the new Governor, William Cosby.
2. What was the controversy over his charges? Talk about Hamilton's defense. The persecutor said that Zenger wrote untrue libel about Cosby. Hamilton said that it wasn’t libel unless it was true, and also stated that the truth is an absolute defense against libel. This controversy allowed Zenger to be acquitted of his charges.
3. What influence did his case have on American governmental tradition? Now more people utilize the freedom of press and are not afraid to speak their mind. And also, this set a precedent against “judicial tyranny in libel suits”.
4. What is the lasting significance of his trial? Explain. He was the first man to really stand up against a higher power by using the press and he affirmed freedom of the press for everyone else.