Personal Narrative: The Downfall Of Congress

The Quartet by Joseph Ellis was a novel to provide detail of the years following the American Revolution, and how the Quartet of George Washington, James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton each provided a quality in guiding America toward the right direction. Ellis creates a theme almost as if the reader is on a tour guide, because he explains the perspective on how America was being created between the “Second Revolution” of the years 1783-1789. But, the main goal Ellis wanted to make clear was this time period was the process of how America became a Nation. After finishing the book, Ellis was effective in making the case that the Quartet of Washington, Jay, Hamilton, Madison, as well as other major influences, greatly affected the “transition from confederation to nation.” Each Quartet presented a value in help transitioning America into a Nation, and Ellis provides excellent examples to solidify that claim.

This book tells the story of the Philadelphia convention, in the summer of 1787. Throughout, Stewart uses descriptive language to portray the delegates, both remembered —such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton— and forgotten —such as James Wilson and George Mason— in the turmoil of creating the United States constitution. It illustrates both the great conflicts and high-stake compromises that those delegates faced, all ultimately dominated by one inelegantly polarizing issue: slavery. With calculated endorsement by influential delegates such as Franklin and Washington, who

As our nation’s history has shown we have made mistakes in our past and been forced to learn from those mistakes. We have taken certain ideas and beaten them to death at times. The members of the constitutional convention of 1787 did the same thing as they were trying to decide what should be written in the constitution and how the government should be structured. Many plans were presented and rejected as the members argued until finally a great compromise was made and the structure our government for finally started to take shape.

Founding Brothers The Revolutionary Generation , written and narrated by Joseph J. Ellis, is separated into six chapters and a preface. The six chapters are crucial events in American history, mostly the time surrounding the 1787 Constitutional Convention, which are described using many techniques, such as, quotes and dates. While each section contains one point, as a whole they can be understood to work together. The main purpose of Ellis’ writing was to inform readers of the early stages of government and how it was discussed. Founding Brothers focuses on ideals of the early revolutionary generation leaders and how conflicting their political views were. Ellis describes the personalities of Hamilton, Burr, Adams, Washington, Madison, and Jefferson with great awareness and detail. The results of these influential individuals have molded our country, and their acts of integrity will live on past America’s existence.

The hot, and humid air of July echoes through Independence Hall, as members of the Second Continental Congress gathers to sign what will soon become a groundbreaking document that will withstand the test of time. This event depicted could not have happened without a series of political and international turmoil that would cause normal individuals to become outstanding political figures for a cause that would soon shape the colonies into a powerful nation.

Narrow construction is not found in the Constitution, but the powers granted to Congress to regulate commerce are found. Exactly stated, “Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.” This clause has no definite interpretation, but has included many aspects of regulating. The word “commerce” is defined as the exchange or buying and selling of commodities on a large scale involving transportation from place to place (Webster 264). Congress has exercised this delegated power in many cases. The nature and basic guidelines of Congress’ power over commerce is first laid out in the case of

The Constitution of the United States of America is apparently one of the best documents ever to be written. For quite a long time, individuals have dependably thought the Constitution has been honored and adored, however this is not the situation. Prior to the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation managed the settlements, yet was immediately abolished in light of the fact that they were excessively powerless. On September 17, 1787, the constitution was made for the representatives, who at last got an understanding and endorsed the documents over which they had toiled since May. The constitution created another structure for American improvement.

A Nation in jeopardy we were in 1786. The rebellion had ended and America had become her own sovereign Nation, but she was struggling to keep the herself upright due to the infancy of truly being independent. America had no safety net and there were pockets of doubt that circulated the questions of “did we do the right thing”. The disparity that existed between each of the sovereign states and the lack

The president is the foreign policy leader for the United States with an important political, military and economic role in the international arena. If there is collision between the president and congress, can congress restrain the president in foreign policy making?

As I watch and observe these documentaries by Peter Sagal, it is obvious that the points lead to our broken Congress. Though we may have recognized our political issues, we have done little to nothing to find solutions. Moreover our recent issues, privacy has been greatly noticed, but many of us do not understand what we are really doing. Seemingly, we do give our privacy away by posting on social media, however, is there a limit to it? Tapping into our cell phones, snooping to our emails, does the government really have a right to walk through our privacy? We may not also realize that the constitution was not meant to last forever per se, but it was meant to be changed over time. There was a disagreement at the era of the creation of the constitution,

My name is Zitlali, I am 20 years old, and I am going to be a third year college student at Cal State University, Fullerton this fall. I will be the second person in my family to graduate from college. I am thankful for the support and unconditional love that my family has given me, because without them I would not have made it this far. They have shaped me into the person that I am today, and I know they are proud of who I have become. My parents have given me what they could and have guided me toward the right path that has lead me here today, and I could not be more grateful. My major is Health Science, and I plan to become a Nutritionist. I want to help people lead a healthy lifestyle and achieve their health-related goals. Although I aspire to help people lead a healthy lifestyle, I could never say no to pizza. One of my hobbies is running. I find running to be therapeutic, and the numerous benefits that come from it are a bonus. On my spare time I enjoy reading, walking on the beach, and sometimes shamefully binge watching Netflix. For the most part I would rather be alone, but I appreciate good company. I am a very curious person, and have a thing for mysterious things that I cannot quite understand. I have always preferred to find a holistic way to heal rather than take over the counter medication. I do not hide the way I feel and can be a bit

Dear constituents, I’d like to talk about my time in congress. First I’d like to talk about my bills. The first bill I made was about oil companies trying to run oil lines through state rivers. The solution I had was that the oil companies should have to run oil lines through land approved by the court of Minnesota. This bill passed in committee. The reason this was a good bill is that it saves the environment we live in. The second bill I made was about the population of bees in the United States is decreasing because their habitats are being destroyed and poisoned. The solution is that each state has a environment we’re bees can live and pollinate the flowers and make honey. This bill passed in committee. The reason this was a good bill is

We all believe that nothing bad will ever happen to us. But the reality is that we all go through traumatic events in our lives, losing loved ones, national crisis, or even something as small as failing a class. Even though these things are in our past, we can't change them, but there is one thing we can change. The perspective, what we take from the event. One can either sulk and only look at the negative or seek to find what oneself has learned from the event.

In a time of transition when people began to question the purpose of government, fifty-five men who represented thirteen victorious colonies of the new world gathered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They gathered here to discuss and develop a government never before know to the world. This revolutionary idea of government would forever change the way the world looked at power and liberty, but in order to produce such a government the fifty-five delegates would have to answer a couple questions first. A huge theme that had emerged throughout the preceding revolution had been the importance of liberty. The supporters of the revolution had stressed on multiple occasions that all men have certain liberties that they are entitled to, but the