Melvin Franklin

rationalism, the discoverability of the laws of human society, and the never ending improvement of human civilization. The three characteristics of the Enlightenment are best represented through the three figures of John Locke, Baruch Spinoza, and Benjamin Franklin. John Locke. Spinoza’s Ethics shows the ability of the natural laws to be applied to human society to create a theory on the workings of the laws of human society and supported the belief that mankind will rise with the discovery of more laws. The

Another unique delivery of antimodernism is perpetuated by Wallace Nutting of Rockbottom, Massachusetts. Congressional Minister turned enigmatic entrepreneur, Nutting was primarily interested in the Colonial Revival as a profit making venture than a guidepost of sophistication. He did, however, note the importance of the movement’s ideals. Thomas Denenberg’s Wallace Nutting’s Invention of Old America is a successful encapsulation of antimodernist tendencies during the Colonial Revival that cannot

"The Revolution was affected before the war commenced.  The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people...This radical change in the principles, sentiments, and affections of the people was the real American Revolution."  Explain the meaning of this 1818 statement by John Adams (referring to the Revolutionary era) and assess its validity. Philosophical words, Once Again In a letter to Hezekiah Niles on February 3rd of 1818 John Adams, once again, spoke his mighty, philosophical words

The causes behind the American Revolution The American Revolution was the political uprising that occurred in the last half of the 18th century. This was basically the time when the thirteen colonies decided to join together to become the United States of America. The major thing that the colonies disagreed was that they were not given any say in the government. They refused the British government to take charge and govern them through the Parliament of Great Britain. There is still disagreement

In the 1780’s a French aristocrat by the name of J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur wrote a collection of essays defining his stance on colonial American society and Americans themselves. In this excerpt Crèvecoeur gives his definition of the American man and the “poor European emigrant” (39). He explains how a man thrives in the new country and how the rise up from the lowest class. As a reader reads the essay, they must note the writer himself, his tone, his sentence structure, and how his words

July 1636 through September 1638 was the beginning of the Pequot War. The war was the first big war fought against New England settlers and the Pequot Indians. “The primary cause of the Pequot War was the struggle to control trade. English efforts were to break the Dutch-Pequot control of the fur and wampum trade, while the Pequot attempted to maintain their political and economic dominance in the region.” This was the start of the Pequot War. This war was the start of a huge disagreement between

The vehement passion for freedom from the King is one flame that is strenuously extinguished. Thomas Jefferson carefully used his talent in literature to intensify, and publicate the desire for independence from the King in a document titled the Declaration of Independence. July 4th, 1776 marked a salient day in history for all Americans, when our freedom was finally given to us, and we were emancipated from Britain once and for all. The Declaration of Independence emphasizes why The United States

Top of Form In 2012 after completing high school, I immigrated to the United States from Jamaica with my family. At the time my father was operating a small painting and drywall repair company and my first job upon arrival was that of a painter and carpet cleaner. My humble beginnings allowed me more than just a present day sense of pride, but at the time a blank slate on which to plot the course of my life. These were exciting times, learning new cultural norms while navigating my way through a

The Jeffersonian Purchase The dearly departed Thomas Jefferson has been portrayed as a colossal influence throughout the American revolutionary era, but to say just that is a colossal understatement. In his youth, the American hero gradually rose to politics, gaining reputation with quite the jack-of-all-trades knack including linguistics, architecture, and philosophy (“Thomas Jefferson” 1). While tensions between the colonists and British soldiers of the American colonies were slowly building up

There was this big divide among the colonies whether they should become fully independent from England or do they go for improved representation from the British government. Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet to pursued the American colonies to stand up to King George and Great Britain. Paine points out that the American people are not British anymore, but a diverse country. Paine also explains how Britain is always in a war which costs a lot of money, so American money is being used to fight these wars