America.

This is an essay on the original grievances of the revolutionary American colonists and how they compare to today’s leaders.

we hear of good and bad characters-here is the wisdom of some quotes of what lies in between.

An essay that I was required to write for AP Government. Focuses on the value of hard work and how that applies to being an American.

This essay describes how the ideas found in "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine and "How To Make a Great Empire Into a Small One" by Benjamin Franklin were mirrored in the Declaration of Independence drafted by Thomas Jefferson. It explains the extent of influence that the first two mentioned works had on the ratification of the document.

A brief description of the Philadelphia Convention for anyone who needs to know it.

This is an article on the interrelations that exist between Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence.

The four sections of the Pamphlet of Common Sence that Thomas Paine wrote was the voice of the American colonists who were struggling to voice their case for independence from England. This is a commontary on the first section Entitled “Of the Origin and Design of Governement in General”, which compares Society and government with comparisons to todays government.

While it did not start the American Revolution, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense certainly added fuel to the fire.

A comparison and contrast of Crevecoeur and Thomas Paine’s views.