doi:10.2139/ssrn.1798770Popular discourse posits that the Founding Fathers, among many other notable attributes, earned the thanks of posterity as the authors of America's constitutionSocial Science Electronic Publishing
The settlement of the North American continent by the English began in the early part of the 17th century. The first settlers who became the founding fathers of the American nation were quite a few of the Puritans. They carried with them to America a code of values which became what is no...
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The past 70 years can be divided into two periods, the first 30 years prior to the adoption of the Reform and Opening-up policy and the following 40 years. In essence, these closely connected but sig...
According to the U.S. Constitution, the Supreme Court is to be an impartial judge and interpreter of the Constitution. The Supreme Court is part of the system of checks and balances that the Founding Fathers created, which works to ensure that no one branch of the government becomes too pow...
The American Revolution affected the historical course of North America, Great Britain, and Western Civilization. This lesson explores the war's...
The Battle of Saratoga occurred in 1777 during the Revolutionary War. It was a decisive victory for the Continental Army and a crucial turning point in the war.
Can anyone explain who/what is the Holy Ghost? The Father and Son and easy to comprehend. But, I’ve never understood the 3rd party of the Trinity, and how it figures into Christianity. Please pretend you’re talking to a 6-year-old....
Anne Hutchinson was an influential Puritan spiritual leader in colonial New England who challenged the religious doctrines of her time. Through the popularity of her preaching, and her unorthodox beliefs, Hutchinson garnered the disapproval of the elders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In direct vio...
At a glance: the election of 1816 Democratic-Republican victory Rufus KingFounding Father and American politician Rufus King. etching by Albert Rosenthal (1888) after a painting by John Trumbull. Monroe’s main opponent for the nomination was Secretary of WarWilliam H. CrawfordofGeorgia. Not wanti...
The role of the Senate wasconceivedby theFounding Fathersas a check on the popularly electedHouse of Representatives. Thus, each state, regardless of size or population, is equally represented. Further, until theSeventeenth Amendmentof the Constitution (1913), election to the Senate was indirect, ...