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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Essay on why the ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Puritans origionally ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [came to America... ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [Freedom. ]
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Dizzed: 07/94 # of Words:837 School: ? State: ?
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When the English came to America to escape religious persecution,
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things commenced at a shaky start. For example, Puritans fled from England
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because of religious persecution. They were being physically beaten because
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of their religious beliefs therefore they attempted to create a Utopia or
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"City upon a hill" in the New World. There "City upon a hill" began with a
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government based on religious beliefs. It developed into a government
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which condemned those who did not believe in the Puritan beliefs. For
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example, one had to believe in the Puritan religion and attend church to
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vote and become a member of the Puritan society. This practice further
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developed into a situation in which you were beaten or killed if you did
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not believe in the Puritan religion and remained in Puritan "Utopia" -- the
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exact situation which they had fled from England. Later, it would take the
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gathering of American thinkers to deduce what liberties were guaranteed and
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which were not, to avoid mistakes made by puritans and others in history.
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The Forefathers of the United States conjured up the Bill of Rights which
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illustrated which rights were endowed to the people of the United States.
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They adopted the Bill of rights, which was drafted for political
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motivations, and it evolved into a document which shelters American
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people's civil liberties.
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When the Bill of Rights was adopted, political motivations superceded
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libertarian views. James Madison claimed that this "nauseous project of
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amendments" would "kill the opposition[for the ratification of the
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constitution] everywhere..." In the beginning, the Bill of Rights was
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first drafted up to appease the Anti-Federalists and coax them into
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ratifying the constitution. For without the Bill of Rights the constitution
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may have never been ratified. After its ratification, the Bill of Rights
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evolved into more realistic terms. The Federalists began to notice the
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importance of the Bill of Rights as much as the AntiÄ Federalists had.
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During the next few years the Bill of Rights began to be accepted by the
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American people as the essence towards freedom. As it was noticed more and
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more over the years, the Bill of Rights became the basis for individual
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rights. It entitled the American people to rights which they had not
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experienced before such as the freedom of press and speech.
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In Tennessee's "Monkey Trial" of 1925, John Scope, a science teacher,
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was convicted for teaching evolution. Only 43 years later would that state
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law be overturned. This constant evolution of the Bill of Rights has made
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it what it is today, a document claiming that the American people have
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certain 'unalienable' rights. In 1868, the 14th Amendment was drafted to
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insure that peoples rights towards life, liberty, and property would not be
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deprived by the state governments without due process of law. Here, the
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most basic rights of the people were secured from the state governments.
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In Minersville School District vs. Gobits, Lillian Gobitas refused to
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salute the American flag. She was a devout Jehovah's Witness and was told
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not to "`Heil Hitler' nor any other creature." This straight-A student was
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eventually expelled and here father, Walter, took the case to the Supreme
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Court. In 1940 the Court ruled for Minersville School District, yet this
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decision was overturned on Flag Day, 1943. Lillian Gobitas, now 67,
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realized that she was entitled to the freedom to speak and to express
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herself, or freedom to not speak or not to express herself.
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The Bill of Rights today is in need of revision;however it still
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protects civil liberties and is the best declaration for human rights that
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America has. Only 31 years ago did the Court rule that prayers would not
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take place in the business of government. In 1971 a defense analyst turned
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over the Pentagon Papers, which documented a hidden involvement with
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Vietnam. Nixon claimed that the papers were a "threat to national
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security." In this case, somebody had to defy the government in order to
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let the public know what the government was doing. The government today is
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still not telling the public the rest of the story and shouldn't the public
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have a right to know what is going on with foreign relations in our
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government? Only 2 years ago did the Court free Gregory Johnson. He was
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arrested for burning a flag in 1984. In the first amendment, the right to
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hold a peaceful assembly should not be prohibited. If burning a flag
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causes this much controversy should it be noted as a peaceful assembly?
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Now, 200 years later, does the Bill of Rights still apply today, under
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the different circumstances, towards everybody the in the same way it did
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when it was first drafted? The right to bear arms surely must not include
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automatic weapons. When James Madison constructed the Bill of Rights did
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he know that it would apply to nearly 225 million people 200 years later?
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Although these rights of the American people are consistently being
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modified, the basic right to freedom and liberty will always be there in
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general.
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