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mre


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#7 - Revolution Discussion


Since we've been learning about the American Revolution, its causes and its effects, I wanted to hear your opinions on a couple of questions that historians ask about this period.  Tell me your opinions and provide evidence to support your positions, ok?  Choose any of the following to discuss:

1) How should we teach children about our 'founding fathers'?  Should they be considered great men who we idolize or should they be considered slave-owners (many, not all of them) who wanted to create a government that protected their power? 

2) Do you think Jefferson meant that when he wrote 'all men are created equal' in the Declaration of Independence, that it should actually be practiced or that it was just something to idealize?  Do you think that we practice this idea today or not?

3) What do you think is the best form of government?  What should it do for the people?  How should it relate to other countries?  What do you think the US could improve on, or change, in its form of government (representative democracy)?  What do you think we do well in our government? 

Evaluation: So, the idea here is to get as many students to post as possible in order to have a discussion on these questions. 

-- Edited by mre at 15:32, 2008-03-06

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Mario Delgado

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1) How should we teach children about our 'founding fathers'?  Should they be considered great men who we idolize or should they be considered slave-owners (many, not all of them) who wanted to create a government that protected their power? 

Free the slavery from and the government has power to do that.



2) Do you think Jefferson meant that when he wrote 'all men are created equal' in the Declaration of Independence, that it should actually be practiced or that it was just something to idealize?  Do you think that we practice this idea today or not?  

Yes we should practice the Declaration of Independence cause some people could break it. 



3) What do you think is the best form of government?  What should it do for the people?  How should it relate to other countries?  What do you think the US could improve on, or change, in its form of government (representative democracy)?  What do you think we do well in our government? 

I think that we should vote for things that we want for the other countires. Change the price of gas and others thing that we need to live in the US.



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Tyler Sojka

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1)      I dont the think we should consider them all great men nor should they be considered slave owners. Not all of them were either of those so it wouldnt be fair to give good men a bad title and it wouldnt be right to give the slave owners credit for **** they didnt do.

 

 

2)      I dont think Jefferson meant it when he stated that all men are created equal because if he did there wouldnt be any racism or segregation. If all men were created equal then there wouldnt have been slavery.

 

3)      I think that our government sucks. Why cant people talk things out why kill of hundreds of thousands of people when you could just discuss their differences. By doing that it puts everyone in danger. If Bush didnt suck so much maybe the twin towers would still be there. Another thing I think the law enforcement shouldnt have so much power. Like in court, if u go up against a cop youre screwed, you cant win that case. Theres no point in trying. I dont think there should be a tax on things either.



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Vanessa Marcial

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              Vanessa Marcial       3-7-08

                 U.S History 1                               #7

 

How should we teach children about our 'founding fathers'?  Should they be considered great men who we idolize or should they be considered slave-owners (many, not all of them) who wanted to create a government that protected their power? 

                                 

  I believe that the children should be told the truth of our founding fathers. Calling them great men to me would be putting it mildly.  Many pf our founding fathers claim that they great inventors but many of these men invented things by mistake with no knowledge of what they have done. Also they shouldnt be called great men because they say that they were against slavery yet our founding fathers owned many, as many as four hundred . Maybe  even  more. They have said that they were all for changing the law  and that they wanted us to be all equal yet there the ones who held more slaves then most people. That is why I believe they shouldnt be considered great men because to me they havent really deserved that title because they are hypocrites.



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Mario Delgado

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Mario Delgado 



1) How should we teach children about our 'founding fathers'?  Should they be considered great men who we idolize or should they be considered slave-owners (many, not all of them) who wanted to create a government that protected their power? 

SLAVEHOLDER LIST (in descending order by number of slaves):

Estate of JOSHUA J. WARD, at SC, Georgetown, roll 1235 page 212, holding 1,130 slaves.

STEPHEN DUNCAN, at MS, Issaquena, roll 598 page 420B, holding 858 slaves.

J. BURNESIDE, at LA, Ascension, roll 427 page 31B, holding 753 slaves.

MEREDITH CALHOUN, at LA, Rapides, roll 430 page 178, holding 709 slaves.

WM. AIKEN, at SC, Colleton, roll 1234 page 1 of Jehossee Island, holding 700 slaves.

JOHN L. MANNING, at LA, Ascension, roll 427 page 31B, holding 670 slaves.

JOS. A. S. ACKLEN, at LA, West Feliciana, roll 428 page 291, holding 659 slaves.

R. F. W. ALLSTON, at SC, Georgetown, roll 1235 page 120, holding 631 slaves.

JOSEPH BLAKE, at SC, Beaufort, roll 1231, page 89 of Prince William Parish, holding 575 slaves

JNO. ROBINSON, at MS, Madison, roll 600, page 418, holding 550 slaves.

JERRETT BROWN, at AL, Sumter, roll 35, page 188B, holding 540 slaves.

ARTHUR BLAKE, at SC, Charleston, roll 1232 page 307B, holding 538 slaves.

JNO. J. MIDDLETON, at SC, Beaufort, roll 1231 page 33 of Prince William Parish, holding 530 slaves.

ELISHA WORTHINGTON, at AR, Chicot, roll 53 page 104, holding 529 slaves.

DANIEL BLAKE, at SC, Colleton, roll 1234 page 103 of St. Bartholomew, holding 527 slaves.

Estate J. C. JENKINS, at MS, Wilkinson, roll 604 pages 385B and 395, holding 523 slaves.

J. HARLESTON READ, at SC, Georgetown, roll 1235 page 105, holding 511 slaves.

JNO. BUTLER, at GA, McIntosh, roll 148 page 207, holding 505 slaves.

CHARLES HEYWARD, at SC, Colleton, roll 1234 page 78 of St. Bartholomew, holding 491 slaves.





2) Do you think Jefferson meant that when he wrote 'all men are created equal' in the Declaration of Independence, that it should actually be practiced or that it was just something to idealize?  Do you think that we practice this idea today or not?  

Yes we should practice the Declaration of Independence cause some people could break it. 



3) What do you think is the best form of government?  What should it do for the people?  How should it relate to other countries?  What do you think the US could improve on, or change, in its form of government (representative democracy)?  What do you think we do well in our government? 



I think that we should vote like in the pass vote  for in the 1950s and 1960s argued that voters lack a basic understanding of current issues, the liberal-conservative ideological dimension, and the relative ideological positions of the major parties. things that we want for the other countires. Change the price of it like 3.07 gas and others thing that we need to live in the US.






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kayla greenwood

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1) How should we teach children about our 'founding fathers'?  Should they be considered great men who we idolize or should they be considered slave-owners (many, not all of them) who wanted to create a government that protected their power?

-----Well should tell children that our founding fathers did own slaves it may think of them differently but at least they will know what really happened. To let them know that they helped our country out in great lengths but we must respect that. Even though slavery in America is not common anymore.

2) Do you think Jefferson meant that when he wrote 'all men are created equal' in the Declaration of Independence, that it should actually be practiced or that it was just something to idealize?  Do you think that we practice this idea today or not?

-----I think Jefferson did not mean what he wrote because still today men and women are not created equal.



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