… an important role in the theory of Locke.Locke answers several questions in his discussion of property. At what point does an item become private property? How does man acquire property? What amount of private property can a person have? How do…

… century was a thriving and changing set of regional socities that had developed from turbulent seventeenth century beginnings. The colonies along the Atlantic seaboard were affected similarly by population growth and economic development. The…

… to maintain a mixed economy, a nonaligned foreign policy, and a pluralist political system. On Jan. 23, 1981, the Reagan administration suspended U.S. aid, charging that Nicaragua, with the aid of Cuba and the Soviet Union, was supplying arms to rebels…

… and that are different. These things have comparisons and contrasts. There are also comparisons and contrasts in old literature. There are many things alike and many things that are different about General History of Virginia and of Plymouth Plantation.…

… The 1930’s were marked by economic crisis and instability. The Great Depression struck the world in 1929, and continued throughout the decade. This caused many to look upon this time as a dark and melancholy period, which was not the case.…

… by Arthur A. Schlesinger Jr. Norton. 1998. 208 pages In The Disuniting of America, Arthur M. Schlesinger tells about the history of “the new race” of Americans. “In the new republic civil commitment replaced bloodlines as the test for citizenship.…

… he can not see or comprehend. The ancient times, specifically of Greece and Rome, were no exception. The ancient gods of these two civilizations were regaurded with both veneration and terror. None were dreaded more than the dark god of the Underworl…

… and what did that decision mean for the country? Answer: On March 6, 1857, the nine justices went into the courtroom in the basement of the U.S. Capitol, lead by Chief Justice Taney. Taney was almost 80 years old, always week, and even weaker because…

… "an astonisher in legal history"1 remains to this day the most famous of all American judicial decisions. It was a landmark in the history of judicial review because it was the Supreme Court's first invalidation of a major federal law. The decision,…

… antislavery forces that hoped to keep slavery out of the Northern territories, particularly to Senator Stephen A. Douglas’s doctrine of popular sovereignty, and also declared that no slave, nor descendant of a slave, could be a U.S. citizen. As a non-ci…