Thursday, October 22, 2009

Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions



Simon Bolivar did contribute to American History, or rather, world history. Without Simon Bolivar Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivar would still be owned by Spain, meaning there would not have the right to be free.

They would have to follow Spain's laws and do what they were told. For example when the United States was owned by England, they were required to pay England's tax. 1 of South America county named after him because he played a key role in latin american .

He help spain and he was fighting for independece from spain to avoid confusion with the current nation of the same name

Thursday, October 1, 2009

John Locke and "The Enlightenment"

The rights was that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.

he Constitution creates the federal government and grants various powers to the 3 branches of government.
The federal government has gained power over time through precedent - where it has exercised power at the time, and no one has objected or stopped it, so it is free to do so again. In general, the Federal government has the power it does because the people give their power to it. Locke maintained that people are born without innate ideas, and that knowledge is instead determined only by experience derived by sense perception

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