Prompt: Please write 700 words on a topic or thoughts you have enjoyed in class this past semester.

Response: I have never been a big history fan, but I was really excited to take this class with an emphasis on the spiritual aspect of the founding of America and the spiritual background of the Founding Fathers. This semester has been the best experience. I have learned so much more about the establishment of this nation in half a semeste... Read More

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John Adams was the key factor in the Colonial Declaration of Independence from Britain. He worked, debated, and fought to ensure that the American Colonies could for once become completely free. He was extremely converted to the importance of the becoming a separate nation. He knew there would be a great cost of blood in the fight to win Independence. His own colony of Massachusetts had already been the first to suffer great loss from Brita... Read More

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Prompt:Please write 500 words on John Adams by using your out of text readings, text-book and the movie shown in class.

Response:John Adams was one of the most significant people in the process of declaring Independence from Great Britain. I had heard his name as a president but I never knew how important he was other than that. John Adams initiated the idea of the colonies permanently separating thems... Read More

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                  This past week we studied a little about John Adams’ life in my American Heritage class, mostly about the circumstances leading to the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. John Adams’ personality is simply amazing by his determination to strive for the independence of the British colonies in America, and also his eloquence in defending thi... Read More

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In class last Wednesday, we watched a segment of HBO's John Adams. The producers, true to style, went all above and beyond recreating the atmosphere of America when it existed only as a state of mind. (For those of you who prefer this film layout and style, I highly recommend A&E's  6-peice production of Horatio Hornblower. Seriously, it is so good.) Above all, they sought to portray the founding fathers as men, rather than gods. One could fee... Read More

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