Sumários
Attending seminar
19 Novembro 2025, 12:30 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins
Attending seminar Place and Identity in Canadian Literature.
Washington to Jefferson
17 Novembro 2025, 12:30 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins
First governments.. Relationships with England (Washinton & Adams) and France (Jefferson). The Louisiana purchase (1803)
Establishing a system of governance and its early days
12 Novembro 2025, 12:30 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins
Problems caused by the debt arising from the revolutionary War.
Different perspectives on US Democracy: Madison,
Hamilton & Jay – Federalist Papers -strong central government
(Constitution) vs Jefferson – States (Articles of Confederation).
Establishing a 2-house system and Separation of
Powers.
Ratifying the Constitution. and the Bill of Rights
(1789-1791). The Electors (then and now).
Dec of Independence as a vehicle of change in terms of Aristotle’s 4 causes
10 Novembro 2025, 12:30 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins
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Discussion of the Dec of Independence as a vehicle
of change in terms of Aristotle’s 4 causes – i.e. illustration of a cultural
object that moves from the concept of an aesthetic object to a Foundational
Text. State Legislatures and Central Government |
The 4 Documents of Change and an Overview of American Political Parties from Indepence to 1904
5 Novembro 2025, 12:30 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins
The 4 Documents of Change:
The Declaration of Independence, the Articles
of Confederation, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights represent
a progression from breaking away from a government to establishing a new one
and then safeguarding individual liberties within it.