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).

Washinton declared President (1789)


Dec of Independence as a vehicle of change in terms of Aristotle’s 4 causes

10 Novembro 2025, 12:30 Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

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. 


and an Overview of American Political Parties from Indepence to 1904