Petitions Essays

  • Prayer Operations: Intercession

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    Prayer as defined by Houghton Mifflin (2009) is a reverent petition made to God, a god, or another object of worship. However, when we make an appeal how do we capture His attention? It is through prayer that we are able to petition God and ultimately develop a consistent prayer life that pleases Him. Reading the word of God and prayer draws us closer to Christ. We begin to have His mind and His spirit living in us because of this Holy communication. Most Christians pray all the time. Our Prayers

  • Petition

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    It’s the end of the school year, and students are preparing for finals, in anticipation of moving forward in their education. English students are perfecting their portfolios, looking back on the hard work they had done throughout the year. The teacher begins to hand out papers for summer work for AP English Language and Composition. A student looks over at his peer’s paper and raises his hand. “How come only some of us are getting these papers?” he says. “I’m also taking AP English next year.” “I’ve

  • An Appeal to Action: Rhetorical Analysis of Change.org’s Launch Page

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    Change.org is an online petition tool with over 68 million users and counting. Change.org users can either support causes by signing petitions or create petitions and request signatures. The purpose of Change.org’s website is to increase the number of users in its social network in order for more people to create and sign petitions. Change.org generates and retains a large user base by gaining the trust of a worldwide audience, inspiring users to action and retaining users through an effective website

  • Petition for Redress

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    Petition for Redress “In every stage of these opressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petititions have been answered only by repeated injuries.” –Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence. During the American Revolution colonists were petitioning for redress. The petitions were towards either British parliament or the King. The petitions were either laws or documents towards British informing them that the colonists wanted to be free from the British

  • The Olive Branch Petition

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    specific enough to my interests in the days leading up to the American Revolution. I then narrowed my search to documents written in 1775 and found a link in The University of Georgia Tech’s American history documents database to The Olive Branch Petition. In July 1775, The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to discuss possible courses of action following the most recent battle with Britain at Bunker Hill. Members of the Congress disagreed about what steps to take in dissolving the

  • The Use Of Animals In Research

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    People believe that animal experimentation can be cruel and disgusting, but it is a very helpful task that needs to be done to test the outcomes of various medications. The history of animal testing dates back to the Greeks in the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C., with Aristotle and Erasistratus, who were among the first to preform experiments on living animals. It is estimated that more than 14 million rats and mice and 1.4 million other kinds of mammals are used in research each year. These experiments

  • Dress Code Petition

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    Middle school. A time of change both emotionally and physically, as students try to find their true identity. The last thing anyone would want to put on teens is more stress with "fitting in". People want to express themselves through their clothes and the dress code at Harvest Park is preventing us from doing this. In order to find an identity, a teen must be able to express his or herself. Ridiculous dress code rules are constricting this necessity. Isn't it odd that these rules were designed years

  • Analysis Of The Olive Branch Petition

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    For starters, The American Revolution was waged as a war of last resort because the colonists could not execute any more plans to make truce with Britain peacefully. According to John Dickinson in The Olive Branch Petition the colonists wrote, “We therefore beseech your Majesty, that your royal authority and influence may be graciously interposed to procure us relief from our afflicting fears and jealousies, occasioned by the system before-mentioned, and to settle peace through every part of our

  • Deficiencies in Animal Testing and Drug Formulas

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    Animals are tested on for many cosmetic and medical products, but the treatment of the animals and the quality of the test results are often less satisfactory than the consumer realizes. Every person has most likely purchased either a pharmaceutical or cosmetic product in his or her lives, but the careless techniques for making these products may astound individuals that rely on drugs for everyday use. According to the Food and Drug Administration, “every year about fifteen -hundred” drugs are created

  • Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition

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    Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition There are three main reasons why we have or need our Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. First, the 1st Amendment gives us our independence. Second, it also gives us the right to express ourselves. Last but not least, it allows people to express themselves without constraint by the government. The 1st Amendment is a very essential freedom that everyone should be entitled to. Our independence is the most

  • The Olive Branch Petition: American Revolution

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    Celine Molfetta Ms.Velazquez U.S. History 1 20 February 2014 Olive Branch Petition The Olive Branch Petition, drafted on July 5th, 1775 by John Dickenson, was, not only, a major turn point in the movement of the American Revolution, but marked a very important point in American History. During the creation process of the Olive Branch Petition, the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill had just taken place. Members within the Continental Congress had opposing views on what

  • Summary Of Speech On The Reception Of Abolition Petitions

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    In John C. Calhoun’s “Speech on the reception of abolition petitions “he is expressing his views on why the movement of the abolitionist is not good for the country. Throughout the speech he is trying to prove the fact that African American’s are not equal to the white man because they are not smart enough to adopt our institutions. His racial charged words and being a great orator in his time worked in his favor for the senate to persuade the government why they should not change the southern traditions

  • The Considerations that Influenced Cromwell's Decision to Reject the Offer of the Crown in 1657

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    1657 Works Cited Missing The new constitution was called the Humble Petition and Advice and was presented to Cromwell in March 1657. It was an attempt to return to the 'good old days' when the monarch's powers were checked by the Privy Council and both Houses of Parliament. Cromwell was also invited to be King. Cromwell struggled over a month as to what he should do. In the end, Cromwell accepted most of the Humble Petition but rejected the crown. This poses the question as to why Cromwell

  • The Main Strengths and Weaknesses of the Protectorate, 1653-1658

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    be elected every three years and had to sit for a minimum of three years. In addition, the Protector had to rule with the Council of State, particularly in key matters such as finance, appointment of senior ministers. Furthermore, the Humble Petition and Advice accepted in May 1657 represented a compromise between the Protector and Parliament. Thus, Parliament was regarded as an equal partner as reflected by the banning of purges of the House of Common. The Protectorate was moving towards

  • Analysis Of The Olive Branch Petition By John Dickinson

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    not execute any more plans to make truce with Britain peacefully. The principle of last resort states that a war can only be waged after all the peaceful options are considered and force must be conducted as a last alternative. In the “Olive Branch Petition”, John Dickinson, a representative of the colonists wrote: “We therefore beseech your Majesty, that your royal authority and influence may be graciously interposed to procure us relief from our afflicting fears and jealousies, occasioned by the system

  • Why Make Our Petitions Known To God?

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    Augustine raises the question; Why make our petitions known to God if he already knows the answer? To answer this question we must address an even broader question; “why do we pray?” The act of praying does not change God at all, for God is always the same for all of time. Prayer is not because God needs us, but because we need God. Prayer does not get our will done in Heaven, it gets God's will done on earth. It does not change God, but changes us when we voluntarily turn back to him. Prayer does

  • The First National Petition: The Great Reform Act Of 1832

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    The First National Petition was written by the Chartist movement and presented to the ‘Honourable commons of the United Kingdom’ on the 14th of June 1839, in response to the failure 1832 Great Reform Act and other government measures of the 1830s. The source can be seen to have a number of key themes occurring throughout the petition related to social, economic and political issues as well the reference to religion in the petition. To place the National Petition in context, it was the first action

  • Document Analysis of Slave Petition to the General Assembly in Connecticut

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    Document Analysis 2 1. Name of document, who wrote the document (if given) and date it was written. The name of the document is Slave Petition to the General Assembly in Connecticut. It was written on the 11th day of May, 1779. It was written by Prime and Prince for the Honorable General Assembly of the State of Connecticut. 2. What two significant historical events/ trends were occurring when the document was created? Do not include the specific document, but select related events or trends

  • The Distinction Between an Unfair Prejudice Petition and a Statutory Derivative Action

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    The unfair prejudice petition has always been regarded as the easier and more flexible option for minority shareholders’ protection compared to the statutory derivative action. The restrictive leave requirements under the statutory derivative claim where the concept of prima facie, good faith and ratification have been interpreted within the confines of the origins in the case of Foss v Harbottle do not add any appeal the statutory derivative claim. Further, the approach in relation to granting indemnity

  • An Analysis Of Katherine Paterson's Lyddie

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    friends at the factory, is a part of the Female Labor Reform Association, a group that wants an end to the hardships. A petition is circulating and Lyddie must decide if she wants to sign or not. While there are reasons Lyddie should