The People's Petition Essays

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Pressure Groups Being Good for Democracy

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    that want to change policy but do not want to become the government. They focus on particular issues or areas of concern and can become involved in policy making by organising campaigns, sending letters, organising demonstrations and signing petitions. People join pressure groups to show their support for a particular issue and to join with other like-minded people in trying to influence our politicians. Some people feel working in a group like this means they have a louder voice in getting

  • Pros And Cons Of The First Amendment

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    freedom of the press, the right to assemble, and the right to petition. The first amendment was proposed to give citizens non-negotiable rights. This amendment, is the first part, listed in the Bill of Rights. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” - Bill of Rights

  • 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

  • Thomas Jefferson's Arguments During The Declaration Of Independence

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    Declaration Of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson and fifty-five other delegates. For as long as the colonists could remember, they had tried several times to form peace with Great Britain. They tried to do this through the Olive Branch Petition, Declaration

  • Essay On Public Interest Litigation

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    INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) IN INDIA: Introduction: Public Interest Litigation generally means litigation or a petition for the protection of public interest. It is not established in court of law, by the aggrieved party himself but by the court itself or any other private party. PIL is the power given to the public by the court through judicial activism. However, the person filing the petition must prove to the satisfaction of the court that the PIL is being filed for a public interest not for any personal

  • The Pros And Cons Of Petitionary Prayer

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    don’t agree with this proposition. In order to figure out whether the petition promotes the relations or not, we have to know that what is the God-human relation. Relation, by definition, is the way two people are connected or deal with each other. Relation is interactive and apply to both sides of the relation. God, by definition, is all good, all known and all powerful. Since God is always at its maximum good, with the petition or not, God will treat human beings with maximum love and goodness. Or

  • Was Industrial Revolution good or bad for the level of life of english workers?

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    The question above deserves many-sided comparisons. However, people’s happiness and living standard are complicated to measure because, in this period, British society was experimenting multiple transformations and some effects of the revolution had set off with others. Besides, within different time extents we may get different conclusions for this issue. Therefore, this paper will covered aspects like working and living conditions, real wage, health, mortality, freedom and rights of english workers

  • Chartists and Chartism

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    Chartists and Chartism Chartism was the name of a variety of protest movements in England during the 1830s and 40s, which aimed to bring about change  in social and economic conditions through political reform. Its name comes from the People’s Charter, a six-point petition presented to the House of Commons with the hope of having it made law. The six point included annual parliaments, universal manhood suffrage, abolition of the property qualification for members of the House of Commons, the secret ballot

  • Victoria Secret Controversy

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    claiming to be ‘perfect’. It caused such anger amongst the public that a petition was launched in order for the company to apologize and change the name due to its body-shaming connotations. Francis Black, the woman who began the petition wrote ‘This marketing campaign is harmful. It fails to celebrate the amazing diversity of women’s bodies by choosing to call only one body type 'perfect'. 33,001 supporters signed the petition and clearly showed that these discriminatory advertisements will not be

  • Bill Of Rights Essay With Outline

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    * Bill of rights *Amendment 1: Freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and petition-- Congress cannot make laws that take away people’s freedom of religion, speech, press assembly and petition *Amendment 2: The right to bear arms-- The states have the right to maintain national guard units and people can use weapons to protect themselves. *Amendment 3: Lodging troops-- Troops cannots be lodged in private homes. *Amendment 4: Search and seizure-- People are protected against unreasonable search

  • 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

  • Book Banning Rhetorical Analysis

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    same minority, the minority of those who believe in the power of literature in a post-literate age” (Keizer). He believes that the book banners and the people against the bans share a likeness to the importance of books that can influence so many people’s

  • The Evolution of Absolutism

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    started to combine their absolute power with including the newly granted rights of the people. The belief also shifted from Divine Right to one that the people gave the king his power which led to kings like Frederick II of Prussia to rule with his people’s interests in mind. To begin with, Machiavelli’s “The Prince” laid out the foundation of what absolute rulers should be. Machiavelli thought that princes should be well educated in war since he would then have the power to stop uprisings. “The

  • Amendment I And 13th Amendments

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    Amendment IV and Amendment XV have also made a great change for the people. Amendment IV has to deal with the rights of people’s properties and Amendment XV is having to do with colored men having the right to vote. Amendment IV states, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not

  • Should Section 28 Be Repealed?

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    Recently, I noticed a petition in my local church that was to be sent to Donald Dewar opposing the repeal of section 28, which bans the promotion of homosexuality in schools. Many people did not want their children and grandchildren to know anything about homosexuality. This made me think, should homosexuality be taught in Scottish schools? The response to section 28 has been very different in different parts of the country. Section 28 has never been used in court to stop a local authority doing

  • Summary Of Sentiments Of An American Woman

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    The American Revolution was a glorious fight for liberty and freedom against the tyrannical British authority. This revolution made the colonies more united than ever, but also raised issues about equality and human rights at home. In both documents, both parties used various reasons and strategies to convince the audiences about why they deserve more rights and respects than what they were currently getting. In Sentiments of An American Woman, 1780, the author talked about women’s roles in society

  • Compare And Contrast Constitution And Texas Constitution

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    similarly. Freedom of speech and religion, Searches and seizures, Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions, Right of Trial by Jury, imprisonment for debt, Treason, Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Military subordinate to civil authority, Right of Assembly Petition for Redress of Grievances, and Marriage are all mentioned in both constitutions.(Constitution of the state of Florida. Art. I and the Texas Constitution. Art. I) For some statements, they are both almost identical on wording and meaning. One thing