The Philosophical Perspective And Historical View Of...

Throughout the course of this class I learn several things about the way our government started and how it works. It started off by the philosophical perspective and then went through its historical view and slowly moved on into the way it works in modern society. Although I did learn a vast majority of new things, there is a limit to what I have to write; therefore, I will focus more on the philosophical perspective and historical view of government, and the evolution of mass media. Our government started with three men, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and their way of seeing our government. Thomas Hobbes, an English philosopher, believed we were all beasts and thought all humans were self-seeking beings who would do†¦show more content†¦And then there is Baron De Montesquieu who thought that every man that had power is led to abuse it and that there should be the need of a measure of prevention. We then learned the historical perspective of government. It started with the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. This was a declaration that was formed by the Continental Congress in which the original thirteen colonies that were at war with Great Britain considered themselves as thirteen newly individual states and not a part of the Britain Empire. In the Declaration of Independence it states where these thirteen colonies were given the right to be treated as independents states; â€Å" these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do†(Declaration of I ndependence, 1776). There was then The Articles of Confederation which was drafted in 1775 but ratified until July 9, 1781. In this document the thirteen original states established the first type