I need help----please.?

Question

I am in collage taking a History course and I have to do a survey on what people know about certin things. I work two jobs (both part time) and have three kids. I just don't have a lot of time to go around asking people about history. It will only take a minute, please, please help.
1. Do you celebrate July 4th? If so why?
2. What do you know about the Decloration of Independance?
3. Have you ever read all the way through the Constitution?

Thank you so much for all your help.

Answer 1

1. Yes I celebrate the 4th. Because it is a tradition in my family to light fireworks and drink and eat and we rarely observe it thinking about the real meaning.
2. It was signed on July 4, 1776 and Thomas Jefferson was the final signer. It literally declares the US independent from England. John Hancock passed out signed copies - hence the term "john hancock" used for "signature". There is an official copy in Washington DC, and one somewhere else.
3. Never read through the consititution. I think the 1st page for a college history class.

Hope this helps!! Good luck! I know how hard it is to be in school, kids etc...!! Keep up the good work.

Answer 2

First of all I want to say keep up the hard work. I am also enrolled full time in college and work a full time job and raise my two children, so I know the feeling about not having much time. Something like this however, you could possibly ask people you work with, or customers even. I have found that if you explain to them what you are doing and why, most will be willing to help you out. As for your questions, here are my answers. Hope they help, and good luck with your class.

1. Do you celebrate July 4th? If so why? Yes I celebrate the 4th of July. I was raised that celebrating the 4th of July is like celebrating the birth of our Nation, however, I find it a great time to get together with friends and family, go to the lake, BBQ and have a great time. I use it as a day to celebrate all life and friendship.

2. What do you know about the Declaration of Independence? I know that the actual signing of the Declaration took nearly 5 years. If memory serves (from my history class) all but three signatures were signed on the same day. Two of the signers didn't sign it until a few months after the original signers signed, and the final signature didn't appear on it until five years after the original signing. I don't recall if I have the dates accurate, but I do remember my history teacher explaining that all signatures did not take place at the same time or on the same day.

3. Have you ever read all the way through the Constitution? No. I have read most parts of it but I have not sat down and read the entire thing from beginning to end.

Answer 3

Dear Jstagrl29:
1. No. I stopped celebrating the fourth of July when I got sick of the fireworks. I realize that men and women died in 1776 to make the US free. When I look at the flag of our country, that thot never dies. I respect and honor those wonderful people in my heart, thruout all the conflicts this nation has been thru. They, are my heroes.
2. I know so little about the Declaration. Just the way it begins and the purpose for which it was written. But there is so much more I need to understand about it.
3. No. I have never read all the way thru the Constitution. I have read parts and excerpts but never "cover to cover."

Now, I feel bad. I will change these few things in my life and read the Constitution and study the Declaration. I will change and become a better American. Thanks.

zeke

Answer 4

1) I DO celebrate the fourth of July. I suppose that a part of the reason why I celebrate is because of my patriotism. (I love my country even if I hate the way it runs) But more than anything, I celebrate the fourth of July because I love the social phenomenon that it's become. I love fireworks. I love barbecues. I love any chance I get to gather together and celebrate with my friends and family.

2) This is an awfully broad question. The Declaration of Independance was penned by Thomas Jeffereson. It was a formal declaration to King George that we considered ourselves an indepentand and soverign state. It wasn't exactly a legal document. Not exactly. It was much more of an office memo: "Oh, by the way, you're not the boss of me." And, of course, having made my way through eight grade, I can recite the preamble.

3) I have read the entire constitution.

Best wishes on your project.

Answer 5

#1. I do. Ashamedly not so much for independence but just because it's the holiday.

#2. What do I need to know? I don't know it by heart but I've read it many times and understand the concept and what it was to represent. It also was a death warrant for every man who signed it should the Revolution have failed. Treason against the Crown. As Benjamin Franklin said after signing "We must all hang together or we will surely all hang seperately".
#3. Yes. The subject of many a legal update/law classes. Its a shame the rest of the public doesn't know anything about this document though. Sad state of affairs. Of course there are people who cannot even sing the first verse of the National Anthem so what has that got to say about our countrymen and women? But....they can give you every detail about Brittany Spears and Kevin Fedderline. Man...sometimes I just want to slink off to a corner and cry.

Answer 6

1.Yes I celebrate the 4th of July. Because I'm proud of our soldiers that no matter why they're fighting they're all willing to die for our freedom!
2. I know that it was written to cement our separation from British rule and was singed by 55 people. Also that 53 of the 55 people who signed it were Christian Orthodox. It was signed in the Independence Hall, located in Philadelphia, PA. It was signed on July 4, 1776.Because it was signed in Philadelphia, the city was deemed the capitol city of the U.S.A. It was "penned" by Jacob Shallus. It is the oldest & shortest contitution in the world. The word Pennsylvania is spelt wrong in the contitution. The oldest personb was Ben Franklin(81) and the youngest was Johnathan Day of New Jersey(26). The word Philidelphia is an Indian word meaning " Brotherly Love". James Madison was the first one to arrive in Phily. He got there in Febuary, three months b4 they started drafting it.
3.I have not got the patience to do so.

Answer 7

1. Yes, because I consider it fun and the anniversery of the Declaration of Independence being signed worth celebrating.

2. I know where it was written, when, where, why, and who was involved. I can also recite some of it from memory. Comes from being a fan of the musical 1776.

3. I read the whole thing but I had to do it in pieces, it's a rough read.

I hope that helps. Good Luck!