Founding Fathers

"Authors Note:

This piece is about the Founding Fathers. I wrote this to demonstrate my understanding  of the Patriot's Pen."

Tyler Kiser

Mrs. Reagals 5^th Hour

10/12/12

Patriot’s Pen

Dear Founding Fathers,

You probably have no idea who I am, no idea what I do, or no idea where I am from, but hopefully it should be that way because I am living about a 200 years after you. Well I also know that you are dead too, but I just wanted to share some thoughts on a subject you guys completed when you were actually alive. 

After the Revolutionary war when we finally broke away from Europe you guys wrote the Declaration of Independence and The Bill of Rights, which was a section of the Constitution. In The Bill of Rights you stated many laws, in which we still follow today, we still enforce today, and we still pay attention to today. Out of these laws you have created, all of them are as important as money in an economy, but there are a few laws that come out and punch me in the face saying, "Look at me!". One of those few laws that came out and struck me in the face was freedoms, petitions and assembly. That law really came out at me because it states that we have a freedom of religion and we can choose what we believe. It even gives us the freedom of speech and of the press. Finally another law that comes out at me is search and arrest, because this means that we have the right to not have our personal items searched unless there is a probable cause. This law is my personal favorite because we are able to keep our personal items private and not have them invaded.   

Since you are already dead I am not going to be able to give you advice that you can use to make the Bill of Rights or the Declaration of Independence but I will still share my thoughts on what you should have done that would have made a huge difference. There are many things you should have changed from slavery and how we run the economy to women's right. For example when you made the laws we follow you needed to think of every person, think of every male and female, and think of every race. That caused a lot of trouble with blacks and whites, which caused a civil war over races and slavery. As a result of the war we have finally made all races equal but some people still don't think all races are equal. You also could have given equal rights to women because before uprising and boycotts women couldn't vote and didn't have rights like men do. Finally the environment should have been thought of more because now there is pollution, littering, and global warming. These are affecting the environment because of people throwing trash on the ground carelessly or factories polluting the air and causing global warming. 

As a conclusion, the laws you made and what you decided on has made our country as unique as each snow flake that falls from the sky. Even though you have no idea who I am, no idea what I do, or no idea where I am from, you have given us many freedoms and rights which have given us the ability to have opinions on anything ranging from who we want for president to what kind of food we want for breakfast. 

Sincerely, 

Tyler