Capstone Projects

"Do to me as thou wouldst be done to:" The Pennsylvania-Maryland-Delaware land dispute and the failure of William Penn's "holy experiment"

Fredrickson, Cole

In August 1681, William Markham, the Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania, delivered to the proprietor of Maryland, Lord Baltimore, William Penn's correspondence of April 12, 1681, one that began a turbulent dialogue between ...
Allowed to speak, difficult to ignore: Methodist women shape the religious and political identity of Kansas through the Temperance Movement

Burnidge, Cara

When considering the history of Kansas the relationship between religion and politics is the crucial element required to understand Kansans. An examination of the major political and social issues throughout Kansas history ...
The pragmatic law: Law as a relationship through experience

Adamson II, Barry

In today's society there exists a definite distinction between what law is and what it is perceived to be. For many people law is simply a set of rules that are made by a government and upheld by a court. However, when ...