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Assignment:
Lesson 3: Age of Revolutions II
1. The vanguard of the American Revolution was not the men typically celebrated as the "founding fathers." It was the underclasses. Identify and discuss the role of sailors, slaves, and "the crowd" in helping to light the fuse which sparked the American Revolution.
2. The dynamic between the Sons of Neptune and the Sons of Liberty is reflective of larger truths about the American Revolution and its liberal and radical impulses. With this in mind, respond to the following questions regarding the Sons of Neptune and the Sons of Liberty:
a. Who did the Sons of Neptune generally represent and inspire and how did such people conceive of liberty?
b. Who did the Sons of Liberty represent and how did they conceive of liberty?
c. In what regard/s did the Sons of Neptune and underclass "crowd" impact, or inspire, the Sons of Liberty?
3. Declaration of Independence:
a. To what did it respond?
b. What was the dual purpose of the Declaration of Independence (read at the Second Continental Congress) in the context of looming war?
c. What meanings and phrases made this document a radical document? In other words, on what basis would the "radicals" of the revolutionary age be more inclined than the liberals to favor this document?