Reference no: EM133283417
Assignment:
Directions: Use at least 3 documents and 3 to 4 terms to discuss what was radical and what was conservative about the American Revolution, the American Constitution, and the republican nation it created. Remember to be specific in your answers and provide examples from the documents to support your arguments. Also remember to cite the documents you are utilizing in your essay.
Terms:
- Quaker antislavery
- John Locke
- Boston Tea Party Continental Congress Common Sense
- Declaration of Independence Articles of Confederation Shays' Rebellion
- Federalist Papers
- Federalist Party Democratic-Republican Party Gabriel's Rebellion Homespun
- Bill of Rights
Documents: Be familiar with the following documents
Mary Smith Cranch comments on politics, 1786-87
Letter of Cato and Petition by "the negroes who obtained freedom by the late act," in Postscript to the Freeman's Journal, September 21, 1781
George Washington, "Farewell Address," 1796
George R. T. Hewes, A Retrospect of the Boston Tea-party, 1834
Thomas Paine Calls for American independence, 1776
Abigail and John Adams Converse on Women's Rights, 1776