1776-1800 Dbq Essay

The newly created United States government upholded the Revolutionary principles from 1776 to 1800 by creating the basic law and order of our government in current time. The United States government in the period 1776-1800 relied on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Adams, and George Washington to produce the foundation of the new American government. Successfully, the five writers developed important reference documents that Americans still use today for freedoms and rights. In document one, John Locke, an enlightenment thinker, writes in his “Second Treatise on Government” that a man will allow himself give up his rights and subject himself to the dominion and control of an other power of government. This statement implies that man is only interested in his own self, his own liberty, and his own property. The government wants to preserve the law of self-rights, but does not want to …show more content…
A government of our own natural right has the right quality to be followed by the American people. Paine states that because we have a government of our own natural right that we oppose our independence and giving into tyranny. Thomas Paine warns American citizens to not give into tyranny and to be patient and let the government settle into it’s proper authority given by the American people. Document four provides readers with a portrait of a Revolutionary War Veteran in 1775. By looking at the soldier's clothes you can see how the American soldiers dressed a lot like the British soldiers. No grand change in apparel changed when the new American government came into action. Looking closely at the portrait, you can see that the man in the picture is African American. African Americans were still considered slaves and even though he is fighting for America, he would not be free for another couple years unless his master says