The Colonial Era: The Birth of American Democracy
There is a lot of weight to the title “The United States of America.” This name holds up many movements, many people, and many beliefs. The most important belief attached to the American name is democracy. Believing freedom is a right to every man is as old as the United States itself, most potent during the Colonial Era. Within the Colonial Era, two key ideals came into play, Enlightenment, and The Great Awakening. Both of these were ideas that spread to educated colonists and eventually lit the fire to the American Revolution. Enlightenment was a philosophical revolution that indicated every problem could be solved with men's reason. With more and more colonists believing in their own rational
There is a lot of weight to the title “The United States of America.” This name holds up many movements, many people, and many beliefs. The most important belief attached to the American name is democracy. Believing freedom is a right to every man is as old as the United States itself, most potent during the Colonial Era. Within the Colonial Era, two key ideals came into play, Enlightenment, and The Great Awakening. Both of these were ideas that spread to educated colonists and eventually lit the fire to the American Revolution. Enlightenment was a philosophical revolution that indicated every problem could be solved with men's reason. With more and more colonists believing in their own rational