Gordon Wood’s outlook on the term of “Republicanism” must not be looked at as the adjective that we as society view it as today. However, should be looked at as a verb during the period of the Early United States. Republican principles is what actively destroyed the monarchical society festering in the early colonies. (Wood Pg. 95) Republicanism isn’t a form of government during this time; but a way of life or a system of values used to counter the monarchical culture and change its subjects into citizens. In Gordon Wood’s view the republican society envisioned by the Founding Fathers differ from a monarchical society because it offered a new structure of how exactly an individual’s relationship should be with their state and other individuals.
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In order to best understand this statement, we must first look at an individual’s relationship with their state now. In our country, today we can go against majority opinions, influence policy, and ultimately have the opportunity to have a strong influence on our state. We as 21st century Americans do not ever have to worry about our rights being infringed upon. It is looked at as our American duty to be civically engaged and take an active part in the shaping of our country. However, this idea isn’t born until the republic is born and the idea that self before state is a republican virtue. In a society controlled by a monarchy there is no relationship between self and state because the state is not in the people’s hands. Why be actively involved in a state where the common man has no control of the day to day activities of the state? There is no drive to serve a country who does not serve you, therefore there is no duty to be an active citizen in society. Republicanism goes against the traditional norms of society during this time; it allows for what is viewed as the “common” every day man to participate in government, it allows these common men to have a say in their everyday lives and shape their state and country into what they believe best represents the country. Republicanism takes the country out of the hands of aristocrats and the monarchy and puts into the hands of …show more content…
No country before America rebelled against their mother country and succeeded. The American colonist did not invent republicanism nor did they come up with the idea for democracy they only bought to the surface the idea that Republicanism could florist in a colony such as America. The founders of our country wished for a long and prosperous country to continue to grow after they were gone this would not be the case in the monarchical society republicanism was a necessity for not only the betterment of the country but for the longevity of the country as well. In order for the country to succeed the concerns, worries, and problems of all men had to be answered by the
In order to best understand this statement, we must first look at an individual’s relationship with their state now. In our country, today we can go against majority opinions, influence policy, and ultimately have the opportunity to have a strong influence on our state. We as 21st century Americans do not ever have to worry about our rights being infringed upon. It is looked at as our American duty to be civically engaged and take an active part in the shaping of our country. However, this idea isn’t born until the republic is born and the idea that self before state is a republican virtue. In a society controlled by a monarchy there is no relationship between self and state because the state is not in the people’s hands. Why be actively involved in a state where the common man has no control of the day to day activities of the state? There is no drive to serve a country who does not serve you, therefore there is no duty to be an active citizen in society. Republicanism goes against the traditional norms of society during this time; it allows for what is viewed as the “common” every day man to participate in government, it allows these common men to have a say in their everyday lives and shape their state and country into what they believe best represents the country. Republicanism takes the country out of the hands of aristocrats and the monarchy and puts into the hands of …show more content…
No country before America rebelled against their mother country and succeeded. The American colonist did not invent republicanism nor did they come up with the idea for democracy they only bought to the surface the idea that Republicanism could florist in a colony such as America. The founders of our country wished for a long and prosperous country to continue to grow after they were gone this would not be the case in the monarchical society republicanism was a necessity for not only the betterment of the country but for the longevity of the country as well. In order for the country to succeed the concerns, worries, and problems of all men had to be answered by the