Ideological Principles of the Founding Fathers The American Revolution was the result of many ideological changes in the thoughts and practices of the thirteen British Colonies. Some may believe that these changes happened only primarily during the Revolutionary time period, however, these founding principles were long in the making and resulted from multiple different experiences and sources. American ideas and issued followed a path that differed from their British rulers, this generated a divergence in the political ideas, social practices, and personal identities. Primarily, the Revolution was a representation of the full evolution of these ideas and how the founding fathers and the American people defined liberty and the type of government
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His pamphlet, Common Sense, argued and effectively transformed the colonists’ anger towards parliament and directed it squarely at King George. Claiming that rulers authority should be the result of popular opinion, his writings found King George to be lacking in this capacity. Paine also found that the concept of an island ruling a continent to be largely illogical and unjust. However, to many loyalists, the idea of severing their ties with Great Britain, a prominent world power, was impossible and the type of independent and democratic America Paine described in his pamphlet was unthinkable. With the mass distribution of his ideas throughout the 13 colonies, however, Paine was an integral component in convincing the colonies to fully separate themselves from British rule and to embrace the concept of a separate self-governed United …show more content…
It took several years after the initial separation from Britain for the founding fathers to recognize the desired governmental direction for the United States and to bring those ideas into effect. The founding fathers faced much opposition in writing and implementing the Constitution. Many feared that the parameters set by the new government were too powerful and that soon citizens would find themselves under much the same rule as what they had experienced before. In an effort to combat this, supports of the Constitution like James Madison and Alexander Family set about to write a series of installments to be published in local papers outlining the benefits that the new Constitution would present. One of the most notable was The Federalist No. X, in which Madison promotes the ways in which a strong government protects the people from factions. The founders developed a representative form of government in which the many elect the few who govern because they feared the effectiveness of a purely democratic country. Madison argued that a country under weak, democratic regulation cannot possibly control factious behaviors because the strongest will always prevail
His pamphlet, Common Sense, argued and effectively transformed the colonists’ anger towards parliament and directed it squarely at King George. Claiming that rulers authority should be the result of popular opinion, his writings found King George to be lacking in this capacity. Paine also found that the concept of an island ruling a continent to be largely illogical and unjust. However, to many loyalists, the idea of severing their ties with Great Britain, a prominent world power, was impossible and the type of independent and democratic America Paine described in his pamphlet was unthinkable. With the mass distribution of his ideas throughout the 13 colonies, however, Paine was an integral component in convincing the colonies to fully separate themselves from British rule and to embrace the concept of a separate self-governed United …show more content…
It took several years after the initial separation from Britain for the founding fathers to recognize the desired governmental direction for the United States and to bring those ideas into effect. The founding fathers faced much opposition in writing and implementing the Constitution. Many feared that the parameters set by the new government were too powerful and that soon citizens would find themselves under much the same rule as what they had experienced before. In an effort to combat this, supports of the Constitution like James Madison and Alexander Family set about to write a series of installments to be published in local papers outlining the benefits that the new Constitution would present. One of the most notable was The Federalist No. X, in which Madison promotes the ways in which a strong government protects the people from factions. The founders developed a representative form of government in which the many elect the few who govern because they feared the effectiveness of a purely democratic country. Madison argued that a country under weak, democratic regulation cannot possibly control factious behaviors because the strongest will always prevail