Republicanism

"The Great American Experiment", a phrase that implies that America is some sort of trial run of multicultural republicanism, often finds itself lodged between the margins of editorials that attempt to define America. The issue with that phrase is not what it implies about the experimental aspect of America; rather, it is the way in which it ignores the fact that there are many generations who have and will live in the middle of the experiment. Those people have not and will not live long enough…

in contrast to America. Calvin Stowe believed the solution to inadequate education in America was to have an accessible common school debate. Without the common school debate, there will be no educated citizens among our country, he states, “republicanism can be maintained only by universal intelligence…

that the Federalists made up or overstated a lot of the problems they say are in the government. They don’t think it’s safe to start a new and never tested government that they aren’t positive it will work. Many Anti-federalists prefered Agrarian Republicanism, a government made around land owning farmers who participate in local politics. They Wanted the government to be equal to everyone in each state, not slaves obviously, because they wanted poor people and others to be able to have an equal…

ultimately the most forward looking). Wood's essay on Adams is interesting as well. Adams was outside of the country during the crucial period of the convention. While Adams supported the tripartite structure, he relied on classical rationales of republicanism, which saw each branch as representative of an order of society (the senate- aristocracy, the house- the populace and the executive/monarchy to balance the…

purpose is that ideas matter (the enlighten era) or that America is based on ideology. The United States was inspired by the ideas of Britain and the French. Six keys that came to a great start for the Enlightenment thinkers: deism, liberalism, republicanism, conservatism, toleration and scientific progress. Each of the ideas meant, the belief in God, the freedom of an individual, the form of a government, a political who keeps the same traditions in a country, an act that is not approved by any…

Lasch’s Chapter, “Academic Pseudo-Radicalism” begins by offering the tone of higher education, hierarchical and specialized. Lasch argues that one of the most prominent historical aims of higher education was the “democratization of liberal culture.” However, liberal education is not realistic for many students as a result of the increasing tuition costs. Students who do in fact receive liberal education tend to be affluent. Instructors of the affluent, concentrate on a language that focus on…

Arlie Hochschild’s book, Strangers in their Own Land, demonstrates the sharp division prevalent in today’s society between all of the political parties that define American government. Hochschild poses questions and thought-provoking ideas when interviewing individuals with differing lifestyles and beliefs. Hochschild puts on many hats in this book, when playing a third-party interviewer, a Berkeley professor, a sociologist, and a curious bystander. Hochschild’s motives for writing this book…

complex. The Continental Congress’ reference to “our constitution” denotes the American interpretation of an assemblage of principles, customs, laws, both common and natural, and precedents blending ideas from their mother country, classical Republicanism, European Enlightenment, and Protestant…

In Creating Colonial Williamsburg: The Restoration of Virginia’s Eighteenth-Century Capital, Anders Greenspan provides a brief contextual history of the nearly one-hundred year history of the site’s many changes, challenges, and criticisms. Greenspan explores both the internal and external struggle for Colonial Williamsburg to serve as a national education resource and a useful platform for social history, while at the same time succeeding as a tourist attraction with vibrant ticket sales so it…

urban seaports an isolated countrysides. While this idea seems to be socioeconomic, the neoprogressive standpoint isn’t just based off of economic interests. These historians elaborate more on the Americans material circumstances which led to republicanism. Recently, scholars, taking a more trans-Atlantic viewpoint, notice the colonists shifts from identifying as British to identifying as…