Creating a Democratic Republic Q.: Why did some Americans find political democracy and social equality so attractive?
Creating a Democratic Republic A. THE RADICALISM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: –THOMAS PAINE’S COMMON SENSE –DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE --ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION – STATE CONSTITUTIONS (PENNSYLVANIA, 1776) B. UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES: --THE CONTAGION OF LIBERTY (WOMEN AND THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW JERSEY (1776, REVISED 1807) –LOYALISTS AND THE DANGERS OF DEMOCRACY C. EQUALITY AND EXCLUSION: CITIZENS AS WHITE BROTHERS --DEMOCRACY AND RACISM (THOMAS JEFFERSON) --RICHARD ALLEN AND THE ORIGINS OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL (AME) CHURCH
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