Hewes the man! (Lame I know- Lee's questions)
As discussed last week, be sure to come to class having read the article on George Robert Twelve Hewes in the online reader. You should have read everything in the reader up to that point.
1. Did the Revolution have a singular meaning for those involved? Think in terms of race, class, and gender (not that you wouldn't have already)
2. Why write a 60 page article about a shoemaker? How do you think Young's interpretation differed from previous scholarly and popular works on the Revolution?
1. Did the Revolution have a singular meaning for those involved? Think in terms of race, class, and gender (not that you wouldn't have already)
2. Why write a 60 page article about a shoemaker? How do you think Young's interpretation differed from previous scholarly and popular works on the Revolution?
posted by Anonymous at 2:53 PM
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Hewes is described as growing up poor and as an orphan. He later becomes a man who plays a larger role in important events. Do his mischevious ways in childhood shape who he becomes? Why does he decide to take an active role after staying in the background for so long?
The quote,
"It is the pride of a citizen, of one who would not take his hat off to any man."
is really symbolic of the relationship between the British and the Americans. America is the "citizen" who refuses to lay down for anyone. The American people have too much pride to bow to the king.
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