I Came to Bring the Paine......Rick's Questions for 3/9
Note to students posting comments/questions: While I am very happy to see that you're up on your reading in the textbook, please keep your questions and comments to the online reader of Paine's "Common Sense" or maybe Jefferson's "Summary," as we will not discuss Federalists and Anti-Federalists for another week or so.
Remember to be sure to read all of Common Sense before you come to class this week. Of course you need to make sure you put Paine in the context of both the intellectual tradition of the Enlightenment and the ideological origins of the American Revolution.
A few simple questions from me, as I am confident that the students will also "bring the pain hardcore from the brain"- Method Man
There were hundreds of pamphlets and broadsides circulating around the Colonies between 1774-1776, why was Paine's so effective? How would different colonial audiences respond differently to it's ideas?
Does Paine see America as having a mission in the world?
Paine tells his readers, "A government of our own is our natural right." What reasons other than natural right does Paine offer for declaring independence from Great Britain?
If you were unable to post over the last few weeks, feel free to comment this week as well. See you Thursday (and Friday)
Remember to be sure to read all of Common Sense before you come to class this week. Of course you need to make sure you put Paine in the context of both the intellectual tradition of the Enlightenment and the ideological origins of the American Revolution.
A few simple questions from me, as I am confident that the students will also "bring the pain hardcore from the brain"- Method Man
There were hundreds of pamphlets and broadsides circulating around the Colonies between 1774-1776, why was Paine's so effective? How would different colonial audiences respond differently to it's ideas?
Does Paine see America as having a mission in the world?
Paine tells his readers, "A government of our own is our natural right." What reasons other than natural right does Paine offer for declaring independence from Great Britain?
If you were unable to post over the last few weeks, feel free to comment this week as well. See you Thursday (and Friday)
posted by Anonymous at 3:09 PM
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The election of 1800 was a very important election year for the nation at that time. What was one result of the election regarding the ballots? How were the Jeffersonians and Federalist different; i.e. residence, occupation, and ideas
Last, why is this elections often referred to at “The Revolution of 1800”?
"The Anti-Federalists were aghast at the Federalists' vision of an expanding "republican empire." "The idea of... [a] republic, on an average of 1,000 miles in length, and 8000 in breadth, and containing 6 millions of white inhabitants all reduced to the same standards of morals, habits and laws", exclaimed one incredulous critic, is "contrary to the whole exerience of mankind."" Are their many, if any people in America who still think like this? What has happend to make people feel differently about a stronger federal government? Why did people used to feel like states needed to mandate their own laws.
in correction to the previous message, i do not mean to infer that states no longer legislate and have their own laws, I mean why has a strong, bigger, version of the federal government seemingly more universaly accepted as compared early stages of Amerca.
Sorry for the late post. In what ways did Thomas Paine distinguish between government and society.
Paine's Common Sense was so successful because he used simple terminology and language. Everyone can understand it... Even though this piece was written in the 1700's, it can still be read today and easily understood. Even I understood it.
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