By Saturday, April 29, 2017, choose two questions from the list below and respond—be sure to identify which numbers you’re responding to and to devote at least two paragraphs to each question’s response. Submit your response to the Discussion Area. Then start reviewing and responding to your classmates as early in the week as possible.
Question 1: How did Thomas Jefferson vision the American republic? In what ways did Hamilton oppose this vision? Who eventually succeeded and how? Question 2:Define the term Revolution then decide whether or not the American Revolution was a genuine revolution? Why or why not? Add examples and information from the readings.Question 3:Investigate the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution in terms of government and power. Was the Constitution truly revolutionary and unique from Britain’s colonial rule? Explore whether you think the Constitution was establishing a new, unique leadership, or whether it just served to disassociate with Britain, without changing the nature of government. Question 4: Examine the Revolutionary War. What forces accounted for its success? What was needed to defeat the British and how did the British really lose this war?Question 5: http://www.nps.gov/jame/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htmAfter reading the article on Nathanial Bacon, describe the causes for the uprising. Explore Bacon’s attitude. What were the possible consequences if Bacon had not died? Did the rebellion show a difference between the classes in the Colonies and their defiance of government?
