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"The Radicalism of the American Revolution", 2004.
A review of the book, "The Radicalism of the American Revolution," written by Gordon S. Wood.
1,722 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 88.95
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This paper discusses American history through a discussion of Gordon S. Wood's book, "The Radicalism of the American Revolution". The paper contends that Wood's reconstruction of the events and social changes leading up to the American Revolution 'shift' the story from one of rage against the King and bloodshed on the soil of the new nation to 'heroic commitment' on the part of Americans to change the monarchy and its paternalism into a republic built on creative new ways to celebrate and define a lifestyle more suitable to free people. The paper also reviews Natalie Zemon Davis's book, "The Return of Martin Guerre," in order to demonstrate different methods of recounting historical stories.
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"And while the styles of Davis and Wood are very different - in terms of the recounting of historical events - within the context of the story Davis tells there are two dramatically different approaches to the telling of that tale, albeit the tale has the same plot, characters, setting and themes. The type of approach to the mental world of Bertrande de Rols, the wife who actually collaborated with the imposter Arnaud de Tilh, that Davis offers in her book, Finlay writes, is "radically different" than that of author Jean de Coras' version. This makes a fascinating study into two versions of the same essential story. Coras, on the one hand, was most interested in "the marvelous deception" carried out by Arnaud, and had a "certain admiration" for Arnaud's cunning, Finlay writes (555). Meanwhile, Davis' focus is on the fact that the wife, Bertrande, was actually "Arnaud's accomplice, for she knew that the man claiming to be her husband was a fraud.""
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Radicalism of the American Revolution, 2001.
This paper analyzes Gordon Wood's book - "Radicalism of the American Revolution."
800 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 45.95
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This is an analysis of the book "Radicalism of the American Revolution" by Gordon Wood. It challenges how historians previously viewed the American society having been affected by the Revolution and shows that the society was actually much more swept up in the process than expected.
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"We Americans tend to think of our revolution as a tidy one. Well mannered and polite even. Some small spots of messy bloodshed on Bunker Hill perhaps, and all those tea leaves floating around making a mess out there in the Boston Harbor, but altogether a genteel affair. Not like the bloody, awful, soul- and country-destroying excesses of the French Revolution (its cloest political cousin), or as bloody, awful soul- and country-destroying as the Russian Revolution or any number of other ones that have come since. We simply told King George that, thanks awfully, but he was no longer needed. But do keep in touch."
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Radicalism and the American Revolution, 2007.
This paper looks at radicalism as it relates to the American Revolution.
958 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 55.95
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In this article the writer discusses that the rejection by America of the traditional sense of dependence, through patriarchal systems on a legal and social level coupled with other issues, may also have been said to predispose the nation to an early sense of citizenship for slaves and eventually women. The writer examines how radical the American Revolution was and notes that, though fights for equality of human rights were not won easily or without resistance, it was still America who led the way in the western world for universal suffrage among women and blacks. The writer concludes that a reasonable argument could be made that the people in this newly formed country had a generational memory of what it was like to be dependant and without voice, and therefore were inclined to eventually break with tradition and allow the un-propertied men, women and freed slaves the right to vote.
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"Another issue that was clearly radical, on the part of the Americans was their desire and real attempt to create allies among other European countries, in the very least to find out how other European countries viewed the American rebellion. To most this would seem a concerted effort on the part of the Americans to create early attempts at diplomacy, as if they were acting as an independent nation already. In the end these early attempts at independent diplomacy, a radical notion in and of itself retained foreign aide from France, despite its early misgivings."
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"Radicalism of the American Revolution", 2005.
An examination of the book, "Radicalism of the American Revolution" by Gordon S. Wood.
1,021 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 58.95
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A review of Wood's book, which covers the American Revolution and the radical thought that led up to American independence. It explains how Wood indicates where the Americans began to break with the British and how radical thought was common in free Britain, so it is no surprise that American Colonials would continue this type of thought in the New World. It shows how Wood's theories differ from straight history because he looks at the social and economic factors that helped leaders look, first, toward a new Republic and then toward a more radical democracy.
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"The author breaks the book down into three main sections that logically follow the steps of the revolution: Monarchy, Republicanism, and Democracy. Within this framework, the author illustrates the differing stages in the American thought process, from breaking with the monarchy, to creating a workable Republic, to finally a democracy that was created for equality for all. Wood's research shows that at this time in American history, Americans were extremely open to change, and they were accepting of anyone who wanted to live in the country. Wood writes, "The truth was, said Thomas Paine in Common Sense, that Americans were the most cosmopolitan people in the world. They surmounted all local prejudices. They regarded everyone from different nations as their countryman" (Wood 223). He feels the ideals Americans used to create their new government may seem "commonplace" today, but at the time they were "momentously radical" at the time (Wood ix). The author uses a variety of research and evidence to reach his conclusions, from papers and books to library research and peer-reviewed journals and thesis. It is clear the author used every available resource to conduct his study, and wanted this book to represent the most exhaustive research on this topic, so there would be no questioning of his results."
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The American Revolution, 2005.
A review of "The Radicalism of the American Revolution" by historian Gordon Wood.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, AU$ 84.95
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"This paper examines "The Radicalism of the American Revolution" in which historian Gordon Wood argues convincingly that the American Revolution was a radical event, and provides solid evidence to support this assertion. The writer argues in favor of his approach, as he argues that the patriot leaders recognized that the social, political, and economic bonds uniting the colonies with Great Britain had to be severed completely and permanently, on the basis of their shared radical belief that hereditary monarchy was doomed and their determination to establish a new nation governed by the people through their elected representatives.
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"The American Revolution: A Radical Event In The Radicalism of the American Revolution, historian Gordon Wood argues convincingly that the American Revolution was a radical event, and provides solid evidence to support this assertion. I agree with his assessment, for the patriot leaders recognized that the social, political, and economic bonds uniting the colonies with Great Britain had to be severed completely and permanently, on the basis of their shared radical belief that hereditary monarchy was doomed and their determination to establish a new nation governed by the people through their elected representatives. The publication in 1776 of Thomas Paine's Common Sense, which immediately sold more than one-hundred and fifty thousand copies, confirms that radical political sentiments were pervasive throughout the thirteen colonies. "
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Historiography of the American Revolution, 2002.
A look at how the history of the American Revolution can be written from a wide variety of points of view and using a variety of methodologies.
3,448 words (approx. 13.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 155.95
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This paper examines how history is written by human beings with their own interests, prejudices, and ideas, and how they often utilize one particular methodology in developing their historical narrative. It discusses how historians may write about the same events, and yet develop different theories to explain these events, with those theories based on the methodology they are using. The facts of the American Revolution are well-known, at least in general outline form, while specific events associated with the American Revolution may still be controversial and require considerable investigation. It shows how an examination of a number of histories of the American Revolution and its period suggests many of the methodologies that have been used and the arguments they may have generated with other historians using other methods.
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Introduction
The Stamp Act
Economic Analysis
Radicalism
A Different View
Conclusion
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"Charles A. Beard in various works offers an economic interpretation of the American Revolution and of the events leading up to it. In his earliest writings, beard placed a Marxian stress on economic factors in the society of the colonial era. He also echoed some of Marx's ideas on factions, in contrast to the view taken by James Madison. Madison looked upon factions as based on traits inherent in man's nature and hence permanent, but Marx took the view that classes were not based on inherent traits of human nature as such but were instead a function of environment. This would also mean they were temporary and subject to eventual elimination from human society."
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The American Revolution, 2006.
This paper discusses the history of the American Revolution from a conservative viewpoint.
2,495 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 120.95
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This paper explains that the American Revolution was an unusual type of revolution because, instead of being lead by radicals, the leaders were conservatives, meaning the colonialists sensed a concerted effort from the British to restrict their liberty, thus it was imperative for them to counter these actions. The author points out that England's defeat of its arch-rival the French left Britain the sole European imperial power in North America between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River, leaving the British Parliament to assume parliamentary sovereignty over the area. The paper relates that the colonists reacted to this parliamentary sovereignty by electing their state assemblies setting the stage for the Declaration of Independence, which declared that governments derive their powers only by consent of the governed, transforming the protest against British colonial rule into a republican revolution.
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"Victory in the French and Indian War gave the British an enlarged mainland empire but also brought new problems. "The Seven Years' War, which left Britain with an enormous debt and vastly enlarged overseas possessions to defend, led successive governments in London to seek ways to make the colonies share the cost of empire" . In other words the war had been so expensive that the interest alone on Britain's debt required half the government's revenues, and the overtaxed British people could not be asked to pay more, thus they had to devise a way to "share the cost of the empire". At this point it is important to examine the British view on how the colonialist administration should be consolidated and how it opposed that of the settlers."
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The Radicalism Of The American Revolutioin, 2002.
Contends that the Revolution was uncompromising and radical.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 8 sources, AU$ 189.95
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Contends that the Revolution was uncompromising and radical. Radicalism based on a full and complete severing of any formal governmental relationship with England. Belief that Americans should control their own destinies. British Colonial rule; taxes and restraints. Social mobility and rising middle class of the American Colony. Ideas of the Revolutionary leaders.
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"The Radicalism of the American Revolution
Introduction
One of the more intriguing questions in the field of American history is this: How "radical" was the American Revolution? Historian George Wood believes that the true radicalism of the American Revolution lay in its destruction of an older hierarchical order, i.e., the monarchy, and the development of an entirely new set of normative social relationships that were not primarily dependency relationships, with people tied together by patronage, blood, and kinship.. With few exceptions, Wood was for many years alone in his belief that the American Revolution was a very radical revolution indeed; many other historians saw the Revolution as an essentially conservative rejection not of monarchy per se, but of the ..."
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The Second American Revolution and Reconstruction, 2006.
A discussion of the Civil War and its effects on American Society today.
1,275 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 69.95
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The paper examines the claim by Civil War historian, James McPherson, that the Civil War brought about more radical changes in government than the American Revolution of 1776. The paper shows how the country was tested in such a way that it did gain strength in many ways, but also once the Union reformed, suffered many weaknesses that still exist in today's American culture. The Civil War also, in many ways, acted as a catalyst for change in American identity. The paper also looks at the issue of slavery in the South and argues that the South was never whole after the war and that it continues to function within the ghost of slavery. The paper concludes that the issue of slavery remains ingrained in American culture as it divides Americans in identity whether it be race, class or economic status.
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"The life of a slave prior to the Civil War was an ugly, dehumanizing life that as modern people, one would be appalled at the conditions and the treatments of African Americans at the time. Slave men were worked to death with very little food or water while slave women feel victim to rape and controlled reproductive rights. The way Southern society worked was to continue demoralizing and dehumanizing the slave existence. To the Southern slave owner, the slave was simply property, a tool to make the owner's life free of back breaking labor. As a result, much of even today's Southern culture is based on leisure and proper behavior, including separation of the races and class division. In the years before the outbreak of the Civil War, many slaves were not even aware changes were coming. They were at a disadvantage being uneducated and isolated from information. In 1860, Lincoln committed to keeping the western territories free of slavery and later signed in 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation long before war ever broke out. Still as much as this seemed like change in the right direction for slaves, Lincoln's main objective was to keep the Union together (Africans in America 4). This action seems only half hearted but essentially, Lincoln nor government policy has control over slave owners freeing their slaves. In fact, months after the signing of the Proclamation, many slaves were not aware this document freed them (Africans in America 4). The South's secession from the Union put an end to this freedom as it established its own constitution making slavery legal again. It is this break from the Union, in Lincoln's mind that started the war."
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Radical Americans and the Underground Railroad, 2004.
An analysis of some of the radical activists of the American Civil War and their anti-slavery efforts.
2,521 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 121.95
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This paper discusses the anti-slavery activists in America during the time of the Civil War. The paper illustrates that as a parallel with the abolitionist movement before, during and after the Civil War and in many ways even more activist-based and radical, the 'Underground Railroad' was a very organized effort and was essentially created to assist runaway slaves from the south to escape to freedom in the north. The paper explains that the term itself does not refer to a real railroad but to the carefully planned escape routes which the runaway slaves could follow to the northern states. The paper tells of the heroic activities of many activists, among others: Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass and David Walker.
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"Along this Underground Railroad, the escape routes would follow roads, rivers and streams and long-forgotten paths through dense forest or towering mountains. In the East, many of these routes led to major cities, such as Philadelphia; in the Midwest, Cincinnati, Ohio became one of the focal points for escaped slaves, and those with enough courage to continue northward usually ended up at Buffalo, New York or Detroit, Michigan. One particular aspect of the Underground Railroad has been debated for many years, being exactly how many slaves used this clandestine method to obtain their freedom. Since no accurate records exist, it has been estimated "that between 40,000 and 100,0000 slaves managed to escape from the South and start new lives in the North as free and independent Americans before and after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the Civil War in 1865" (Buckmaster 76)."
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French Revolution: A True Revolution?, 2002.
A study on whether the French Revolution was a true revolution or not, through a discussion of revolutions in general and the French Revolution in particular.
831 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 47.95
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This paper examines the issues which can lead to a revolution, and illustrates how these issues were prevalent in France prior to the outbreak of the revolution. The paper outlines the social, economic and political problems in France in the years preceding the revolution. The writer also explains that through all the horror and bloodshed, there were also positive and far-reaching effects of the revolution for France as well as for Europe. The French Revolution brought about great long term changes in the society and government.
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"The French Revolution is known as one of the bloodiest revolutions in all of history, it claimed the lives of thousands of Frenchmen. The question that remains to be answered is, what was the cause for all this carnage?? It was during the years of 1789-1795 that turmoil arose and an outcry came from France, and in place of one of the oldest civilizations stood a new one filled with uncertainty, and the need to reform and build what remained of France. To reflect upon the reasons as to why such a revolution occurred, one must focus upon the main aspects troubling the country and it?s people at this time."
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The American Revolution: Revolution of the People, 2001.
This paper examines the sociological roots of the American Revolution and argues that John Adams was completely right when he said "The revolution was effected in the minds and hearts of the people?"
2,192 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 109.95
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This essay traces the sociological attitudes of the American colonists throughout the pre-revolutionary period, as well as the American Revolution itself. Included are the reactions to British injustices such as the stamp act, sugar act, and quartering act, as well as more general trends in the thinking of the colonists. The paper also examines the way the colonists used John Locke's ideas to justify their actions. In addition, it traces how some colonial newspapers looked at the crisis, and the influence they had. This paper is a comprehensive examination of the emotions and attitudes of the colonists that led to and spurred on the American revolution.
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"The protection of private property was considered imperative by Locke, and he reasoned that tyranny originated from government invading the natural rights of man. Despite the fact that these views were originally established in a time period well before the revolutionary period was at hand, the colonists applied them very effectively to their own situation. A number of Locke?s other beliefs and ideologies were bought into by the colonists. His doctrine of the supreme power of legislature, by which he meant to suggest that the British Parliament would have power over the crown, was used by the colonists to justify the idea of implementing Colonial legislatures that would have powers over the crown."
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"How did the American Revolution contribute to the outbreak of the French revolution?", 2002.
This junior level paper is on "How did the American Revolution contribute to the outbreak of the French revolution?"
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 70.95
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This junior level paper is on "How did the American Revolution contribute to the outbreak of the French revolution?" It includes that what independent factors propelled the French to the revolution? Sources.
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Lincoln: Author of a Revolution, 2005.
This paper is based on James McPherson's book, "Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution," and it focuses on three major Civil War era documents.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 37.95
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This paper, based on James McPherson's book, "Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution," highlights three major Civil War era documents: the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln's second inaugural address and the Thirteenth Amendment, as evidence that the Civil War brought about more radical change in government than the first American Revolution in 1776.
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"James McPherson in his book; "Abraham Lincoln and the Second Revolution" argues that the Civil War brought about a much more radical change in government than the first American Revolution in 1776. When considered closely, three key Civil War documents, namely the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln's second inaugural address and the 13th Amendment, each support the notion of a major political and social revolution having occurred in the form of the Civil War."
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The French Revolution, 2002.
An analysis of the reasons for the radicalization of the French Revolution.
1,155 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 19 sources, MLA, AU$ 62.95
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This essay examines the implications of the National Assembly, the internal and external military action, conditions in Paris and economic and social injustices which culminated in the radicalization of the French Revolution. It looks at the various stages of the Revolution and gives an historical overview of the events that led up to it as well as the revolution itself.
The French Revolution radicalized in 1793 as the revolutionary masses attempted to change their political power and overcome what they perceived as economic and social injustices. This radicalization occurred foremost as a reaction to counter-revolutionary forces which pushed the radical revolutionaries into action to preserve the ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity.
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"By 1793 the French Revolution had established the principles of equality before the law, the sovereignty of nation and representative institutions and introduced changes in political and social institutions. Roger price refers to this first stage as the ?creative? phase. However, in 1793 the Convention voted for the execution of the king, marking a break with the past and the revolution radicalised and the reign of terror began. Eric Hobsbawm states that the French Revolution was ?a mass social revolution and immeasurably more radical than any comparable upheaval?. The violent radicalisation of 1973 was not from ?Enlightenment theorising? but from the pressures from internal and external wars and ?the related twin political forces unleashed by the Revolution itself, popular radicalism and elite counter-revolution?. The interaction between the revolution and counter-revolution forces provided the pressure which radicalised the French Revolution in 1793."
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The Notion and Practice of Revolution, 2008.
A discussion of the commonalities and similarities between the Russian Revolution and Mexican Revolution.
1,707 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 88.95
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This paper explores similarities and differences as they relate to three aspects of the Russian and Mexican Revolution: ideology; antecedents or contributing factors; and outcomes or a changed social order. The paper presents the ideology that influenced and determined the Russian Revolution, followed by ideology and a comparison for the Mexican Revolution. The paper then discusses the antecedents to revolution in Russia, and compares it to Mexico. The paper also demonstrates how the ideology which inspired revolution actually instigates that revolution. In conclusion, the outcomes for both Russian and Mexican society are discussed and compared.
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Introduction
Ideology - Russia
Ideology - Mexico
Antecedents - Russia
Antecedents - Mexico
Outcomes - Russia
Outcomes - Mexico
Conclusion
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"Ideology has played a central role in revolution with innovative social ideas and the vision of a new social order inspiring the revolution. Strong national feeling was a very important factor in the Mexican revolution. According to Vanderwood (204) the situation in Mexico was an authentic social revolution that tended between "authoritarian rule and the endeavor to give peasants and workers a meaningful voice in government". By the time of the Cold War, Americans began to "interpret Mexico's experience largely in terms of the Communist revolution in the former Soviet Union" (Vanderwood 204). During the Mexican Revolution, the individual who was similar to Lenin in influence and vision was Villa."
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