How did the causes and the ideologies of the Revolution influence the types of governments that the revolutionary generation adopted during the 1770s and 1780s?
Please answer 1 of the following essay questions: Essays should be four double-spaced, 12-point font pages in length. Students must consult the Writing Guide on Blackboard. The Chicago Manual of Style formatting is required. Be sure to support your argument with appropriate evidence from Give Me Liberty! and Constructing the American Past. No outside sources are permitted. 1. In A Discourse Concerning Western Planting, Richard Hakluyt’s 1584 pamphlet, twenty-three reasons are listed to support English colonization in the Americas. As described by Eric Foner in your text, Hakluyt argues that the English will establish a much different empire in the New World than the Spanish. In your opinion how unique was the English empire? In answering this question, you can also include references to the French, Dutch, and Portuguese empires if helpful. Or
2. Do you believe colonial Americans were justified in rebelling and eventually declaring independence from Great Britain? Explain your position with references to specific issues and events. Or
3. How did the causes and the ideologies of the Revolution influence the types of governments that the revolutionary generation adopted during the 1770s and 1780s?
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