Founding Brothers Essay
g Ryan Fines
June 25, 2012
Honors Government
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
Preface: The Generation
The founding of the United States defeated many odds. In The Generation, it stresses how incredible it is that the U.S. has survived this long as a republic nation. It points out that it is the longest living republic to ever have existed.
There were several things that were phenomenal about the founding of the United States. Every event leading up to the founding of the young nation was “unprecedented”. This means there had been no examples previously set to help the founders follow a correct path toward creating a striving nation. Ellis points out that it is easier to look back on what has already happened than to figure out a problematic situation on one’s own. A republic had never been developed amongst a nation as large as the original thirteen colonies. It would be extremely difficult to control especially when the land had no history of cooperating with each other, other than to defeat the British. This is demonstrated by the natives and explorers during the late fifteenth century.
There was much fear that the colonies would turn into separate small nations with their own form of government rather than to come together as a whole nation. However, somehow in the end, today we still have a strong republic government. Because all of these challenges had to be overcome, it shows that the founding of the United States is truly exceptional.
There was a massive paradox that covered a variety of different things in the midst of the revolutionary era. The wanting to secede from the British resulting in the Revolutionary War was justified by the massive advantages provided by the geographic isolation and plentiful resources of the North American continent. They would be an ocean away from European interference and have a youthful population of nearly 4 million - about half of which was sixteen years of age or younger and therefore certain to
June 25, 2012
Honors Government
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
Preface: The Generation
The founding of the United States defeated many odds. In The Generation, it stresses how incredible it is that the U.S. has survived this long as a republic nation. It points out that it is the longest living republic to ever have existed.
There were several things that were phenomenal about the founding of the United States. Every event leading up to the founding of the young nation was “unprecedented”. This means there had been no examples previously set to help the founders follow a correct path toward creating a striving nation. Ellis points out that it is easier to look back on what has already happened than to figure out a problematic situation on one’s own. A republic had never been developed amongst a nation as large as the original thirteen colonies. It would be extremely difficult to control especially when the land had no history of cooperating with each other, other than to defeat the British. This is demonstrated by the natives and explorers during the late fifteenth century.
There was much fear that the colonies would turn into separate small nations with their own form of government rather than to come together as a whole nation. However, somehow in the end, today we still have a strong republic government. Because all of these challenges had to be overcome, it shows that the founding of the United States is truly exceptional.
There was a massive paradox that covered a variety of different things in the midst of the revolutionary era. The wanting to secede from the British resulting in the Revolutionary War was justified by the massive advantages provided by the geographic isolation and plentiful resources of the North American continent. They would be an ocean away from European interference and have a youthful population of nearly 4 million - about half of which was sixteen years of age or younger and therefore certain to