Republican Ideology and the American
The republican ideology is a facet of the social
fabric of the colonial citizens of America that may, arguably,
have had the greatest affect on the struggle for independence
and the formation of a constitutional form of government in
the United States. The birth of the republican ideology, while
impossible to place an exact date on, or even month, can be
traced back more than a decade before the Revolutionary
War. It can also be argued that this social machine began to
function as a result of circumstances which led many colonist
to choose to come to America. The uniformity of this
ideology, however, would change and modify itself as
circumstances warranted in the period between 1760 and
1800. It is first necessary to understand the exact reasons
why the ancestors of the American revolutionaries chose to
live in America, as opposed to staying in England, where a
healthy and prosperous life was a much greater possibility.
America was, in the eyes of its first English settlers, an open
book with no writing on the pages. It was the foundation of a
building that had not yet been built. Many felt that it was up
to them to shape the way this new land would function, as
opposed to the way Parliament or the King felt it should.
The memories of these early pioneering settlers were a
common theme for American revolutionaries before the
Revolutionary War. These early settlers were the creators of
the foundation to the building the revolutionaries would finish.
Another common theme which drove the revolutionary
ideology was the knowledge not only of the monumental
significance of the job to be undertaken, but also the impact
a free democracy on a scale as large as America would have
on future generations of Americans who, certainly, would not
take their freedom for granted. The ideology held by most
American revolutionaries was one in which they knew their
sacrifices would be acknowledged and appreciated by future
generations of Americans.
fabric of the colonial citizens of America that may, arguably,
have had the greatest affect on the struggle for independence
and the formation of a constitutional form of government in
the United States. The birth of the republican ideology, while
impossible to place an exact date on, or even month, can be
traced back more than a decade before the Revolutionary
War. It can also be argued that this social machine began to
function as a result of circumstances which led many colonist
to choose to come to America. The uniformity of this
ideology, however, would change and modify itself as
circumstances warranted in the period between 1760 and
1800. It is first necessary to understand the exact reasons
why the ancestors of the American revolutionaries chose to
live in America, as opposed to staying in England, where a
healthy and prosperous life was a much greater possibility.
America was, in the eyes of its first English settlers, an open
book with no writing on the pages. It was the foundation of a
building that had not yet been built. Many felt that it was up
to them to shape the way this new land would function, as
opposed to the way Parliament or the King felt it should.
The memories of these early pioneering settlers were a
common theme for American revolutionaries before the
Revolutionary War. These early settlers were the creators of
the foundation to the building the revolutionaries would finish.
Another common theme which drove the revolutionary
ideology was the knowledge not only of the monumental
significance of the job to be undertaken, but also the impact
a free democracy on a scale as large as America would have
on future generations of Americans who, certainly, would not
take their freedom for granted. The ideology held by most
American revolutionaries was one in which they knew their
sacrifices would be acknowledged and appreciated by future
generations of Americans.