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Tag: Aristocracy

  • Shaping the Contours of the Revolution

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    The Copley Family. By: John Singleton Copley, one of the most prominent early American painters of middle-class, ordinary life.

    The political discourse in the years of the American Revolution parallels with the discourse of today. Just as commentators and analysts opine about trends in society, pamphleteers did the same in the Revolutionary years.

    For example, pamphleteers believed that American society during the American Revolution was unique, as there was a perception that “wealth does not obtain the same degree of influence here, which it does in old countries.” John F. Roche, Joseph Reed: A Moderate in the American Revolution (N.Y. 1957), 187.

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  • The One, the Few, and the Many

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    Portrait of John Adams. By: William Winstanley.

    At the time of the American Revolution, it was commonly believed amongst Americans that formulating the ideal government would require a different system than any previously conceived. The Founding Fathers had their own ideas.

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