Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Durability of the Republic/A Proposed Invention. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 5 page essay/research paper that offers an examination of the nation's first decades, which looks first at the dissension and hostility that characterized this period, providing the background for a description of a proposed method that the early Americans could have used to promote the cause of republicanism during the nation's infancy. This paper proposes that one way that the early republic could have promoted republicanism would have been through regularly held town forums, the "people's forum," which would have had the express purpose of drafting letters to their state's representatives indicating their preferences on the issues facing the nation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_khrepfrm.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
The following examination of the nations first decades will look first at the dissension and hostility that characterized this period, which provides the background for a description of a proposed
method that the early Americans could have used to promote the cause of republicanism during the nations infancy. This paper proposes that one way that the early republic could have
promoted republicanism would have been through regularly held town forums, the "peoples forum," which would have had the express purpose of drafting letters to their states representatives indicating their preferences
on the issues facing the nation. Background There were numerous points in the nations early history that the newly born U.S.A. came close to perishing. For example, right after
the end of the Revolution, a disgruntled army, which had not been paid by the new government, came close to rebellion. When George Washington categorically refused their offer to be
made king and begin an American monarchy, the officers involved turned first to Henry Knox, who also refused, and then to Horatio Gates, one of Washingtons generals, and he seemed
to be quite open to the idea (Wolverton, 2005). Only the direct intervention of Washington and his personal address to the Newburgh conspirators thwarted a military coup at the
very inception of the country. The fact that many Americans of that era found the idea of Washington being made king appealing indicates how loosely the concept of republicanism was
held by many Americans. One of the greatest threats to the new nation was the failure of Americas first government, as the ineffective Articles of Confederation came close to causing
the new nation to falter. The Constitution of 1789 literally saved the country, but the fear of dissolution continued. The Constitution itself grew, not wholly from a desire to be
...