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A 3 page research paper that discusses why the American Civil War is often referred to as the "second" American Revolution. The writer addresses the constitutional, political and economic features that explain this statement. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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endeavor to present a more accurate picture of the Revolution then has been typical of traditional scholarship. No additional sources cited. kh2amrev.wps Comparing Histories of the American Revolution
- September, 2000 - properly! For the vast majority of its existence, American scholars have represented the
saga of the American Revolution in close to mythic terms. However, in the last several decades, historians have endeavored to present that period in more accurate terms, devoid of sentimentalizing
and showing the ramifications of historical developments on groups that have been previously left out of traditional historical accounts-i.e., blacks, Native Americans and women. Two books that come under this
new perspective are The American People: Crating a Nation and a Society edited by Gary Nash and Julie Roy Jeffrey and A Peoples History of the United States by Howard
Zinn. It is interesting that both books tell the story of Lieutenant William Scott of New Hampshire and what he told his captors about his reasons for enlisting in
the Continental Army. Scott explained to the British that he did so purely from an ambition to advance to a high rank, and that he knew nothing of the causes
for the war. Nash and Jeffrey use this to illustrate their statement that people fought on the American side for many fears: "Fear, ambition, principle" (163). From this beginning,
Nash and Jeffrey go on to give a straightforward accounting of events. They describe the forming of the Articles of Confederation and how this initial union of the various colonies
was flawed, and then go on to describe the major events of the first years of the war-how Washington quickly learned that his troops were no match for the British,
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