1. Creating a Democratic Republic Q.: Why did some Americans find political democracy and social equality so attractive?

2. Creating a Democratic Republic A. THE RADICALISM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: –THOMAS PAINE’S COMMON SENSE –DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE --ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION – STATE CONSTITUTIONS (PENNSYLVANIA, 1776) B. UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES: --THE CONTAGION OF LIBERTY (WOMEN AND THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW JERSEY (1776, REVISED 1807) –LOYALISTS AND THE DANGERS OF DEMOCRACY C. EQUALITY AND EXCLUSION: CITIZENS AS WHITE BROTHERS --DEMOCRACY AND RACISM (THOMAS JEFFERSON) --RICHARD ALLEN AND THE ORIGINS OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL (AME) CHURCH

3. Philadelphia 1756

4. Thomas Paine (1737-1809)

5. Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776)

6. John Trumbull, “Declaration of Independence”

7. Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

8. Thomas Jefferson (April 13,1733-July 4, 1826)

9. Monticello (Virginia)

10. Monticello

11. The Lawn and Rotunda, The University of Virginia (by Thomas Jefferson)

12. Jefferson Family 1

13. Jefferson Family 2

14. Jefferson Family 3

15. Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784)

16. Richard Allen (1760-1831)