Fundadores Del Gobierno Americano
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Foundations of American Government
Sea travel expanded the horizons of many European nations and created prosperity and the conditions for the Enlightenment. In turn, the Enlightenment ideals ofliberty, equality, and justice helped to create the conditions for the American Revolution and the subsequent Constitution.
Democracy was not created in a heartbeat. In a world where people were ruledby monarchs from above, the idea of self-government is entirely alien. Democracy takes practice and wisdom from experience.
The American colonies began developing a democratic tradition duringtheir earliest stages of development. Over 150 years later, the colonists believed their experience was great enough to refuse to recognize the British king. The first decade was rocky. The AMERICANREVOLUTION and the domestic instability that followed prompted a call for a new type of government with a constitution to guarantee liberty. The constitution drafted in the early days of the independentAmerican republic has endured longer than any in human history.
Where did this democratic tradition truly begin? The ideas and practices that led to the development of the American democraticrepublic owe a debt to the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome, the PROTESTANT REFORMATION, andGUTENBERG's PRINTING PRESS. But the Enlightenment of 17th-century Europe had the most immediate impact onthe framers of the United States Constitution.
The Philosophes
Europeans of the 17th century no longer lived in the "darkness" of the MIDDLE AGES. Ocean voyages had put them in touch with manyworld civilizations, and trade had created a prosperous middle class. The PROTESTANT REFORMATIONencouraged free thinkers to question the practices of the CATHOLIC CHURCH, and the printing press spreadthe new ideas relatively quickly and easily. The time was ripe for the PHILOSOPHES, scholars who promoted democracy and justice through discussions of individual liberty and equality.
The ideas of...
Sea travel expanded the horizons of many European nations and created prosperity and the conditions for the Enlightenment. In turn, the Enlightenment ideals ofliberty, equality, and justice helped to create the conditions for the American Revolution and the subsequent Constitution.
Democracy was not created in a heartbeat. In a world where people were ruledby monarchs from above, the idea of self-government is entirely alien. Democracy takes practice and wisdom from experience.
The American colonies began developing a democratic tradition duringtheir earliest stages of development. Over 150 years later, the colonists believed their experience was great enough to refuse to recognize the British king. The first decade was rocky. The AMERICANREVOLUTION and the domestic instability that followed prompted a call for a new type of government with a constitution to guarantee liberty. The constitution drafted in the early days of the independentAmerican republic has endured longer than any in human history.
Where did this democratic tradition truly begin? The ideas and practices that led to the development of the American democraticrepublic owe a debt to the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome, the PROTESTANT REFORMATION, andGUTENBERG's PRINTING PRESS. But the Enlightenment of 17th-century Europe had the most immediate impact onthe framers of the United States Constitution.
The Philosophes
Europeans of the 17th century no longer lived in the "darkness" of the MIDDLE AGES. Ocean voyages had put them in touch with manyworld civilizations, and trade had created a prosperous middle class. The PROTESTANT REFORMATIONencouraged free thinkers to question the practices of the CATHOLIC CHURCH, and the printing press spreadthe new ideas relatively quickly and easily. The time was ripe for the PHILOSOPHES, scholars who promoted democracy and justice through discussions of individual liberty and equality.
The ideas of...
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