What were the most important influences on American political ideology?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. American political ideology had a strong moral component, shaped in part by the Great
Awakening.
2. Many American political writers cited the work of John Locke.
3. Locke claimed that all people possessed natural and inalienable rights.
4. Locke saw government as a form of contract that required the consent of the governed.
5. Locke justified rebellion against arbitrary government.
6. Revolutionary Americans also endorsed ideas associated with the so-called Commonwealthmen.
7. Commenwealthmen writers claimed power was dangerous and would destroy liberty if not
countered by virtue; therefore insistence on public virtue became the dominant theme of
revolutionary political writing.
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Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania culminated in the Battle of __________
A) Shiloh B) Antietam C) Vicksburg D) Gettysburg
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