Plain old me
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Ooh, new forum...
right, I'll get to the point...as my profile says, I am a seventeen year old British student, studying History. Part of which is the birth of liberal democracies, in particular the formation of the US Constitution.
A very small part of this is the difference in opinion of the founding fathers...the info we discuss in class has been...
Charles Beard - the idea that the founding fathers were motivated purely out of self interest.
Forrest Macdonald - the idea that they were visionaries, putting forward ideas for the whole Americn people.
Ed Countryman - sort of halfway, they served their own interests, but generally their interests were the interests of the whole nation.
As I said, quite brief, so it would be helpful and interesting to hear the opinions of you guys over the pond, who have actually grown up in the US. What did you learn of the founding fathers? and what is your opinion of them?
right, I'll get to the point...as my profile says, I am a seventeen year old British student, studying History. Part of which is the birth of liberal democracies, in particular the formation of the US Constitution.
A very small part of this is the difference in opinion of the founding fathers...the info we discuss in class has been...
Charles Beard - the idea that the founding fathers were motivated purely out of self interest.
Forrest Macdonald - the idea that they were visionaries, putting forward ideas for the whole Americn people.
Ed Countryman - sort of halfway, they served their own interests, but generally their interests were the interests of the whole nation.
As I said, quite brief, so it would be helpful and interesting to hear the opinions of you guys over the pond, who have actually grown up in the US. What did you learn of the founding fathers? and what is your opinion of them?