Nationalism generally consists of the following A community that shares a deeply emotional and unifying identity with others outside of their immediate geographical area and more importantly understands themselves as members of a group who are the product of a common history which explains their origins and unique identity Benedict Anderson Imagined Communities nationalism it s imagined they re ideals Argues that there are 2 major things spreading the ideal of nationalism o Print culture and capitalism o France is first to feel nationalism form revolution overthrow king Carlton Hayes Essays on Nationalism idea that there are only 2 major things that pushed people toward action o Nationalism and religion o Religion to give way to nationalism Constitution since written has become almost a holy document INTERPRETATIONS Charles A Beard 1912 wrote that the founding fathers were motivated by economics economic stability o Many states had different currencies and taxes valuable point Forrest MacDonald the framers were intelligent talented people with liberal educations with languages and political theory also with real world experience Believed the framers had a good amount of virtue when framing the constitution o They were open to compromising ie BoR they cared about the common man Lofty ideals and petty greed Popular memory vs historical interpretations o Myth history not really knowing the actual story from historians The federalists federalist papers strong national govt o Alexander Hamilton Much debate o Anti federalists strong states rights Thomas Jefferson The Bill of Rights came from anti federalist Ratification need each state to support in order to ratify the constitution FEDERALISTS AND REPUBLICANS Republicans anti federalists o Believes farmers are most virtuous of americans Early national period o Two party system o Continental nation o Hope over the horizon
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