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Be sure to use information from Douglass’ Narrative as well as information from the classes, the online
textbook, and Franklin’s Autobiography.
The American Revolution was fought for ideals. You have taken quizzes and written essays on those
ideals. Now it is time to determine how well the US lived up to its own ideals. Using information from the
years building up to the Revolution and the key documents of the Revolution, analyze the ideals of the
Revolution and then explain how well the US pursued and achieved those ideals for the people living within
the US between the Revolution and 1877. You need to spell out the many specific ideals and goals of the
Revolutionary period, and then offer detailed and concrete information that explain how well the US people
and government did in enacting those ideals for all the people. As of 1877, had the US lived up to its
ideals?