Colonial America

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This paper discusses the events that took place in colonial America in the late 18th century. The paper claims that a closer analysis of Georgia's history reveals that the events of 1793-94 were motivated more by a need to secure local interests than by any desire to subvert the federal government.

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"Local interests often conflict with national interests in the affairs of men and government. However, whenever such conflicts take place, patriotism and civic duty are expected to lead to national interests superceding local ones. Viewed from such a perspective, it would indeed be possible to call into question Georgia's patriotism and loyalty to the newly formed United States of America. However, as Bertram Wyatt-Brown points out in his 1986 work, Honor and Violence in the Old South, the southern idea of patriotism was vested more in a place, a people, and a past, rather than upon abstract concepts of democracy and freedom (Morris, 2003). Thus, perhaps the events of 1793-94 are best analyzed by first examining the implications, if any, of Wyatt-Brown's observation."

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