The Early Republic, 1787-1848 Persuasive Essay by Nicky

The paper reveals that although America was a land founded on the principles of liberty and democracy, elite, wealthy, and aristocratic males have often dominated the institutions of its government. The paper goes on to explain that when defining who was in the 'elite' group, there was always a corresponding ideological need to define who were in the non-elite group, and to define the property, race, and gender of those on the margins. The paper clearly shows how the American republic was founded upon the labor of slaves, just as much as it was founded upon the ideals of freedom, and a sense of American exceptionalism, based upon race, was hard-wired into the foundational institutions of the republic from early on.