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To what extent did the language of rights and liberties prevalent during this period touch various groups within the colonies? How did they use that language for their own purposes?
How did ideas about government change as a result of the Revolutionary War experience?
How might the Constitution have read had Abigail Adams, Daniel Gray, and the enslaved Africans in Massachusetts been delegates to the Philadelphia convention?
Do you see the Revolutionary era more as a radical social movement (the people demanding liberty and equality) or a conservative political movement (colonists demanding respect for their traditional rights)? Explain.