American Ideology

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American Ideology

• Assimilation Ideals
• Rush and Jefferson

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Searching for Identity

• The Colonists had to forge an identity that was
  distinct from England but was at the same time
  consistent with they thought were good attributes.

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General Principle

• Protestant asceticism and republican theory.
  God's demonstrated God's blessings on through
  one's riches and acquisitions. Some of those
  virtues
• Industry, economy, business and wealth
• However, one had to avoid the lavishness of the
  English.

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Africans made slaves

• The question became what to do about the Negroes.
  How did they fit into the new republic?

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Indians dispossessed

• Native Americans needed to be dealt with. What
  to do about them occupied the thoughts of Rush
  and Jefferson.

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Influential Thinker

• Benjamin Rush
• Medical Doctor
• Signer of the Declaration of Independence
• Enlightenment Philosopher
• Author
• Influential Personality
• Entrepreneur

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Influential Thinker

• Thomas Jefferson
• President
• Plantation Owner
• Signer of the Declaration of Independence
• Philosopher of the Enlightenment
• Politically Influential

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Sources

• http//www.pinkmonkey.com/studyguides/subjects/am_
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• http//www.ushistory.org/carpentershall/history/im
  ages/rush.jpg
• http//www.newgenevacenter.org/portrait/jefferson.
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• http//www.rootsweb.com/neresour/OLLibrary/Montgo
  mery/pics/mahi053.jpg
• http//www.iath.virginia.edu/vcdh/teaching/jamesto
  wn/images/jsmith.jpg