Besides the democratic way of thinking in America, “republicanism” plays a great role in America since the American Revolution. Just due to the values of “republicanism” American Revolution was enabled. You know, during that time (18. century) America, to be precise thirteen colonies of North America, got together to break the rule of the British Empire. Out of that arose the United States of America. As the word “united” implicates.
Founded was the American “republicanism” by the founding fathers in the 18.century. The ground for it, is based in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. In contrast to democracy, republicanism assumes that human beings have certain God-given unalienable rights which cannot be abolished by a majority of people. As a result from this idea the Republican party was formed in America.
The party was founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. (To all of you who may have forgotten it. Jefferson was Americas` third president and main writer of the Declaration of Independence). They simply wanted to spread their ideas of the doctrine. Later the party was called the Democratic-Republican Party which split in the 1820s into different streams. One of these was the Democratic Party.
In this context we should establish a new term: “republican motherhood”.
“Republican motherhood” appeared under the new government after the American Revolution. It was the idea that women teach their children the values of “republicanism”. They should create the basis for republic thinking. Moreover you can say that this “national task” was a huge step towards the emancipation of women.
So one can see that “Republicanism” has a great tradition in America. It is well-grounded in Americas´ history and justifies itself by that.
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