Why Did the French Revolution Create Such Fierce Passions and Deep

question 31

Essay

Why did the French Revolution create such fierce passions and deep divisions among Americans? How did attitudes toward the French Revolution,and France,line up with domestic political divisions between Hamiltonian Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans?

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Definitions:

The Vertical Mosaic

A concept describing the structured social stratification and ethnic hierarchy in Canadian society.

Human Agency

The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices, influencing their own lives and the society they live in.

Sociological

Pertaining to sociology, the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior.

Sociological Imagination

The ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and larger societal patterns.