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Essay Instructions: title: inventing the self and national character: Franklin's "way to wealth ," Occoms " short narrative of my life,' Equiano's "interesting narative," Crevecoeur's Letters from an american Farmer"

Primary source is the Text: THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. SIXTH EDITION VOLUME A.

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Essay Instructions: Read the introductions and entire text of Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" and red the introduction and Letters I-III, IX, XI, XII of J. Hector St. John de Crevecouer's "Letters From an American Farmer and Sketches of 18th c. America." Compare and contrast their ideas about government and society. Include a discussion of the reasons for commitment or lack of commitment to the cause of independence. Place both men within the context of the ideology and the historical experience of the Revolution. Which of the two men (Paine or Crevecoeur) was the better "republican"?

Excessive quotation is discouraged, although you should quote limited passages to support your argument. All quotations must be referenced and put in quotation marks. References should be noted by the author and page number in parenthesis. (ie Paine, 20)

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Essay Instructions: What relevance do either Crevecouer, in his letters from an American Farmer, or Madison, in Federalist no. 10 have today?

that is the specific paper topic. because i'm a political science major, i'm going to focus on the Madison aspect of it.

Only use federalist 10, then use news articles or something similar to illustrate how it has impact today

please make sure all the sources are from the internet. federalist 10 off the internet, then the articles from the internet as well.

mla style, 12pt font, 1 in margins, only site sources on the work cited page once