Question

In the 18th century Europe, the leading principles were aristocracy, patriarchy, mercantilism, arranged marriages, legal privilege, and established churches. What principles replaced those societal rules in America’s new republican society?

Answer 1

In recent time, the aforementioned issues were replaced with discrimination, slavery and genocide of many Native American. Slavery had been one of the biggest problems in the United States that had rooted to racial discrimination and segregation among the citizens of the country as well as it contributes to genocide to many Native American families that were “civilized” by the current culture.

Answer 2

The principles that were instead established in America’s new republican society was best exemplified by the ideas developed during the Age of Enlightenment, such as liberty, progress, religious tolerance, separation of church and state.

This era also gave rise to the idea of democracy. Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson played a large part in bringing these ideas to the attention to the other Founding Fathers. Due to this, American republicanism in particular puts high emphasis on consent of the governed, avoiding corruption, and getting rid of aristocracy.