Problem
Reading: A Model of Christian Charity, by John Winthrop
Three of these selected poems by Anne Bradstreet
Father Abraham's Speech, by Benjamin Franklin:
You can read the original version (in Franklin's 18th-century type)
Or you can read a version published much later (and in contemporary type) here by clicking this link
The Declaration of Independence
The Influence of the Trading Spirit upon the Social and Moral Life of America (1845), by Henry W. Bellows
(read pp. 111 -114)
Self-Reliance, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
RECOMMENDED: Ragged Dick, by Horatio Alger
Summary of Stephanie Coontz's book, The Way We Never Were.
What were some of the factors that helped transform American culture from one that relied on the success of the community to one that relied on the success of the individual? When did these changes take place? Do you see social advantages to one type of success rather over the other? Use evidence from your readings to support your arguments