Discussion of the United States’ Principles & Legacies

This is not an ESSAY.
Requires reading The Declaration of Independence, reading the introduction to the Radicalism of the American Revolution, watching a short video, answering several questions for a discussion post.
Read The Declaration of Independence. https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
Watch a clip from the television show, The Newsroom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjMqda19wk
Read Gordon Wood’s six-page introduction to The Radicalism of the American Revolution. (see attachment)
Create an answer to the following questions.
Why did the colonies declare independence, and how did the founders’ vision for government differ from that of England?
(Declaration of Independence) https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
According to Gordon Wood’s Radicalism of the American Revolution introduction, how did the ideas of the Revolution transform American government and culture? (Radicalism of the American Revolution) (see attachment)
The character in the middle, Will, argues that America “is not the greatest country in the world anymore.” What reasons does he list for this belief? (Newsroom clip) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjMqda19wk
The same character, Will, argues that “we used to be the greatest country in the world.” What reasons lead him to believe we used to be? (Newsroom clip) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjMqda19wk
He says the young generation is “the worst period generation period ever!” What is your reaction to that and argument in agreement or against it? (Newsroom clip) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjMqda19wk
Is America the “greatest country in the world”? If so, why? If not, why not? If not, how could we be?

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