POL1040 American Documents Worksheet
Answer the following questions as best you can based on the readings.
A phrase or a sentence
(or two) is sufficient to answer all of these questions, however you may go into more detail if
you would like.
1) According to Winthrop in “A Model of Christian Charity,” what is the purpose of government
and of the colony they are founding?
The purpose is the relationship of citizenship and God, the practicing of Christian citizenship.
2) Who is the
Declaration of Independence
addressed to?
The Declaration of Independence is addressed to the 13 colonies and England.
3) Give three reasons why Brutus favors a Small Republic and fears a Large one.
Three reasons would be the state becomes subordinates. There isn’t no such thing as a common
good on the scale. Trust is also replaced with force, the supreme law of the land.
4) What is Publius’s preferred method for checking the danger of factions in Federalist 10?
The preferred method is replacing virtue with constitutional design.
5) What is the cause of the Civil War according to Lincoln in his Second Inaugural Address?
The cause of the Civil War is slavery
