Following the Renaissance, democracy was still considered a dangerous form of government. Democracy was often regarded as a fool s folly and a madman s paradise. The well-wishers of the Republican Government would have fanciful debates in intellectual circles, but paternal monarchies dominated the western and eastern world. Yet in a heroic and herculean way, a group of Anglo-Saxons, who grew up under proud monarchies, rose to dethrone the English Crown and to establish the greatest democracy in history. What theories inspired these men? Why didn t they just simply create an American King? Or...

Following the Renaissance, democracy was still considered a dangerous form of government. Democracy was often regarded as a fool s folly and a madman s paradise. The well-wishers of the Republican Government would have fanciful debates in intellectual circles, but paternal monarchies dominated the western and eastern world. Yet in a heroic and herculean way, a group of Anglo-Saxons, who grew up under proud monarchies, rose to dethrone the English Crown and to establish the greatest democracy in history. What theories inspired these men? Why didn t they just simply create an American King? Or...