In the first part of The Story of American Freedom, Eric Foner argues that the experience of the Revolution transformed Americans’ ideas of freedom. He suggests, in other words, that freedom meant different things after the Revolution than before. For this assignment, write a short essay exploring Foner’s argument using the documents assigned for weeks six and seven.

According to Foner, how did American ideas of freedom change during the era of the Revolution? To what extent do the documents we have read during weeks six and seven support Foner’s argument?