Jeffersonian Nationalism

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The rise in nationalism within America after the Revolution, stirred and compelled the Americans to form cultural independence. The key concept of the creation of national culture was the patriotic sentiments of the post-American Revolutionary ideology. Patriots strove for education for all, innovations in technology, and the justifying of American’s philosophy of religion. During the Jeffersonian Era, Jeffersonians envisioned America with universal education. In response, there were several political movements to educate African Americans, American Indians, and women. The purpose of Jeffersonians’ goal of giving education to all was to put the American philosophy of equality to action and expand that ideology to enlarge their influence in