He didn't care if you were a nobleman. It cared what you could do. Now, our society at the time reinforced the habits Washington learned in the wilderness. Frontier life rewarded resourcefulness. While America's colonial assemblies taught citizens to govern their own affairs. it taught citizens to be self governing human beings. Churches at the time, especially those who were touched by the Great Awakening, reminded congregants that no earthly hierarchy outweighed the equal dignity of every human soul before its creator. (08:14–08:20)
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Asserts that colonial assemblies in America educated citizens in self-governance.
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