As we’ve learned, the revolutionary generation was conflicted about protest and/or civil disorder in american life, especially when a republican government was being targeted. drawing from both class lectures and outside readings, discuss the protest tradition in american history, beginning during the "colonial crisis" that led to the revolutionary war and ending with the presidential administration of john adams. what methods did american agitators employ in expressing their discontent with the government, and how did colonial and, later, federal officials respond? secondly, andrea wulf makes it clear that the founding fathers themselves did not always see eye to eye in the nation’s tumultuous early years. discuss some of the domestic and foreign policy issues that divided this generation. were they able to resolve any of these differences?