In considering economic, religious, or political motivations, which do you think functioned as the prime mover (i.e. “most important”) factor in the establishment of the Americas between roughly 1492 and 1763?

Was the Civil War an “inevitable conflict,” or rather the result of a “blundering generation” of leaders? In other words, were there such significant flaws or unanswered questions in the Constitution and in the government led by the Founding Fathers (roughly the 1787 to 1815 period) that national problems could only be resolved by war; or, were the leaders of the generation running from approximately 1820 to 1860 simply too reckless/clumsy, unenlightened, and bent on conflict, to resolve relatively manageable controversies? Your essay should include a discussion of at least three key debates, actors, events, etc., to prove your case. Note that your choice dictates to some extent your focus. If, for example, you choose to indict the Founders, you need to spend some time on the problems they wrestled with–and left behind–and discuss the ways in which the Civil War generation found it impossible to solve them. On the other hand, if you indict the “blundering generation,” you may simply point out the avenues for compromise left behind by the Founders, and discuss (using the textbook and the below readings) the ways in which the later generation ignored opportunities for peaceful resolution, acted recklessly or rashly, etc.Was the Civil War an “inevitable conflict,” or rather the result of a “blundering generation” of leaders? In other words, were there such significant flaws or unanswered questions in the Constitution and in the government led by the Founding Fathers (roughly the 1787 to 1815 period) that national problems could only be resolved by war; or, were the leaders of the generation running from approximately 1820 to 1860 simply too reckless/clumsy, unenlightened, and bent on conflict, to resolve relatively manageable controversies? Your essay should include a discussion of at least three key debates, actors, events, etc., to prove your case. Note that your choice dictates to some extent your focus. If, for example, you choose to indict the Founders, you need to spend some time on the problems they wrestled with–and left behind–and discuss the ways in which the Civil War generation found it impossible to solve them. On the other hand, if you indict the “blundering generation,” you may simply point out the avenues for compromise left behind by the Founders, and discuss (using the textbook and the below readings) the ways in which the later generation ignored opportunities for peaceful resolution, acted recklessly or rashly, etc.Was the Civil War an “inevitable conflict,” or rather the result of a “blundering generation” of leaders? In other words, were there such significant flaws or unanswered questions in the Constitution and in the government led by the Founding Fathers (roughly the 1787 to 1815 period) that national problems could only be resolved by war; or, were the leaders of the generation running from approximately 1820 to 1860 simply too reckless/clumsy, unenlightened, and bent on conflict, to resolve relatively manageable controversies? Your essay should include a discussion of at least three key debates, actors, events, etc., to prove your case. Note that your choice dictates to some extent your focus. If, for example, you choose to indict the Founders, you need to spend some time on the problems they wrestled with–and left behind–and discuss the ways in which the Civil War generation found it impossible to solve them. On the other hand, if you indict the “blundering generation,” you may simply point out the avenues for compromise left behind by the Founders, and discuss (using the textbook and the below readings) the ways in which the later generation ignored opportunities for peaceful resolution, acted recklessly or rashly, etc.Was the Civil War an “inevitable conflict,” or rather the result of a “blundering generation” of leaders? In other words, were there such significant flaws or unanswered questions in the Constitution and in the government led by the Founding Fathers (roughly the 1787 to 1815 period) that national problems could only be resolved by war; or, were the leaders of the generation running from approximately 1820 to 1860 simply too reckless/clumsy, unenlightened, and bent on conflict, to resolve relatively manageable controversies? Your essay should include a discussion of at least three key debates, actors, events, etc., to prove your case. Note that your choice dictates to some extent your focus. If, for example, you choose to indict the Founders, you need to spend some time on the problems they wrestled with–and left behind–and discuss the ways in which the Civil War generation found it impossible to solve them. On the other hand, if you indict the “blundering generation,” you may simply point out the avenues for compromise left behind by the Founders, and discuss (using the textbook and the below readings) the ways in which the later generation ignored opportunities for peaceful resolution, acted recklessly or rashly, etc.Was the Civil War an “inevitable conflict,” or rather the result of a “blundering generation” of leaders? In other words, were there such significant flaws or unanswered questions in the Constitution and in the government led by the Founding Fathers (roughly the 1787 to 1815 period) that national problems could only be resolved by war; or, were the leaders of the generation running from approximately 1820 to 1860 simply too reckless/clumsy, unenlightened, and bent on conflict, to resolve relatively manageable controversies? Your essay should include a discussion of at least three key debates, actors, events, etc., to prove your case. Note that your choice dictates to some extent your focus. If, for example, you choose to indict the Founders, you need to spend some time on the problems they wrestled with–and left behind–and discuss the ways in which the Civil War generation found it impossible to solve them. On the other hand, if you indict the “blundering generation,” you may simply point out the avenues for compromise left behind by the Founders, and discuss (using the textbook and the below readings) the ways in which the later generation ignored opportunities for peaceful resolution, acted recklessly or rashly, etc.Was the Civil War an “inevitable conflict,” or rather the result of a “blundering generation” of leaders? In other words, were there such significant flaws or unanswered questions in the Constitution and in the government led by the Founding Fathers (roughly the 1787 to 1815 period) that national problems could only be resolved by war; or, were the leaders of the generation running from approximately 1820 to 1860 simply too reckless/clumsy, unenlightened, and bent on conflict, to resolve relatively manageable controversies? Your essay should include a discussion of at least three key debates, actors, events, etc., to prove your case. Note that your choice dictates to some extent your focus. If, for example, you choose to indict the Founders, you need to spend some time on the problems they wrestled with–and left behind–and discuss the ways in which the Civil War generation found it impossible to solve them. On the other hand, if you indict the “blundering generation,” you may simply point out the avenues for compromise left behind by the Founders, and discuss (using the textbook and the below readings) the ways in which the later generation ignored opportunities for peaceful resolution, acted recklessly or rashly, etc.