Ellis's Thesis In Founding Brothers

"Ellis’s thesis in Founding Brothers is that the success of the United States was not always as much of a foregone conclusion as it is today. Connected to that thesis was the Brothers' belief that in order for the U.S. to be seen as legitimate by other, potentially threatening nations, all of the states would have to remain together.

"The Brothers believed that any dissent among the states would be a weakness, and thus all they fought for during the revolution would have been for naught. As a result, the issue of slavery was ignored and avoided by the Government and advocated by the southern states for years, in spite of the fact that it became increasingly clear that it was a fundamentally unfair and destructive institution that went against