1. read the excerpt of gordon s. woods 1966 essay titled rhetoric and reality of the american revolution and notes on this chapter of his book the idea of america: reflections on the birth of the united states. (2-3 paragraphs) in this essay wood identifies two major camps in thinking about the american revolution: the idealist view with a focus on the ideas that prompted the revolution (held by 18th century historians and neo-whigs of the 1950s) the progressive view (held by historians like beard, becker, and schlesinger at the beginning of the 20th century). explain: the distinction and support with evidence from the text.