Identify the major parts of Hamiltons financial plan, who supported these proposals, and why they created such passionate opposition.
What impact did the Haitian Revolution have on the United States? How did this spark fears in Slave owners? What impact did that have on enslaved people in the U.S.?
How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the situation of Native Americans in that region?
Resource:
Read Chapter 8 in Foner, Give Me Liberty: An American History
Chapter 8 summary Securing the Republic, 17901815
This chapter concentrates on the political history of the new nation as it enlarged its boundaries and solidified its independence. Starting with George Washingtons inauguration, the chapter explains how the founding fathers believed that the preservation of liberty and freedom for the republic relied on the success of the American experiment in self-government. Contrasting views as to how America should develop economically and how its government should operate emerged with the formation of Americas first political parties in the early 1790s. Federalists supported Alexander Hamiltons program for economic growth, while Republicans embraced Thomas Jeffersons vision of an agrarian republic. These different points of view fostered political debates that enlarged the public sphere. An excerpt from one political society, the Democratic-Republican Society of Pennsylvania, is included in Voices of Freedom. The chapter also explores the rights of women as a way of illustrating expanding ideas about who should enjoy freedom of expression. Voices of Freedom highlights a piece by Judith Sargent Murray, an advocate of increased rights for women. The chapter then examines the presidency of John Adams, highlighting the restrictions placed on liberties through the Alien and Sedition Acts and the Republican response in the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions. Further restrictions to freedom are explored when discussing slavery and politics and the attempted slave rebellion led by Gabriel. The chapter also examines the Revolution of 1800 and Thomas Jeffersons administration. Jeffersons support for territorial expansion is exemplified by the Louisiana Purchase, which allowed for economic freedom for white farmers as well as the eventual expansion of the Cotton Kingdom and slavery. European infringements on American rights at sea jeopardized free trade, which Republicans considered essential to American freedom. The failures of embargoes as economic weapons against Great Britain and France led to economic crises at home and a cry for war from the War Hawks. In addition, British support for the activities of Tecumseh, a Shawnee urging a pan-Indian response to white American encroachment on Indian lands, alarmed War Hawks. President James Madison, Jeffersons immediate successor, declared war against Great Britain in 1812, and although the war ended by establishing the status quo, it did solidify American independence and freedom from Britain for good
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