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A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
OUT OF MANY A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Chapter 8 The New
Nation 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. 2009 Pearson Education,
Inc.
Part One Introduction 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Chapter Focus
Questions
What were the tensions and conflicts between local and national
authorities in the decades after the American Revolution? How did
Americans differ in their views of the new Constitution, and how
were those differences reflected in the struggle to achieve
ratification? What were the essential structures of national
government under the Constitution? How did American political
parties first begin? What were the first stirrings of an authentic
American national culture? 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. American
Communities: A Rural Massachusetts Community Rises in Defense
Part Two American Communities: A Rural Massachusetts Community
Rises in Defense 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. American Communities:
A Rural Massachusetts Colony Rises in Defense
Several hundred farmers from Pelham and scores of other rural
communities of western Massachusetts converged in the courthouse in
Northampton. This occurred at a time of great economic depression
which hit farmers hardest. The state raised property taxes to pay
off state debt-tax was which considerably more oppressive than
those levied by British. Two thirds of those who marched had been
sued for debt or spent time in debtors prison the people were
looking for state relief. The people rose up in defense of their
property and state and federal governments were forced to
reevaluate the distribution of power. In 1786, Shays Rebellion
broke out in western Massachusetts when farmers closed down courts
to prevent debt executions. A militia from eastern Massachusetts
crushed the rebellion. Conservatives concluded it was time to clip
the wings of a mad democracy. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. 2009
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Part Three The Crisis Of The 1780s 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. The
Economic Crisis Economic problems like wartime inflation plagued
the nation. Chart: Postwar Inflation, 177780: The Depreciation of
Continental Currency After the war the key problem was depression.
Britain dumped its surplus goods in American markets, creating a
trade imbalance that drew hard currency out of the United States.
Repayment of debt became both a political and economic problem.
Chart: The Trade Deficit with Great Britain 2009 Pearson Education,
Inc. FIGURE 8.1 Postwar Inflation, 177780: The Depreciation of
Continental Currency The flood of Continental currency issued by
Congress, and the shortage of goods resulting from the British
blockade, combined to create the worst inflation Americans have
ever experienced. Things of no value were said to be not worth a
Continental. SOURCE: John McCusker, How Much Is That in Real Money?
Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society , N.S.102 (1992):
297359. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. FIGURE 8.2 The Trade Deficit
with Great Britain The American trade deficit
with Great Britain rose dramatically with the conclusion of the
Revolution. SOURCE: Historical Statistics of the United States
(Washington, DC: Government Printing Office,1976),1176. 2009
Pearson Education, Inc. State Remedies States erected high tariffs
to curb imports and protect infant industries but these were easily
evaded by shippers. The most controversial economic remedies were
designed to relieve debt burden. Farmers called for laws to require
creditors to accept goods and commodities and had laws passed
requiring them to accept nearly worthless state paper currency.
Refer to photo of Shays' Rebellion. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. A
mocking pamphlet of 1787 pictured Daniel Shays and Job Shattuck,
two leaders of Shays Rebellion. The artist gives them uniforms, a
flag, and artillery, but the rebels were actually an unorganized
group of farmers armed only with clubs and simple muskets. When the
rebellion was crushed, Shattuck was wounded and jailed, and Shays,
along with many others, left Massachusetts. He fled to a remote
region of Vermont and then settled in New York. SOURCE: Anonymous,
18th century, Daniel Shay (c ) and Job Shattuck ( ?), 1787, relief
cut 9 x 12.9 cm (3-9/16 x 5-1/16). Published in Bickerstaffs Boston
Almanack for 1787, third edition, Boston.National Portrait Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution/Art Resource, NY. 2009 Pearson Education,
Inc. Movement Toward a New National Government
Nationalists argued for a stronger central government to deal with
the economic crisis of the 1780s. Invited by the Virginia
legislature, representatives from five states met in Annapolis,
calling for a convention to propose changes in the Articles of
Confederation. Congress endorsed a convention for revising the
Articles of Confederation. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. 2009
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Part Four The New Constitution 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. The New
Constitution Fifty-five delegates from twelve states assembled in
Philadelphia in May 1787. The Constitution was framed by white men
who represented Americas social and economic elite. 2009 Pearson
Education, Inc. The Constitutional Convention
Conflicts arose between large and small states, and free and slave
states. The Great Compromise provided a middle ground for agreement
by: a bicameral legislature that had one house based onpopulation
and one representing all states equally; and a compromise on
free-state and slave-state interests by agreeing to count five
slaves as three freemen. To insulate the election of the president
from the popular vote, a electoral college was created to select a
president. Refer to photo of George Washington presiding over the
Constitutional Convention. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. George
Washington presides over a session of the Constitutional Convention
meeting in Philadelphias State House (now known as Independence
Hall) in an engraving of 1799. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.
Ratifying the New Constitution
Supporters of the Constitution called themselves Federalists.
Anti-Federalist opponents feared the Constitution gave too much
power to the central government and that a republic could not work
well in a large nation. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John
Jay published the influential The Federalist Papers that helped
secure passage. Refer to photo of a cartoon. 2009 Pearson
Education, Inc. A cartoon published in July 1788, when New York
became the eleventh state to ratify the Constitution. After
initially voting to reject, North Carolina soon reconsidered, but
radical and still reluctant Rhode Island did not join the Union
until 1790. SOURCE:The Federal Edifice On the Erection of the
Eleventh Pillar, caricature from the Massachusetts Centinal, August
2, Neg. # Collection of The New York Historical Society. 2009
Pearson Education, Inc. Ratifying the New Constitution
Map: The Ratification of the Constitution, 178790 2009 Pearson
Education, Inc. MAP 8.1 The Ratification of the Constitution,
178790The distribution of the vote for the ratification of the
Constitution demonstrated its wide support in sections of the
country linked to the commercial economy and its disapproval in
more remote and backcountry sections. (Note that Maine remained a
part of Massachusetts until admitted as a separate state in 1820.)
2009 Pearson Education, Inc. The Bill of Rights Several states
including Virginia, agreed to ratification only if a bill of rights
would be added. The first ten amendments, better known as the Bill
of Rights to the Constitution served to restrain the growth of
governmental power over citizens. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. The
First Federal Administration
Part Five The First Federal Administration 2009 Pearson Education,
Inc. The Washington Presidency
George Washington preferred to have a plain republican title and
dressed in plain republican broadcloth. Congress established the
Departments of States, Treasury, War, and Justice, the heads of
which coalesced into the Cabinet. Refer to photo of George
Washington coin. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Two coins from the
first decade of the federal republic illustrate political
controversies of the period. The Washington cent was proposed by
Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in 1792, in the hope of
enhancing popular respect for the new government by having the
presidents bust impressed on coins in the manner of European kings.
But after long debate, Congress defeated the plan, the opponents
claiming it smacked of monarchy. The Liberty coin, issued by the
Mint of the United States in 1795, when under the authority of
Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, features Liberty wearing a
liberty cap and bearing a marked resemblance to the French
Revolutionary icon Marianne. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. An Active
Federal Judiciary
The Judiciary Act of 1789 created the federal court system. States
maintained their individual bodies of law. Federal courts became
the appeals bodies, establishing the federal system of judicial
review of state legislation. Localists supported the Eleventh
Amendment that prevented states from being sued by non-citizens.
2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Hamiltons Controversial Fiscal
Program
In 1790, Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton submitted a
series of financial proposals to address Americas economic problems
including: a controversial credit program that passed when a
compromise located the nations capital on the Potomac River
creating a Bank of the United States that opponents considered an
unconstitutional expansion of power a protective tariff to develop
an industrial economy The debate of Hamiltons loose construction
and Jeffersons strict construction strained the Federalist
coalition. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Alexander Hamilton (ca.
1804) by John Trumbull
Alexander Hamilton (ca. 1804) by John Trumbull. Although Hamiltons
fiscal program was controversial, it restored the financial health
of the United States. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. The Beginnings
of Foreign Policy
Foreign affairs further strained Federalist coalition. Americans
initially welcomed the French Revolution, but when the Revolution
turned violent and war broke out with Britain, public opinion
divided. Though both sides advocated neutrality, Hamilton favored
closer ties with Britain while Jefferson feared them. The Citizen
Genet incident led Washington to issue a neutrality proclamation
that outraged Jeffersons supporters. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.
The United States and the Indian Peoples
Map: Spread of Settlement: The Backcountry Expands, A pressing
foreign problem concerned Indians who refused to accept United
States sovereignty over them. The Indian Intercourse Act made
treaties the only legal way to obtain Indian lands. 2009 Pearson
Education, Inc. MAP 8.2 Spread of Settlement: The Backcountry
Expands, 177090 From 1770 to 1790, American settlement moved across
the Appalachians for the first time. The Ohio Valley became the
focus of bitter warfare between Indians and settlers. 2009 Pearson
Education, Inc. Little Turtle, a war chief of the Miami tribe of
the Ohio valley, led a large pan-Indian army to victory over the
Americans in 1790 and After his forces were defeated at the Battle
of Fallen Timbers in 1794, he became a friend of the United States.
This lithograph is a copy of an oil portrait, which no longer
survives, by the artist Gilbert Stuart. SOURCE:Little Turtle, or
Mich-i-kin-i-qua, Miami War Chief, Conqueror of Harmar and St.
Clair.Lithograph made from portrait painted in 1797 by Gilbert
Stuart.Indiana Historical Society Library (negative no. C2584).
2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Seeing History The Columbian
Tragedy.
SOURCE: The Columbian Tragedy (1791), courtesy Beinecke Rare Book
and Manuscript Library, Yale University. 2009 Pearson Education,
Inc. Spanish Florida and British Canada
Spanish and British hostility threatened the status of the United
States in the West. The Spanish closed the Mississippi River to
American shipping, promoted immigration, and forged alliances with
Indian tribes to resist American expansion. Britain granted greater
autonomy to its North American colonies, strengthened Indian
allies, and constructed a defensive buffer against Americans. 2009
Pearson Education, Inc. Domestic and International Crisis
By 1794, the government faced a crisis over western policy. Western
farmers were refusing to pay the whiskey tax. An army sent into
western Pennsylvania ended the Whiskey Rebellion. General Anthony
Wayne defeated the Ohio Indians, leading to the Treaty of
Greenville in 1795 and the cession of huge amounts of land by the
Ohio Indians. Refer to photo of General George Washington reviewing
the Western Army. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. In this 1794
painting, President George Washington reviews some 13,000 troops at
Fort Cumberland on the Potomac before dispatching them to suppress
the Whiskey Rebellion. Washingtons mobilization of federal military
power dramatically demonstrated the federal commitment to the
preservation of the Union and the protection of the western
boundary. SOURCE: Francis Kemmelmeyer, General George Washington
Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland the 18th of October
1794, after Oil on paper backed with linen, 18 1/8 x 23 1/8.
Courtesy of Winterthur Museum. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Jays
and Pinckneys Treaties
Map: Spanish Claims to American Territory, 178395 The Jay Treaty
resolved several key disputes between the United States and
Britain. Opponents held up the treaty in the House until Pinckneys
Treaty with Spain granted them sovereignty in the West. The
political battles over the Jay Treaty brought President Washington
off his nonpartisan pedestal. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. MAP 8.3
Spanish Claims to American Territory, 178395 Before 1795, the
Spanish claimed the American territory of the Old Southwest and
barred Americans from access to the port of New Orleans,
effectively closing the Mississippi River. This dispute was settled
by Pinckneys Treaty in 1795. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.
Washingtons Farewell Address
In his farewell address, Washington summed up American foreign
policy goals as: peace; commercial relations; friendship with all
nations; and no entangling alliances. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.
Federalists and Democratic Republicans
Part Six Federalists and Democratic Republicans 2009 Pearson
Education, Inc. The Rise of Political Parties
During the debate over Jays Treaty, shifting coalitions began to
polarize into political factions. Hamiltons supporters claimed the
title Federalist. Thomas Jeffersons supporters called themselves
Republicans. These coalitions shaped the election of 1796, which
John Adams narrowly won. Jefferson, the oppositions candidate,
became vice president. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. 2009 Pearson
Education, Inc. The Adams Presidency Relations with France
deteriorated after Jays Treaty. When France began seizing American
shipping, the nation was on the brink of war. The X, Y, Z Affair
made Adamss popularity soar. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. The Alien
and Sedition Acts
The Federalists pushed through the Alien and Sedition Acts that:
severely limited freedoms of speech and of the press; and
threatened the liberty of foreigners. Republicans organized as an
opposition party. Federalists saw opposition to the administration
as opposition to the state and prosecuted leading Republican
newspaper editors. Jefferson and Madison drafted the Virginia and
Kentucky Resolves that threatened to nullify the Alien and Sedition
Acts. Refer to photo of Congressional Pugilists. 2009 Pearson
Education, Inc. In this contemporary cartoon, Congressional
Pugilists, Congress Hall in Philadelphia, February 15, 1798, Roger
Griswold, a Connecticut Federalist, uses his cane to attack Matthew
Lyon, a Vermont Democratic Republican, who retaliates with fire
tongs. SOURCE: Collection of The New York Historical Society, Neg.
#33995. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. The Revolution of 1800 Map:
The Election of 1800
In the election of 1800, the Federalists waged a defensive struggle
calling for strong central government and good order. By
controlling the South and the West, Jefferson won the election.
2009 Pearson Education, Inc. MAP 8.4 The Election of 1800 In the
presidential election of 1800, Democratic Republican victories in
New York and the divided vote in Pennsylvania threw the election to
Jefferson. The combination of the South and these crucial Middle
States would keep the Democratic Republicans in control of the
federal government for the next generation. 2009 Pearson Education,
Inc. Democratic Political Culture
The rise of partisan politics greatly increased popular
participation. American politics became more competitive and
democratic. Popular celebrations became common and suffrage
increased. Refer to photo of Jefferson ad 2009 Pearson Education,
Inc. The presidential election of 1800 was the first to feature
campaign advertising. T. Jefferson, President of the United States
of America; John Adamsno more, reads the streamer on this election
banner, illustrated with an American eagle and a portrait of
Jefferson. This was mild rhetoric in a campaign characterized by
wild charges. The Republicans labeled Adams a warmonger and a
monarchist, while the Federalists denounced Jefferson as an
atheist, Jacobin, and sexual libertine. . 2009 Pearson Education,
Inc. The Rising Glory of America
Part Seven The Rising Glory of America 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.
The Liberty of the Press
The Revolutionary years saw a tremendous increase in the number of
newspapers. During the 1790s newspapers became media for partisan
politics. In response to prosecutions under the Sedition Act,
American newspapers helped to establish the principle of a free
press. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Books, Books, Books As a highly
literate citizenry, Americans had a great appetite for books.
Writers explored the political implications of independence or
examined the new society including the emerging American character.
Parson Weemss Life of Washington created a unifying symbol for
Americans. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Women on the Intellectual
Scene
Although womens literacy rates were lower than that of men, a
growing number of books were specifically directed toward women.
Several authors urged that women in a republic should be more
independent. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Judith Sargent Murray, a
portrait by John Singleton Copley, completed in Born into an elite
merchant family in Gloucester, Massachusetts, she became a wife and
mother but also a poet, essayist, playwright, novelist, and
historian. In 1779 she published an essay on the equality of the
sexes that distinguished her as the first avowed feminist in
American history. Source:John Singleton Copley ( ), Portrait of
Mrs. John Stevens (Judith Sargent, later Mrs. John Murray),
Commissioned on the occasion of her first marriage, at age
eighteen.Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in. Daniel J. Terra Art Acquisition
Endowment Fund, Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago/Art
Resource, New York. 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. 2009 Pearson
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Part Eight Conclusion 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. 2009 Pearson
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