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• Chapter 8: Growing Pains: The New Republic, 1790 - 1815

Boundless US History

Chapter:  "The Federalist Era: 1789 - 1801"

• The Federalist Era

• Hamilton=s Economic Policy

• Foreign and Domestic Crises  

• Transfer of Power                  

• Conclusion: The Establishment of Federalism

Chapter:  "Securing the Republic: 1800 - 1815"

• The Election of 1800

• The Jefferson Administration

• Divisions in the Republican Party

• The War in Europe

• The Madison Administration

• The War of 1812

• Conclusion: Early Trials

The American Yawp

• Chapter 6: "A New Nation"
• Chapter 7: "The Early Republic" 

History in the Making a History of the People of the United States

• Chapter 10: "The Federalist Era"
• Chapter 11: "The Early Republic"

• Federalists and Anti-federalists Debate a Bill of Rights
• The Anti-Federalists' Victory in Defeat
• The First Administration
• Hamilton, First Report on Public Credit
• Hamilton's Financial Plan
• Introductory Note: Report on Manufactures
• The Whiskey Rebellion
• The French Revolution and the Limits of Liberty
• John Jay's Treaty, 1794-95
• Unsettled Domestic Issues
• Quasi WarB XYZ Affair
• Election of 1800
• Louisiana Purchase
• The War of 1812
• The War of 1812
• Emergence of a New Party System

Multimedia

• Alexander Hamilton:
• Hamilton Creates a Federal Bank
• Hamilton's Financial Plan and the Whiskey Rebellion
• XYZ Affair
• Alien & Sedition Acts
• Avoiding the European Conflict
• The Presidential Election of 1800
• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Jefferson & His Democracy
• Louisiana Purchase
• James Madison
• The War of 1812

Primary Source Documents

• Bill of Rights
• "The First Report on Public Credit" by Alexander Hamilton (1789)
• Alexander Hamilton: "FOR THE BANK" (Feb 23 1791)
• "Report on the Subject of Manufactures", [5 December 1791]
• The Whiskey Rebellion
• John Jay on America's Obligations to France
• George Washington, "Farewell Address"
• The Alien and Sedition Acts
• Election of 1800
• Louisiana: European Explorations and the Louisiana Purchase
• Congress Debates Going to War

Adams-Onís Treaty: Spain ceded Florida to the United States and in exchange abandoned its claims to Texas.

Alien Laws: Acts passed by a Federalist Congress raising the residency requirement for citizenship to fourteen years and granting the president the power to deport dangerous foreigners in times of peace.

Bank of the United States: Chartered by Congress as part of Alexander Hamilton’s financial program, the bank printed paper money and served as a depository for Treasury funds.

Citizen Genêt Affair: forced the United States to formulate a consistent policy on the issue of neutrality.

Declaration of the Rights of Man: Declaration of rights adopted during the French Revolution, modeled after the American Declaration of Independence.

Embargo Act: Enacted in response to British and French mistreatment of American merchants, the Act banned the export of all goods from the United States to any foreign port.

excise tax: Tax on goods produced domestically.

Hartford Convention: Convention of Federalists from five New England states who opposed the War of 1812 and resented the strength of Southern and Western interests in Congress and in the White House.

Impressment: The British practice of forcibly removing American men from their ships and inducting them into the navy

Jay’s Treaty: Negotiated by Chief Justice John Jay in an effort to avoid war with Britain, the treaty included a British promise to evacuate outposts on U.S. soil and pay damages for seized American vessels.

loose construction: Doctrine which holds that the federal government can use powers not specifically granted or prohibited in the Constitution to carry out its constitutionally mandated responsibilities.

Marbury v. Madison: Supreme Court case that established the principle of “judicial review”—the idea that the Supreme Court had the final authority to determine constitutionality.

Neutrality Proclamation: It proclaimed America’s formal neutrality in the escalating conflict between England and France

Reign of Terror: Ten-month period of brutal repression when some 40,000 individuals were executed as enemies of the French Revolution.

Revolution of 1800: Electoral victory of Democratic Republicans over the Federalists, who lost their Congressional majority and the presidency. The peaceful transfer of power between rival parties solidified faith in America’s political system.

Sedition Act: Enacted by the Federalist Congress the law made anyone convicted of defaming government officials or interfering with government policies liable to imprisonment and a heavy fine.

tariff: Tax levied on imports.

Treaty of Ghent: Ended the War of 1812, restoring prewar borders.

Virginia and Kentucky Resolves: Drafted by Jefferson and Madison for the legislatures of Kentucky and Virginia that argued that states were the final arbiters of whether the federal government overstepped its boundaries and could therefore nullify, or refuse to accept, national legislation they deemed unconstitutional.

war hawks: Democratic-Republican Congressmen who resented British constraints on American trade and accused the British of supporting Indian attacks against American settlements on the frontier and pressed James Madison to declare war on Britain.

Whiskey Rebellion: Uprising of whiskey distillers in southwestern Pennsylvania in opposition to an excise tax on whiskey. In a show of resolve by the new central government, Washington put down the rebellion with militia drawn from several states.

XYZ Affair: Diplomatic conflict between France and the United States when American envoys to France were asked to pay a hefty bribe for the privilege of meeting with the French foreign minister.

PROPOSED LEGISLATION: OHIO STATE ASSEMBLY BUDGET FOR NOVEMBER 1817

1. Divide class into groups of 3-6
2. Each group is an Ohio Assembly of 1817. They must vote how to spend their budget to govern the new state.
   (Per Savage, Balanced Budgets & American Politics, pg 108, avg state government expedentures between 1800-1820 ~$100k-$200k)
3. Have groups display their budgets to the class
4. Facilitate a debate/ discussion of WHYs of different allocations of different groups, guiding groups to cite specifics form the material to support claims.