HERE ARE THREE OUTLINES THAT WILL BE ON
THE FINAL AND COVER INFORMATION THAT WE WENT OVER EARLIER IN THE QUARTER…
OUTLINE #1 THE NEW NATION
John Dickenson, “Experience must be our
only guide. Reason may mislead us.”
Building the New Nation:
I.
BUILDING UNION:
The
Constitution of 1787
Shay’s Rebellion, 1786-7
Philadelphia, 1787
Structural Features: Three
Branches: Judiciary/Executive/Legislative:
Key Concepts:
a. Federalism
1. Virginia Plan (TWO HOUSES, BASED ON POP.)
2. New Jersey Plan (ONE HOUSE, ONE VOTE PER
STATE)
3. Connecticut Plan (THE GREAT COMPROMISE)
b. Democracy
c. Liberty: we are preoccupied with rights
"Liberty is to be free from restraint
and violence from others." Locke
--he was crucial in that he helped Americans
envision the attainment of natural rights.
"Men by nature are free, equal, and
independent." Rousseau, The Social Contract 1762
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is
in chains."
d. Limited government
--GOVERNMENT MUST REMAIN AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY
REPLACE THE STATE OF NATURE.
e. Equality: belief in an equal chance at
life
f. Civic Duty: perfect society has a price
II. PROTECTING LIBERTY: The Bill of
Rights…how many can you list?
III.
PUTTING INTO PRACTICE: First Party System:
a.
Federalists (Hamilton)
b.
Anti-Federalists (Jefferson)
c. Testing the First Party
System:
Naturalization Act
Sedition Act
Alien Enemies
Act
Alien Act
Abigail Adams
“...remember the
ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not
put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would
be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the
Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves
bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.”
Virginians could not have the "passion for
Liberty" they claimed they did, since they "deprive their fellow
Creatures" of freedom.
OUTLINE #2 JEFFERSON’S AMERICA
SHAPE OF THE NATION:
2.5 million in 1775
5.3 million in 1800
300,000 in towns of
2500 or more (less than 7% “urban”)
893,000 people in
slavery
"My father was a
farmer and by the help of his trusty rifle kept the family in wild meat such as
bear, elk, deer, and wild Turkey."
"My Farm gave me
and my family a good living on the produce of it; and left me, one year after another,
one hundred and fifty dollars, for I have never spent more than ten dollars a
year, which was for salt, nails, and the like. Nothing to wear, eat, or drink
was purchased, as my farm produced all."
From Jefferson to the
1820s
I. Election of 1800
Revolution of 1800?
II. The Courts
Marbury v. Madison
(1803)
III. The West:
Completing the Vision
A. Louisiana Purchase
B. Lewis and Clark
IV. Slavery
V. Jeffersonians
become
“federalists”
A. Louisiana Purchase/
Lewis and Clark
B. National Bank
C. High Tariff
D. Strong Military
VI. Foreign
Entanglements:
War of 1812
VII. The
Transportation Revolution
1. Canals http://www.eriecanal.org/locks.html
2. Turnpikes
3. Steamboats
VIII. The “Knell” of
the Union
The
Missouri Compromise: 1821
OUTLINE #3 THE WAR WITH MEXICO
War with Mexico
Causes of War
Economic Expansion:
Playing Politics:
British Interests in Texas
Slave State Power Grab
Ideas:
Manifest Destiny
John L. O’Sullivan
Two Wars:
California
Mexico
Outcome:
A. Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
1. Mexican cession
of 525,000 square miles
2. U.S. pays $15
million
3. U.S. assumes
$3.25 million in debt to Mexico
B. Gadsen Purchase:
$10 million
C. Trouble:
(imbalance)
