THREE OUTLINE FROM EARLIER IN THE QUARTER...

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)