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Chapter 08 - Securing the Republic, 1790-

  1. Politics during the Washington presidency

    1. Outset of the Washington administration
      1. George Washington as symbol of national unity, virtue
      2. Key figures
    2. The Hamiltonians
      1. Vision for the republic
        1. Robust economic development
        2. Close commercial ties to Europe
        3. Military power
        4. Strong national government
      2. Program
        1. Federal assumption of national and state debts
        2. Creation of new national debt
        3. Establishment of Bank of the United States
        4. Whiskey tax
        5. Government promotion of industrial manufacture
          1. Tariffs
          2. Subsidies
        6. National army
      3. Bases of support
    3. The Jeffersonians
      1. Vision for the republic
        1. Westward expansion
        2. Land for independent farmers
        3. Free trade
      2. Critique of Hamilton program
        1. Threat to liberty from a standing army
        2. Favoritism toward speculators at expense of small farmers
        3. Favoritism toward diversified North at expense of agrarian South
      3. Bases of support
    4. 1790 compromise between Hamiltonians and Jeffersonians
    5. Divisions over foreign affairs
      1. Mixed response to French Revolution
        1. Enthusiasm (Jeffersonians)
        2. Alarm (Washington, Hamilton)
      2. Aggravating developments
        1. War between France and Britain
        2. Edward Genêt tour of America
        3. British encroachments on American ships
        4. Jay Treaty
    6. Emergence of political parties
      1. The Federalist Party
        1. Agenda and philosophy
          1. Hamilton's economic program
          2. Close ties with Britain
          3. Suppression of popular unrest (Whiskey Rebellion)
          4. Fixed social hierarchy
        2. Bases of support
      2. The Republican party
        1. Agenda and philosophy
          1. Democratic self-government
          2. Aversion to social and economic inequality
        2. Bases of support
      3. Intensity of partisan debate
    7. Expansion of popular involvement in public debate
  2. Contributing factors

    1. Partisan divisions
    2. British radicalism
      1. Emigrants to America
      2. Thomas Paine's Rights of Man
  3. Manifestations

    1. Political meetings, pamphlets, newspapers
    2. Democratic-Republican societies
    3. Emerging principle of democratic rights
  4. Implications for partisan politics

    1. Federalist alarm
    2. Republican receptiveness
  5. Renewed discussion of women's rights

  6. Expanding participation in public discussion

  7. Influential voices

  8. Mary Wollstonecraft

  9. Judith Sargent Murray

  10. The Adams years

  11. Election of 1796

  12. Washington's retirement and farewell

  13. Federalist Adams's victory over Republican Jefferson

  14. Sectional division of the vote

  15. Adams's troubled presidency

  16. Embroilment in British-French conflict

  17. Seizure of American ships by each side

  18. "XYZ Affair"

  19. "Quasi-war" with France

  20. Negotiated peace of 1800

  21. Crackdown on political dissent

  22. Background

  23. Rural unrest

  24. Dissent against Federalists

  25. Provisions of Alien and Sedition Acts

  26. Arrest and conviction of Republican opponents

  27. Forms of protest

  28. Republican press

  29. Virginia and Kentucky resolutions

  30. Themes of protest

  31. Free expression as essential to liberty

  32. Limits of federal power over the states

  33. Election of 1800

  34. Republican mobilization; "Jefferson and Liberty"

  35. Constitutional crisis over election

  36. Particulars

  37. Outcome

  38. Jefferson over Adams

  39. Twelfth Amendment

  40. Peaceful transfer of power

  41. The slavery question

  42. Debate in first Congress over emancipation

  43. Passage of fugitive slave law

  44. Impact of Saint-Domingue slave revolt

  45. Inspiration among slaves

  46. Alarm among whites

  47. Gabriel's Rebellion

  48. Features of the conspiracy

  49. Artisanal makeup

  50. Roots in Richmond's black community

  51. Language of liberty

  52. Discovery and defeat

  53. Aftereffects

  54. Awareness of slaves' aspiration for freedom

  55. Increased control over black population (slave and free) in South

  56. The Jefferson years

  57. Goals of new administration

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  1. Themes
    1. National honor
    2. Unimpeded foreign trade
    3. Expansion of republic
  2. Reports of British encouragement of Tecumseh
  3. Outbreak of war
  4. Madison's call for war
  5. National divisions over
  6. Strong opposition in North
  7. Strong support in South and West
  8. Course of war
  9. Britain's material advantages
  10. British successes
  11. Repulsion of U. invasions of Canada
  12. Destruction by blockade of American commerce
  13. Invasion of Washington, D.
  14. American successes
  15. Battle of Lake Erie
  16. Repulsion of British assault on Baltimore
  17. Battle of the Thames (defeat of Tecumseh)
  18. Battle of Horseshoe Bend (defeat of hostile Creeks)
  19. Battle of New Orleans
  20. Conclusion and aftermath
  21. Treaty of Ghent
  22. Celebration of republic's virtue and resilience
  23. Completion of U. conquest of eastern land
  24. Setbacks to Indian power
  25. In Old Northwest
  26. In South
  27. Acceleration of white westward settlement
  28. Demise of Federalist Party
  29. Costs of antiwar stance
  30. Hartford Convention
  31. Modest size of commercial and financial base
  32. Elitism

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Home > AP US History > Notes > Give Me Liberty! An American History 2nd Edition Textbook Notes > Chapter 08 - Securing the Republic, 1790-1815
Chapter 08 - Securing the Republic, 1790-1815
1. Politics during the Washington presidency
1. Outset of the Washington administration
1. George Washington as symbol of national unity, virtue
2. Key figures
2. The Hamiltonians
1. Vision for the republic
1. Robust economic development
2. Close commercial ties to Europe
3. Military power
4. Strong national government
2. Program
1. Federal assumption of national and state debts
2. Creation of new national debt
3. Establishment of Bank of the United States
4. Whiskey tax
5. Government promotion of industrial manufacture
1. Tariffs
2. Subsidies
6. National army
3. Bases of support
3. The Jeffersonians
1. Vision for the republic
1. Westward expansion
2. Land for independent farmers
3. Free trade
2. Critique of Hamilton program
1. Threat to liberty from a standing army
2. Favoritism toward speculators at expense of small farmers
3. Favoritism toward diversified North at expense of agrarian South
3. Bases of support
4. 1790 compromise between Hamiltonians and Jeffersonians
5. Divisions over foreign affairs
1. Mixed response to French Revolution
1. Enthusiasm (Jeffersonians)
2. Alarm (Washington, Hamilton)
2. Aggravating developments
1. War between France and Britain
2. Edward Genêt tour of America
3. British encroachments on American ships
4. Jay Treaty
6. Emergence of political parties
1. The Federalist Party
1. Agenda and philosophy
1. Hamilton's economic program
2. Close ties with Britain
3. Suppression of popular unrest (Whiskey Rebellion)
4. Fixed social hierarchy
2. Bases of support
2. The Republican party
1. Agenda and philosophy
1. Democratic self-government
2. Aversion to social and economic inequality
2. Bases of support
3. Intensity of partisan debate
7. Expansion of popular involvement in public debate