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Launching and Changingthe Early Republic

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A New RepublicI. What did the American Revolution & the Constitution mean?A. The Spirit of 1776

The Declaration of Independence

• No more monarchy

• Equality, Liberty, and Independence

• Republicanism: limit central power

• All men are created equal

• Beware the tyranny of central government.

B. The Spirit of 1787

The Constitution

• No more monarchy

• Equality, Liberty, and Independence

• Republicanism: construct central power

• A “natural aristocracy" of men with virtues & talents

• Beware the tyranny of the masses.

Copy these names in your notebook and as you watch the movie, write down main points of each of the characters and their beliefs about government (domestic or foreign policy). Leave several spaces between each name to take notes.

• John Adams

• Abigail Adams

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

II. What did politics look like in the new Republic?

A. The Man: George Washington

(inaugurated in 1789)

• Reluctant leader, but with a supreme sense of duty and great charisma.

• Obsessed with manners & how to act “presidential.”

• Surrounded himself with smart advisors (even ones who didn’t agree with each other)

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B. Battle of Ideas in Washington’s cabinet:

versus

(Secretary of State) (Secretary of the Treasury)

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B. Whose ideas battled within Washington’s cabinet?

• A limited national government.

• America’s best people = virtuous citizen farmers.

• Economy based on farming.

• Wants to pay off all debts and limit government banking.

• A unique, agrarian Republic of virtue

versus

(Secretary of State) (Secretary of the Treasury)

• A powerful national government.

• America’s best people = The educated elites.

• Economy based on commerce & manufactures.

• Wants the government to assume debt to get support of businessmen.

• A powerful world competitor like Britain.

C. Political Parties: men group off into political parties even though many people think

that it’s a bad habit. 2 major parties form:

Democratic-Republicans

•Limited government.

•Strict reading of the Constitution.

•Agrarian economy.

•Lots of participation by “common people”

Federalists

•Strong government.

•Loose reading of the Constitution.

•Commercial economy

•trust in elite control

VS.

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(Secretary of State) (Secretary of the Treasury)

This 1798 cartoon depicts a fight that broke out on the floor of the United States House of Representatives between Matthew Lyon (center), an Irish immigrant and Republican congressman from Vermont, and Roger Griswold (right), an American-born Federalist from Connecticut.

1794

JOHN ADAMS

THOMAS JEFFERSON

"They wanted me to be another Washington." - Napoleon Bonaparte

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