2. Lecture Outline
• 1783 – 1820
• Old Northwest
• US Constitution
• 1788 & the 1st Party System
• 1790s
• The Revolution of 1800
• President Jefferson
• The War of 1812
• Homework:
– Ch 6
– PSR #3, 11/5
– Discussion, 11/8
4. The Old Northwest
• Territory west of the
Appalachians
• State claims
• Articles of
Confederation
• Northwest Ordinances,
1787
• Jefferson’s ideals
5. The Constitutional Convention
• Philadelphia 1787
– 55 total
• Legitimacy
• Virginia Plan
– James Madison
• New Jersey Plan
– William Patterson
• Great Compromise (CT)
– Roger Sherman
6.
7. US Constitution
• Federalism
• Separation of Powers
– Legislature
– Executive
– Judicial
• Electoral College
• Rights?
• Slavery
– 3/5ths clause
8. Ratification
• September 17, 1787
• Debate
• Federalists vs. Anti-
Federalists
– The Federalist Papers
• Bill of Rights
• New Hampshire, June
21, 1788
• Framework for new
society
9. The Bill of Rights
1. Freedom of Speech
and Worship
2. Right to Bear Arms
3. Quartering of Soldiers
4. Unreasonable
searches and seizures
5. Juries and Property
6. Speedy Trial and
Defense
7. Trial by Jury
8. Excessive Bail, Cruel
and Unusual
Punishment
9. Rights retained by the
People
10. Powers to the States
and the People
10. The 1st Party System
• The Federalists vs. The
(Democratic-)
Republicans
• Newspapers
– The Gazette of the United
States vs. The National
Gazette
• Democratic-Republican
Societies
• Checks and Balances vs
Virtue
Liberty Displaying the Arts and
Sciences, Samuel Jennings, 1792
12. Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)
“Of the things that
resulted there sprung up
hate on every side,
whence it came to
divisions, from divisions to
Factions, (and), from
Factions to ruin.”
-The Discourses
15. First Election, 1788
• Government:
• George Washington,
President
• John Adams, VP
• Thomas Jefferson, Secy
of State
• Alexander Hamilton,
Secy of Treasury
• James Madison, Rep.
• The Bill of Rights
• The Federalist Era
18. The French Revolution
• Louis XVI (1754-1793, r.1774-
1792)
• 1776-1783, The American
Revolution
• 1789, storming of the Bastille
• 1789, Declaration of the
Rights of Man and Citizen
• 1793-1794, Reign of Terror
• 1793, Louis XVI beheaded
• 1799-1815, Napoleon
19. America in the Transatlantic World
• Stance on French Rev.
• French culture
• 1793, Citizen Edmund
Genêt
• Proclamation of
Neutrality
• 1791, Saint-Domingue
(Haiti)
– Toussaint L’Ouverture
20. American Response
• 1794, Jay Treaty
• Battle of Fallen Timbers
• 1795, Pinckney Treaty
• 1797, XYZ Affair
• 1798-1800, Quasi-War
• Hamilton’s Response
21. President John Adams
• George Washington’s
Farewell Address
• 1796 Election
– Problems
– John Adams
– Thomas Jefferson
• 1797, Alien and
Sedition Acts
• Virginia and Kentucky
Resolutions
22. The Revolution of 1800
• Federalists vs. D-R
• John Adams vs. Thomas
Jefferson vs. Alexander
Hamilton
• Aaron Burr
• Election issues
– 12th Amendment
• Jefferson elected 1800
23. President Jefferson, 1801-1809
• Revolution of 1800
• Jeffersonian Democracy
– Yeoman
– James Madison
• Ideals and Compromise
• Finance & National Debt
– Albert Gallatin
• Barbary Wars
– Navy 1794
– Threats, May 1801
– Battle of Derna, April 27,
1805
• Louisiana Purchase, 1803
– Corps of Discovery, 1804-
1806
29. Political Opposition
• Language
• Alexander Hamilton
• Aaron Burr (1756-1836)
– Duel, 1804
– Treason, 1807
– http://youtu.be/OLSsswr6z
9Y
• Chief Justice John
Marshall (1801-1835)
– Marbury v. Madsion, 1803
– Judiciary Act of 1789
30. Jefferson Admin Continued
• Political attacks
– Federalists
– Hypocrisy
– Sally Hemings
• Napoleonic Wars, 1803
– “peaceable coercion”
– Impressment
• Embargo Act of 1807
32. James Madison, 1809-1817
• Cracks in Jeff. D-R
– Impeachment, Samuel
Chase
– 1808 Election
• Tecumseh
– Battle of Tippecanoe,
1811
• Britain and France
– Embargo
– Macon’s Bill No. 2
33. War of 1812
• Why?
– “Free Trade and Sailors’
Rights!”
• Young Republicans
– Henry Clay
– John C. Calhoun
• Opposition
– Federalists
– Old Rep.
• Navy
– USS Constitution vs HMS
Guerriere, 1813
34. Battles of War of 1812
• Canada
• Burning of York
• River Raisin
• Battle of Bladensburg
• Burning of Washington
• Star-Spangled Banner
• Constitution vs.
Guerriere
• Battle of New Orleans
35.
36. Results of the War
• Treaty of Ghent, 1814
• National Pride
• Florida, 1819
– Andrew Jackson
• Industrial Revolution
– Springfield & Harpers
Ferry
• Hartford Convention,
1814
Gifts from the Great White Chief Among the objectives
of the Lewis and Clark expedition was to establish good
relations with the Indians in the newly acquired Louisiana
Purchase. The American explorers presented all chiefs with
copies of these medals, showing President Jefferson on one
side and the hands of an Indian and a white man clasped
in “peace and friendship” under a crossed “peace pipe”
and hatchet on the other. All chiefs also received
an American flag and a military uniform jacket, hat,
and feather. Courtesy, The American Numismatic Society