•   ―Native‖ Americans

•   Beringia

       –   Eskimo

       –   Northwest

       –   Anasazi

               •    Pueblos

               •    Water conservation

       –   Similarities

               •    Diet

                       –   Hunt, farm, fish

               •    Bows & arrows

               •    No writing

•   Vs. Europeans

       –   Less dense

       –   No wheels or ships

       –   Small animals only

•   Ericsson

•   Prince Henry

•   Bartolomeu Dias

•   Vasco da Gama breaks Mediterranean monopoly 1498

•   Portugal inches along African coast

       –   Slaves

       –   Religion
•      Cape Verde 1st plantations

•   Ottoman Turks

       –     Genoa & Venice

       –     Atlantic nations look west

       –     Spain

       –     Moors

•   Columbus

       –     Bad with the ruler

       –     San Salvador

                •      Bahamas

       –     Hispaniola

                •      La Navidad

       –     Returns with natives

       –     4 trips

       –     Columbian Exchange

                •      Goods, ppl & ideas

•   Treaty of Tordesillas

       –     Portugal

       –     Brazil only

       –     de Gama 1498

•   Cabot

       –     Northwest Passage/ cod

•   Cabral
–     Vespucci

•   Balboa

•   Magellan

       –     West voyage not feasible

•   Conquistadores

       –     Cortez

                •     Aztec

                         –    Empire, tribute, sacrifice

                •     Spain most powerful after

       –     Pizarro

                •     Inca

•   French

       –     Verrazano

       –     Cartier

       –     Up to now

       –     No settlements in America

       –     Spanish Empire

       –     Portugal to China

       –     International fishing

       –     Huguenots

       –     Challenge to Spain

       –     St. Augustine 1st

•   England
–   John Hawkins Africa to Haiti

•   Factors encouraging exploration

       –   Technological advances

       –   Monarchs looking to enlarge, enrich

       –   Gold, glory & the Gospel

•   England supplants Spain

       –   Henry VIII

       –   Elizabeth

              •    Reform

       –   Drake

       –   Roanoke Island

       –   Armada

              •    Spain defends Cath.

              •    English pond

              •    England Colonizes in a Big Way
•   Hakluyt

       –   New trade partners

       –   Ease unemployment

              •   Pressure valve

              •   1530-1680 Pop doubled causing many to leave

•   Joint-stock company

       –   VA London

       –   VA Plymouth

       –   Takes time for profit

       –   Jamestown

       –   License to poach

       –   Terrible location

              •   Swamp, drought

       –   Gentlemen/servants

       –   Search for gold

              •   38/144

                      –   Malnutrition, disease, European traditions of labor

                      –   Could have done better if they learned to farm

       –   John Smith

              •   Harsh

              •   ―The Starving Time‖

•   Powhatan Confederacy

       –   Aid led to survival
–   Weapons for reinforcing

•   Lord de la Warr

       –   Irish tactics

              •   Raid, burn, steal

              •   Natives inferior

              •   Almost exterminated due to VA success

•   John Rolfe

       –   Made VA a stable colony

       –   Seals peace by marriage

•   Spread of the vile weed

       –   Scattered settlements

       –   Constant encroaching

•   Labor force

       –   Indentured

              •   Lack of labor

              •   Poor, willing

              •   Cheap, abundant

              •   2x or 3x pay

              •   Most migrants to Chesapeake

              •   Many premature deaths

              •   Society of servants and ex-servants

              •   Sometimes sold

              •   Extended– legally
–   Stole, ran away, pregnant

                       –   Women no marriage

                       –   Freedom dues

       –   Headright

               •   Wealthy gentry class

                       –   More land, more workers

       –   New arrivals in 1619

               •   Africans & wives?

•   House of Burgesses

       –   Series of harsh rulers

       –   Representative self-government

               •   Local laws only but, it set a precedent of self-government at local
                   level in colonies

               •   James hates tobacco and distrusted H of B.

               •   Charter revoked 1624, reinstated 1629

•   Maryland

       –   Proprietary

               •   Lord B’more

               •   Sanctuary

                       –   But… conflict

                               »   Majority Protestants as yeoman

                               »   Catholics as gentry

                       –   Act of Toleration 1649

               •   Depended on tobacco & indentured servants
•   Polarized society post 1649

       –   Land, money in east

       –   Untamed in the west

       –   Gov. Berkeley

               •   No elections for 15 years

               •   Only male landowners & heads of households

               •   Monopolized fur trade w/ Indians

               •   Bacon’s Rebellion

                       –   Big guys & little guys, Berkeley removed

                       –   New workforce

•   New England

•   Pilgrims

       –   Separatists

       –   Too corrupt

       –   Holland

       –   Mayflower Compact

               •   Political body & legal auth

               •   Will of majority

       –   Squanto

               •   Pilgrims as allies

               •   Thanksgiving

•   Mass. Bay Colony

       –   Covenant
•    Contract for a mission

       –   ―City Upon a Hill‖

              •    Reform the Church of Eng.

                       –   King’s puppet

       –   Families, educated, college

       –   Voting rights

              •    Property owning males

              •    Popular got big tracts

•   The sewer where the ―Lord’s debris‖ collected and rotted

•   Connecticut

       –   Thomas Hooker

       –   All males

       –   Fundamental Orders of CT.

•   Rhode Island

       –   Roger Williams

              •    Land belonged to…

              •    Freedom of religion

                       –   Newport 1658

       –   Anne Hutchinson

              •    Comm. Directly with God

•   Relations with Indians

•   Pequot War of 1637

       –   White settlement disrupted trade
–    Narragansett allies

       –    Heavily criticized

               •     Tried to Christianize

               •     Indians knew only unity stops encroachment

•   King Philip’s War

       –    Encroachment

               •     Surrounded Indian towns

               •     Sassamon

               •     Mohawk

               •     Great Swamp

               •     Sold into slavery

               •     Debt, ruined frontier, hatred

               •     Eunice Williams stayed

               •     Mary Rowlandson– Redemption Rock

•   Trouble in New England

•   Salem

       –    Tituba

               •     Witchcraft

               •     Specters

       –    Causes

               •     Continual disorder explained by blame

                        –   Indian attacks

                        –   Decline of Puritan society
–   Ergot

•   The Other Colonies

•   New York

       –   1609 Hudson

       –   Albany

       –   New Netherlands

       –   New Amsterdam

               •    Manhattan

               •    Patroonships

               •    Headright

                       –   Diverse

                       –   Huguenots

               •    Peter Stuyvesant

               •    Duke of York– James

•   Pennsylvania

       –   Wm. Penn

       –   Quaker

       –   Proprietary

       –   Indians

               •    Purchase land, deal fairly, respect claims

               •    Those having probs elsewhere

       –   Religious toleration

               •    ―in the souls there is no sex‖
•   Carolina

       –   Restoration as others

       –   Barbados in south

               •   Charles Town

               •   Slaves

               •   Staple crops

                      –     Eliza Lucas

       –   VA influence in north

               •   Regulator – no reapportioning—not represented

•   Georgia

       –   Oglethorpe

       –   Buffer/Reform

               •   Between two empires

       –   Savannah

•   Navigation Acts

       –   Mercantilism—raw materials

       –   Only English/colonial ships

       –   Enumerated

       –   Designed to make money and stop competition

       –   Board of Trade

               •   Parliament passed rules but they didn’t affect the colonies unless
                   stated

       –   Salutary Neglect

               •   Robert Walpole
–   Ignoring leads to more wealth

              •    Admiralty Courts

•   Crown attacks colonies charters

       –   Mass Bay Colony charter revoked

       –   Dominion of New England

              •    Under direct English control

              •    All land titles invalidated

       –   Edmund Andros

       –   Glorious Revolution

              •    Influenced colonists to rise as well

              •    Mass Bay restored with additions

       –   Leisler’s Rebellion

       –   Coode

•   More Indian Wars

       –   New York

              •    Beaver Wars

              •    Iroquois

                      –   Needed to war to replenish since European disease killing them

       –   North Carolina

              •    Tuscarora—many enslaved

       –   South Carolina

              •    Yamassee

                      –   Abused by whites (sold into slavery)
–   Threatened lands

                       –   Spanish intrigue

•   Slavery

       –   Portuguese

       –   Africans practiced violence

              •   Europeans didn’t have to

              •   Xtianized them instead

       –   Triangular Trade

              •   Products/ trade became basis of European economy

              •   Middle Passage

       –   Rebellion

              •   Stono

                       –   Can’t overturn slavery; can’t win the fight for freedom.

•   Colonial experiences

       –   The Great Awakening

              •   First shared

              •   Religious indifference

                       –   Convert non-believers and revive piety of believers

                       –   Most didn’t go to church

              •   Revivals

                       –   Jonathan Edwards

                              »   Sinners…

              •   Led to religious diversity
•   Enlightenment

                       –   Liberty, liberty, property

                              »   John Locke

                                      •   Right of rebellion

                              »   Peter Zenger

                       –   Religion

                              »   Deism

                              »   God the Clockmaker

                       –   Ben Franklin

                              »   Poor Richard’s

                                      •   Work & wealth

•   The French in America

       –   Champlain

              •   Coureurs de bois

              •   Black Robes—Jesuits

       –   Robert de la Salle

              •   Mississippi

                       –   No suppression of Indian

                       –   They liked European goods

              •   Kept Spanish out

•   Wars with the French

       –   King William/Queen Anne

              •   Mostly European affairs
•   Attacks on frontier towns by French/Indians told colonists that they
                  still needed English protection

       –   King George’s War

       –   Louisbourg

              •   Colonists furious

                     –   Boston widows

•   French and Indian War

       –   Contested land

              •   Ohio Valley

              •   French forts

              •   Gov. Dinwiddie

                     –   Washington

                             »   Surrenders

                             »   British retaliate

                                      •   Nova Scotia

       –   Albany Congress

              •   Albany Plan for Union

                     –   Ben Franklin

                             »   Win Indians—they made no commitment

                             »   Colonists meet annually

                             »   Colonies & crown refused

                                      •   Not enough or too much independence

       –   General Braddock

              •   Duquesne—war declared
•   Colonists refused to fight

       •   British thought colonists bear the responsibility

       •   Indians side with French—less land-hungry

–   William Pitt—Great Commoner

       •   Picked better commanders

              –   Recruitment was local now

       •   Finance thoroughly—but… leads to huge debt

              –   Boon to colonies economy

              –   Turning point

       •   Focus on North America

              –   Attack Quebec

              –   Cripple France’s colonies

              –   Plains of Abraham

                      »   Wolfe & Montcalm

                      »   Iroquois allied w/ GB

–   Treaty of Paris

       •   Indians lose land as colonists mover west

       •   England east, Spain west
–   Colonial hangover

              •   Colonists have military confidence

              •   Colonist officers treated poorly

                         –   No promotions—British discipline brutal

                         –   Amateurs

              •   British concerns

                         –   Americans traded with enemy

                         –   Americans begin to head west

       –   Pontiac’s Rebellion

              •   Refused to surrender lands

              •   Britain raised prices

              •   Several British forts attacked

              •   Many lives lost, long time to quell

              •   Britain retaliated with germ warfare

       –   Proclamation of 1763

              •   Keep peace—no settling west

              •   Stationed soldiers here for same

•   British problems

       –   War debt

       –   Colonists should help pay for empire

       –   Pitt’s role

       –   Standing Army (where?!?)

       –   Quartering Act
•   Sugar Act

       –   Molasses Act

       –   Rewards for capture

•   Stamp Act

       –   Internal tax

       –   James Otis

                •   No rep in Parle

                •   Direct rep here

                •   Grenville virtual

       –   Sons & Daughters

                •   Boycott

       –   VA Resolves

                •   Patrick Henry

                •   Caesar, Chas I and George

       –   Stamp Act Congress

                •   First successful union

                •   9 of 13

                •   Rights & Grievances

                       –   Tax and represent redux

                       –   Jury w/o trial

                       –   Restrict on trade

                •   Prevent distribution

                       –   Andrew Oliver
»   Effigy

                       –   Thomas Hutchinson

                              »   All resigned

                •   Boycott worked

                •   Declaratory Act

•   Townsend Acts

       –   Revenue Act of 1765

       –   Customs collectors paid by crown

       –   Tax on lead, glass, paint, tea

       –   Writs of assistance

       –   New York Assembly

       –   Circular Letter

                •   Sam Adams

                •   Tax w/o consent?

                •   VA Assembly agrees dissolved

•   Currently

       –   Taxes

       –   Houses searched

       –   Troops stationed at the center of hotbeds

•   Boston Massacre

       –   March 5, 1770

       –   Soldiers withdrawn

       –   Townsend repealed
•   Gaspée

       –   Crown’s commission to find perpetrators

       –   Committees of Correspondence

              •   Cooperation to oppose

•   Boston Tea Party

       –   British East India Tea Co.

              •   Smuggled tea

              •   Tax lowered

              •   Favoritism

              •   Hurt current suppliers

              •   Hurt smugglers

•   ―Intolerable‖ Acts

       –   1. Boston Harbor

       –   2. Mass. Charter

       –   3. Trials in England

       –   4. New Quartering Act

       –   5. Quebec Act

              •   New borders

                       –   Land granted to Catholics!

                       –   No precedent

       –   General Gage

•   First Continental Congress

       –   Rights & Grievances
•   Hope for cooler heads in Parlement– no response

              •   Continental Association

                        –   Manage boycott

                        –   Ben Franklin

                               »   ―we must hang together…‖

                        –   Colonists forced to choose sides

       –   Meet again in one year

•   Lexington & Concord 4/75

       –   Stockpiles

       –   Paul Revere/Wm. Dawes

       –   Sam Adams/John Hancock

       –   Boston under siege

•   Second Continental Congress

       –   G. Washington C-in-C

       –   Mass Militia named Cont. Army

•   Bunker Hill

       –   3 attempts

       –   Pyrrhic victory

       –   Hessians

       –   Ports closed

       –   Halifax
•   Ethan Allen

•   Canadian Invasion

       –   Ben Arnold

•   Fawkes Day

       –   Americans need European support

•   Common Sense/ Thomas Paine

•   Hessian = war’s unpopularity

•   Independence needed for European support

       –   Richard Henry Lee

       –   ―these colonies are and of right ought to be independent states‖

       –   Committee formed

              •   Adams, Franklin, Jefferson et al

              •   SC & GA edit

                     –   ―all men are… life, liberty and pursuit…‖

                     –   Government purpose is to allow constituents…

                     –   Government derive their power

                     –   If government fails…

              •   All signers… treason!

       –   All states were encouraged to write const

              •   All took power away from executive

•   Battle of New York

       –   No pursuit

       –   Lots of desertion
–   The Crisis

•   Brit ad/disadvantages

       –   Profession army

       –   3000 miles

       –   Re-conquer w/o destroy

                •   Divide and conquer

                •   Tories

                •   Keep allegiance

•   Americans

       –   Good generals/ bad also

       –   Home game

       –   Bonus (land) for enlistment

•   Women

       –   Nurses, domestic tasks, Robert Shurtleff, Molly Pitcher

•   New Jersey

       –   Delaware River

                •   Trenton

                •   Princeton

•   Britain attempts to cut off NE

       –   Howe

       –   Philadelphia

       –   Burgoyne

       –   Saratoga
•   One of the world’s biggest!

              •   French

                        –   Repossess

                        –   Reconcile?

              •   Home-rule

              •   Philadelphia

                        –   Brandywine

                        –   Accomplished nothing

                        –   Fired-up colonists

              •   Valley Forge

                        –   Baron von Steuben

                        –   Post Saratoga/Philadelphia new strategy

•   War in the west

       –   Iroquois Alliance

       –   George Rogers Clark

       –   Indians neutral to British

•   War on the sea

       –   John Paul Jones

              •   Bonhomme Richard

       –   Privateers

•   War in the South

       –   Charleston/ Savannah

              •   Put Tories in charge
•   African-Americans

       •   Nathaniel Greene

               –   ―we fight, get beat, fight again

               –   Guerrilla warfare

                       »   Francis Marion, Thomas Sumter

                       »   Drag British inland

–   Yorktown

       •   De Grasse

       •   Cut their loses

–   Treaty of Paris
•   State Constitutions

       –   Reduced power of governors

       –   Most bi-cameral

       –   Limited voting rights—25-50% of all males disenfranchised

              •   South—at least you ain’t Black

       –   VA had Bill of Rights

•   Republican government

       –   Elected reps

       –   Most favor weak central government

       –   Articles of Confed.

              •   1st constitution

                     –    Conduct foreign affairs

                     –    Maintain armed forces

                     –    Borrow money

                     –    Issue currency

                             »     Could not

                             »     Regulate trade

                             »     Draft an army

                             »     Tax

                             »     To pass law—9 of 13

                             »     To amend—all 13

                             »     No exec, no judicial

                             »     Tariff tried but…
–   One vote per state

                     –   Ratification problems

                             »     Western lands

                                      •   March 1781

              •   Accomplishments

                     –   Won war

                     –   Foreign affairs

                     –   New states

•   Land Policy

       –   Ordinance 1785

              •   First independent source of revenue

              •   rectangular with 1 of every 36 for education

              •   640 acres each—$1 per acre

              •   Public auction

              •   Speculators

       –   Ordinance of 1787

              •   Northwest Territory

              •   3 to 5 states

              •   60,000

              •   Equal to others

              •   Bill of Rights

              •   No slavery

                     –   Fugitive slave law included
•   Problems with money

       –   Soldiers wages

       –   1781 march on PHL

       –   Paper $ worthless

       –   Dept. of Finance created

              •   Robert Morris

              •   5% on imports

                       –   Denied—A of C government could get too powerful

•   Depression

       –   Rice crop destroyed

       –   Farms confiscated for non-payment of state taxes

       –   West Indies closed to trade (Britain)

       –   Britain flooded

•   Shay’s Rebellion

       –   Mass broke

       –   Tax farmers

       –   Judge taking lands

       –   Shay leads rebellion to courts, arsenal

       –   4 killed by Bowdoin’s troops

              •   Many feared future rebellions

              •   A of C not strong enough

•   Slavery

       –   Many states immediate to gradual in Northern states
–   Manumission

       –   All men…. Quok Walker

              •    Only humans in South

       –   NJ let free & women vote

•   Constitutional Convention

       –   Annapolis Conference

       –   Madison/Hamilton

              •    Changes—A of C too weak

              •    55 delegates—most lawyers, all rich

              •    Closed doors no notes

       –   VA Plan & NJ Plan—how to satisfy big/small states

              •    VA 2 house, both pop proportional, chief chose by legislature

              •    People choose lower, lower chooses upper

              •    NJ one house one vote per state

              •    Plural execs

       –   The Great Compromise

              •    Roger Sherman

              •    2-house, H of Reps by pop, Senate (2 for all states)

              •    3/5 clause

              •    Slavery not interfered with till 1808

              •    9 of 13 states required to ratify

•   Ratification

       –   Federalists
–   Anti-Federalists

               •     Fear of a distant power

               •     Bill of Rights

       –   Delaware

•   New Hampshire

•   Virginia

       –   B of Rights to be added

•   New York

       –   Federalist essays

               •     Detailed failure of A of C

•   First Election

       –   Washington

               •     Adams

               •     Dept of State—Jefferson

               •     Dept of the Treasury—Hamilton

               •     Dept of War

               •     Cabinet (advisers)

                        –    Adams just presided of Senate

               •     Judiciary Act of 1789

                        –    Supreme Ct.

                        –    John Jay

               •     Bill of Rights

                        –    Madison
–    12—10

                      –    Nothing on who could vote

•   Financial Problems

       –   Hamilton

              •   Tariff

                      –    To protect/ foster

                      –    South no, North yes

              •   Report on Public Credit

              •   Fed debt (par)

                      –    Speculators—wealthy have stake

              •   Assumption

                      –    States

                      –    South not happy

                      –    Washington

              •   National Bank

              •   Vault, loans, currency

              •   Strict

              •   Loose—Necessary & Proper

              •   Political parties

•   Whiskey Rebellion

       –   Hamilton’s programs

              •   25%

              •   Barter = no cash
•   Serious threat

              •   Nationalize PA militia

•   Frontier Problems

       –   Indians look to Britain/Spain

       –   Anthony Wayne

              •   Battle of Fallen Timbers 1794

              •   Treaty of Greenville 1795

                        –   Ohio

•   European Problems

       –   French Revolution

       –   Neutrality

       –   Citizen Genet

       –   Jefferson resigns

       –   British impress

              •   Jay’s Treaty

                        –   Hamilton’s role

                        –   Northwest

                        –   Withdraw

                        –   Pay for ships

                        –   Allow trade w/ British W.I.

                        –   Freed slaves

                        –   French capture US ships

              •   Executive Privilege
–   Pinckney’s Treaty

              •    Right of Deposit

              •    Mississippi

•   Washington’s Farewell

       –   Precedent

       –   Party system

       –   Foreign alliances

•   Election of 1796

       –   Adams/ Chas. Pinckney

       –   Jefferson/ Burr

       –   71-68

       –   12th Amendment

•   Adam’s Presidency

       –   Problems w/ France

              •    XYZ Affair

                       –   Shipping

                       –   Talleyrand

              •    Undeclared war

                       –   Dept of Navy

       –   Alien & Sedition Acts

              •    Aimed at Republicans

                       –   14 year naturalization

              •    Sedition Act
–   KY & VA Resolutions

       •   Constitution a compact

       •   Nullification
•   Election of 1800

       –   Adams hurt by A/S & taxes to build navy

       –   Jay’s Treaty

       –   Whiskey Rebellion

       –   Jeff called Jacobin etc

       –   Fathered mulatto

       –   Atheist

       –   Jeff v. Burr

       –   26 ballots later

       –   Deal made?

       –   Hamilton role

       –   VA threat to march on DC

       –   Revolution of 1800—peaceful transition—―we are all Republicans, we are all…‖

•   Jeff presidency

       –   Weak gov’t

              •   States center of power

                       –   Compact!

              •   New capital

              •   Pay down debt

                       –   Albert Gallatin

                       –   Warships decommissioned

                       –   Army downsized

                       –   Excise tax abolished
–   Sedition Act expires—many freed

                        –   Repealed Naturalization Act

                        –   Kept par, assumption, tariff

•   Midnight Appts

       –   Keep feds in power

       –   John Marshall

       –   Marbury v. Madison

              •      Madison Secy of State***

       –   Writ of mandamus

       –   Part of 1789 Act unconstitutional because only exec can enforce, not SC

       –   Judicial Review

       –   Sam Chase—big proponent of Sedition Act

              •      Senate too Federalist

              •      SC maintains its independence

•   Foreign Policy

       –   Tripoli

              •      Increased tribute refused by Jeff

              •      War declared

              •      Stephen Decatur

       –   Louisiana Purchase

              •      French get Louisiana back

              •      Threat to Right of Deposit

              •      French Empire here?
•   Eli Whitney

•   Robert Livingston, James Monroe mission

•   Haitian Revolt

       –   Toussaint L’Ouverture

       –   Malaria killed 1000s of French soldiers

       –   War w/ GB financed by sale

•   Federalists oppose—losing influence to South & West

       –   Strict v. loose

       –   Louisiana 1812

       –   Doubled size

       –   Lewis & Clark

               »   Foster good relations

               »   Flora/fauna

               »   Water route to Pacific

               »   Claim to Oregon

               »   Sacajawea

                      •    Scout/translator

•   Domestic

       –   Essex Junto

               »   New England, NY & NJ

                      •    NE threatened by Louis. Purchase

               »   Burr as governor of NY

               »   Hamilton remarks
»   Duel

                              »   Burr flees

                                       •   Southwest Empire?

                                       •   Acquitted of treason

•   2nd Term

       –   Problems w/ Britain & France

               •   Continental system

               •   Orders in Council

               •   Impressment

                       –   6,000 from 1808-1811

               •   Chesapeake v. HMS Leopard

                       –   3 dead, 18 wounded

               •   Embargo Act

                       –   Disaster

                       –   Smuggling

                       –   GB not as reliant as hoped

                       –   Feds in Northeast hating on Jeff

                       –   Started Industrial Revolution as US became self-sufficient

               •   1809 Non-Intercourse Act

                       –   Every nation except GB/FR

•   Election of 1808

       –   Madison but Feds gain seats in Congress

       –   Macon’s Bill Number 2
•   Hope both drop restrictions

              •   Napoleon deceives

       –   War Hawks

              •   Henry Clay

              •   John C Calhoun

              •   Andrew Jackson

              •   Anti-British

       –   Tippecanoe

              •   William Henry Harrison

              •   Prophet/Tecumseh

              •   Federation

              •   Tecumseh flees to Canada

•   Causes for War

       –   War Hawks push for declaration of war and attack on Canada

       –   Attack Florida

       –   Impressment

       –   Federalists opposed

       –   Sectional vote

       –   Orders in Council suspended but news travels slow

•   War of 1812

       –   Ad: GB tied up w/ Napoleon

              •   Home game

              •   Canada real target & not heavily populated
–   Dis-ad:

       •   Small army & old

       •   ―Mr. Madison’s War‖

–   Invasion of Canada

       •   William Hull & Detroit

       •   NY militia

–   Lake Erie

       •   Oliver Hazard Perry

       •   Retreating British (former loyalists) at Thames/Tecumseh by
           Harrison

       •   York

–   Naval Victories

       •   USS Constitution

       •   Mostly fought on inland lakes

       •   Privateers very successful

       •   British impose blockade

                –   Economy crippled

                –   Treasury broke

                –   Bank allowed to expire

–   1814 Napoleon defeated

       •   British invade Chesapeake

                –   Washington

                –   Baltimore 8/14

                        »   Francis Scott Key
•   British invade from Canada

                     –     Macdonough

                              »   Plattsburgh 9/14

                              »   Too costly

              •   Southwest Campaign

                     –     Andrew Jackson

                     –     Horseshoe Bend

       –   Treaty of Ghent

              •   Status Quo Ante Bellum

              •   Battle of New Orleans

•   Hartford Convention

       –   Feds last hurrah

              •   Openly traded w/ GB

              •   Militia refused to leave states

       –   3/5 Clause—60 day embargo—1 term President—no successive Pres. From
           same state—2/3 vote for new states

       –   Delegation arrives same time as news of Jackson victory

•   Era of Good Feelings

       –   Nationalism high

       –   BUS re-chartered 1816

              •   Local banks printed worthless

              •   War effort hurt

       –   Tariff of 1816

              •   Protect
–   Florida

       •   Adams- Onis

–   1816 Election

       •   James Monroe

–   Rush-Bagot/Convention of 1818

       •   Demilitarized Great Lakes

       •   To the Rockies

       •   49th
•   Panic of 1819

       –   Westward migration

              •     Steamships

              •     Land speculation

              •     Wildcat banks

              •     Couldn’t redeem notes

              •     1st panic ever

              •     Many people lost $$$

              •     Led to distrust of BUS

                       –   MD tried to tax BUS out of existence

                       –   McCulloch v. MD

•   MO Compromise

       –   Whitney and LA Purchase

       –   Slavery to foreground

              •     Profitable & expanding

       –   Balanced Senate

              •     Tallmadge Amendment

                       –   Gradual abolition

                       –   Dangerous precedent for rest of LA Purchase

                               »     Dangerous for South too

       –   Comp reached

              •     Clay

              •     MO slave, Maine free, 12-12
•   No slavery north of 36-30

•   Foreign Policy under Monroe cont’d

       –   Monroe Doctrine

              •   US with GB help

              •   Closed

              •   US stays out of European affairs

              •   Britain maintains trade & Canada

•   Election of 1824

       –   Caucus system breaks down

              •   One party

              •   Crawford—Clay—Adams—Jackson

              •   Jackson wins pop & electoral but

                       –   Plurality

                       –   House

                       –   Clay’s role

                       –   ―Corrupt Bargain‖

•   Adam’s Presidency

       –   Internal improvements

              •   National road

              •   Canals

                       –   Chesapeake & Ohio

                       –   Erie—private

              •   National University?
•    Naval College?

•   Election of 1828

       –   Jackson

              •    Democratic Republicans (Democrats)

                       –    Property qualifications dropped (RI 1842 Dorr)

              •    Rachel

              •    Opposed to all things Adams

       –   Adams

              •    National Republicans

•   Jackson’s Presidency

       –   Inauguration

              •    ―King Mob‖

       –   Spoils System

              •    Loyalists

              •    Beginnings of patronage in a two-party system

•   Jackson & the Tariff of 1828

       –   Inherited

       –   Abominations

       –   South manufactured little

       –   South sold worldwide so could be penalized

       –   Real crux—slavery could be interfered with by feds

              •    MO Compromise rekindled

              •    Denmark Vesey Rebellion 1822
•      SC Exposition

              •      Calhoun

              •      KY & VA Resolutions

       –   Nullies

              •      Tariff of 1832

                        –   Not enough

                        –   Declared null & void

                        –   Threatened secession

                        –   Jackson… ―Hang the first…‖

                        –   Clay compromise

                               »     1833 tariff drops to 1816 levels

                               »     Force Bill

                                        •   Repealed nullification & nullified Force Bill

•   Indian Removal—Trail of Tears

       –   Cherokee Americanized

              •      Sequoya alphabet

              •      Slave owners

              •      GA refused to recognize them

              •      Supreme Court ruled them a sovereign nation

              •      Worcester v. GA

              •      ―John Marshall has made his decision…‖

              •      West to save them

              •      Sauk/Fox led by Black Hawk
–   Davis/Lincoln

              •     Seminole/Osceola

•   Eaton Malaria

       –   Peggy Eaton—wife of Sec’y of War

       –   Floride Calhoun

       –   Rachel???

       –   Entire cabinet resigned

       –   Martin Van Buren sympathetic

       –   Becomes frontrunner for VP

•   The Bank War & Election of 1832

       –   BUS controlled economy

       –   Private & answerable to few

       –   Controlled gold & silver

       –   Nicholas Biddle

       –   Clay/ Webster try to re-charter in 1832

              •     Charter not up till 1836

              •     Force the issue w/ Jackson to beat him

              •     Vetoed (as he did more than any other Pres.)

              •     Clay as Nat-Rep

                       –   1st National Nominating Conventions (no more caucus) with
                           platforms

              •     Third Party—Anti-Mason

                       –   William Wirt/ William Morgan (former Mason)

                       –   Anti- Jackson party
–   Later morphed into Whigs

•   Killing the Bank

       –   Roger Taney

       –   BUS calls in loans to create crisis

       –   ―Pet‖ banks

              •   Wildcats again

       –   Specie Circular

              •   Public lands in ―hard‖ currency to counter wildcats

              •   Led to less speculation but another panic in 1837 that cost his
                  successor

•   Whig Party origins & the Election of 1836

       –   Anti-Jacksonians—King Andrew I

              •   Only last so long

              •   South hates tariffs

              •   North hates slavery

              •   Clay hates Jackson

              •   Westerners for Clay & the American System

              •   Anti-Masons

       –   Election of 1836

              •   Van Buren

              •   Whigs—―Favorite Sons‖

                       –   Wm. Henry Harrison

•   Van Buren’s Presidency

       –   First born in ―America‖
–   ―Machine-made‖

–   Other Dems resented

–   Trouble in Maine

       •    Aroostook

       •    Webster-Ashburton 1842

–   Abolitionism in full swing

–   Panic of 1837

       •    Land spec.

       •    Wildcats

       •    Specie Circular

       •    Wheat crop fail

       •    Pet banks failed

       •    Government $$$

       •    Buren– laissez faire

       •    Independent Treasury Bill

–   Trail of Tears 1838

–   Texas

Ccri text 2012

  • 1.
    ―Native‖ Americans • Beringia – Eskimo – Northwest – Anasazi • Pueblos • Water conservation – Similarities • Diet – Hunt, farm, fish • Bows & arrows • No writing • Vs. Europeans – Less dense – No wheels or ships – Small animals only • Ericsson • Prince Henry • Bartolomeu Dias • Vasco da Gama breaks Mediterranean monopoly 1498 • Portugal inches along African coast – Slaves – Religion
  • 2.
    Cape Verde 1st plantations • Ottoman Turks – Genoa & Venice – Atlantic nations look west – Spain – Moors • Columbus – Bad with the ruler – San Salvador • Bahamas – Hispaniola • La Navidad – Returns with natives – 4 trips – Columbian Exchange • Goods, ppl & ideas • Treaty of Tordesillas – Portugal – Brazil only – de Gama 1498 • Cabot – Northwest Passage/ cod • Cabral
  • 3.
    Vespucci • Balboa • Magellan – West voyage not feasible • Conquistadores – Cortez • Aztec – Empire, tribute, sacrifice • Spain most powerful after – Pizarro • Inca • French – Verrazano – Cartier – Up to now – No settlements in America – Spanish Empire – Portugal to China – International fishing – Huguenots – Challenge to Spain – St. Augustine 1st • England
  • 4.
    John Hawkins Africa to Haiti • Factors encouraging exploration – Technological advances – Monarchs looking to enlarge, enrich – Gold, glory & the Gospel • England supplants Spain – Henry VIII – Elizabeth • Reform – Drake – Roanoke Island – Armada • Spain defends Cath. • English pond • England Colonizes in a Big Way
  • 5.
    Hakluyt – New trade partners – Ease unemployment • Pressure valve • 1530-1680 Pop doubled causing many to leave • Joint-stock company – VA London – VA Plymouth – Takes time for profit – Jamestown – License to poach – Terrible location • Swamp, drought – Gentlemen/servants – Search for gold • 38/144 – Malnutrition, disease, European traditions of labor – Could have done better if they learned to farm – John Smith • Harsh • ―The Starving Time‖ • Powhatan Confederacy – Aid led to survival
  • 6.
    Weapons for reinforcing • Lord de la Warr – Irish tactics • Raid, burn, steal • Natives inferior • Almost exterminated due to VA success • John Rolfe – Made VA a stable colony – Seals peace by marriage • Spread of the vile weed – Scattered settlements – Constant encroaching • Labor force – Indentured • Lack of labor • Poor, willing • Cheap, abundant • 2x or 3x pay • Most migrants to Chesapeake • Many premature deaths • Society of servants and ex-servants • Sometimes sold • Extended– legally
  • 7.
    Stole, ran away, pregnant – Women no marriage – Freedom dues – Headright • Wealthy gentry class – More land, more workers – New arrivals in 1619 • Africans & wives? • House of Burgesses – Series of harsh rulers – Representative self-government • Local laws only but, it set a precedent of self-government at local level in colonies • James hates tobacco and distrusted H of B. • Charter revoked 1624, reinstated 1629 • Maryland – Proprietary • Lord B’more • Sanctuary – But… conflict » Majority Protestants as yeoman » Catholics as gentry – Act of Toleration 1649 • Depended on tobacco & indentured servants
  • 8.
    Polarized society post 1649 – Land, money in east – Untamed in the west – Gov. Berkeley • No elections for 15 years • Only male landowners & heads of households • Monopolized fur trade w/ Indians • Bacon’s Rebellion – Big guys & little guys, Berkeley removed – New workforce • New England • Pilgrims – Separatists – Too corrupt – Holland – Mayflower Compact • Political body & legal auth • Will of majority – Squanto • Pilgrims as allies • Thanksgiving • Mass. Bay Colony – Covenant
  • 9.
    Contract for a mission – ―City Upon a Hill‖ • Reform the Church of Eng. – King’s puppet – Families, educated, college – Voting rights • Property owning males • Popular got big tracts • The sewer where the ―Lord’s debris‖ collected and rotted • Connecticut – Thomas Hooker – All males – Fundamental Orders of CT. • Rhode Island – Roger Williams • Land belonged to… • Freedom of religion – Newport 1658 – Anne Hutchinson • Comm. Directly with God • Relations with Indians • Pequot War of 1637 – White settlement disrupted trade
  • 10.
    Narragansett allies – Heavily criticized • Tried to Christianize • Indians knew only unity stops encroachment • King Philip’s War – Encroachment • Surrounded Indian towns • Sassamon • Mohawk • Great Swamp • Sold into slavery • Debt, ruined frontier, hatred • Eunice Williams stayed • Mary Rowlandson– Redemption Rock • Trouble in New England • Salem – Tituba • Witchcraft • Specters – Causes • Continual disorder explained by blame – Indian attacks – Decline of Puritan society
  • 11.
    Ergot • The Other Colonies • New York – 1609 Hudson – Albany – New Netherlands – New Amsterdam • Manhattan • Patroonships • Headright – Diverse – Huguenots • Peter Stuyvesant • Duke of York– James • Pennsylvania – Wm. Penn – Quaker – Proprietary – Indians • Purchase land, deal fairly, respect claims • Those having probs elsewhere – Religious toleration • ―in the souls there is no sex‖
  • 13.
    Carolina – Restoration as others – Barbados in south • Charles Town • Slaves • Staple crops – Eliza Lucas – VA influence in north • Regulator – no reapportioning—not represented • Georgia – Oglethorpe – Buffer/Reform • Between two empires – Savannah • Navigation Acts – Mercantilism—raw materials – Only English/colonial ships – Enumerated – Designed to make money and stop competition – Board of Trade • Parliament passed rules but they didn’t affect the colonies unless stated – Salutary Neglect • Robert Walpole
  • 14.
    Ignoring leads to more wealth • Admiralty Courts • Crown attacks colonies charters – Mass Bay Colony charter revoked – Dominion of New England • Under direct English control • All land titles invalidated – Edmund Andros – Glorious Revolution • Influenced colonists to rise as well • Mass Bay restored with additions – Leisler’s Rebellion – Coode • More Indian Wars – New York • Beaver Wars • Iroquois – Needed to war to replenish since European disease killing them – North Carolina • Tuscarora—many enslaved – South Carolina • Yamassee – Abused by whites (sold into slavery)
  • 15.
    Threatened lands – Spanish intrigue • Slavery – Portuguese – Africans practiced violence • Europeans didn’t have to • Xtianized them instead – Triangular Trade • Products/ trade became basis of European economy • Middle Passage – Rebellion • Stono – Can’t overturn slavery; can’t win the fight for freedom. • Colonial experiences – The Great Awakening • First shared • Religious indifference – Convert non-believers and revive piety of believers – Most didn’t go to church • Revivals – Jonathan Edwards » Sinners… • Led to religious diversity
  • 16.
    Enlightenment – Liberty, liberty, property » John Locke • Right of rebellion » Peter Zenger – Religion » Deism » God the Clockmaker – Ben Franklin » Poor Richard’s • Work & wealth • The French in America – Champlain • Coureurs de bois • Black Robes—Jesuits – Robert de la Salle • Mississippi – No suppression of Indian – They liked European goods • Kept Spanish out • Wars with the French – King William/Queen Anne • Mostly European affairs
  • 17.
    Attacks on frontier towns by French/Indians told colonists that they still needed English protection – King George’s War – Louisbourg • Colonists furious – Boston widows • French and Indian War – Contested land • Ohio Valley • French forts • Gov. Dinwiddie – Washington » Surrenders » British retaliate • Nova Scotia – Albany Congress • Albany Plan for Union – Ben Franklin » Win Indians—they made no commitment » Colonists meet annually » Colonies & crown refused • Not enough or too much independence – General Braddock • Duquesne—war declared
  • 18.
    Colonists refused to fight • British thought colonists bear the responsibility • Indians side with French—less land-hungry – William Pitt—Great Commoner • Picked better commanders – Recruitment was local now • Finance thoroughly—but… leads to huge debt – Boon to colonies economy – Turning point • Focus on North America – Attack Quebec – Cripple France’s colonies – Plains of Abraham » Wolfe & Montcalm » Iroquois allied w/ GB – Treaty of Paris • Indians lose land as colonists mover west • England east, Spain west
  • 19.
    Colonial hangover • Colonists have military confidence • Colonist officers treated poorly – No promotions—British discipline brutal – Amateurs • British concerns – Americans traded with enemy – Americans begin to head west – Pontiac’s Rebellion • Refused to surrender lands • Britain raised prices • Several British forts attacked • Many lives lost, long time to quell • Britain retaliated with germ warfare – Proclamation of 1763 • Keep peace—no settling west • Stationed soldiers here for same • British problems – War debt – Colonists should help pay for empire – Pitt’s role – Standing Army (where?!?) – Quartering Act
  • 20.
    Sugar Act – Molasses Act – Rewards for capture • Stamp Act – Internal tax – James Otis • No rep in Parle • Direct rep here • Grenville virtual – Sons & Daughters • Boycott – VA Resolves • Patrick Henry • Caesar, Chas I and George – Stamp Act Congress • First successful union • 9 of 13 • Rights & Grievances – Tax and represent redux – Jury w/o trial – Restrict on trade • Prevent distribution – Andrew Oliver
  • 21.
    » Effigy – Thomas Hutchinson » All resigned • Boycott worked • Declaratory Act • Townsend Acts – Revenue Act of 1765 – Customs collectors paid by crown – Tax on lead, glass, paint, tea – Writs of assistance – New York Assembly – Circular Letter • Sam Adams • Tax w/o consent? • VA Assembly agrees dissolved • Currently – Taxes – Houses searched – Troops stationed at the center of hotbeds • Boston Massacre – March 5, 1770 – Soldiers withdrawn – Townsend repealed
  • 22.
    Gaspée – Crown’s commission to find perpetrators – Committees of Correspondence • Cooperation to oppose • Boston Tea Party – British East India Tea Co. • Smuggled tea • Tax lowered • Favoritism • Hurt current suppliers • Hurt smugglers • ―Intolerable‖ Acts – 1. Boston Harbor – 2. Mass. Charter – 3. Trials in England – 4. New Quartering Act – 5. Quebec Act • New borders – Land granted to Catholics! – No precedent – General Gage • First Continental Congress – Rights & Grievances
  • 23.
    Hope for cooler heads in Parlement– no response • Continental Association – Manage boycott – Ben Franklin » ―we must hang together…‖ – Colonists forced to choose sides – Meet again in one year • Lexington & Concord 4/75 – Stockpiles – Paul Revere/Wm. Dawes – Sam Adams/John Hancock – Boston under siege • Second Continental Congress – G. Washington C-in-C – Mass Militia named Cont. Army • Bunker Hill – 3 attempts – Pyrrhic victory – Hessians – Ports closed – Halifax
  • 25.
    Ethan Allen • Canadian Invasion – Ben Arnold • Fawkes Day – Americans need European support • Common Sense/ Thomas Paine • Hessian = war’s unpopularity • Independence needed for European support – Richard Henry Lee – ―these colonies are and of right ought to be independent states‖ – Committee formed • Adams, Franklin, Jefferson et al • SC & GA edit – ―all men are… life, liberty and pursuit…‖ – Government purpose is to allow constituents… – Government derive their power – If government fails… • All signers… treason! – All states were encouraged to write const • All took power away from executive • Battle of New York – No pursuit – Lots of desertion
  • 26.
    The Crisis • Brit ad/disadvantages – Profession army – 3000 miles – Re-conquer w/o destroy • Divide and conquer • Tories • Keep allegiance • Americans – Good generals/ bad also – Home game – Bonus (land) for enlistment • Women – Nurses, domestic tasks, Robert Shurtleff, Molly Pitcher • New Jersey – Delaware River • Trenton • Princeton • Britain attempts to cut off NE – Howe – Philadelphia – Burgoyne – Saratoga
  • 27.
    One of the world’s biggest! • French – Repossess – Reconcile? • Home-rule • Philadelphia – Brandywine – Accomplished nothing – Fired-up colonists • Valley Forge – Baron von Steuben – Post Saratoga/Philadelphia new strategy • War in the west – Iroquois Alliance – George Rogers Clark – Indians neutral to British • War on the sea – John Paul Jones • Bonhomme Richard – Privateers • War in the South – Charleston/ Savannah • Put Tories in charge
  • 28.
    African-Americans • Nathaniel Greene – ―we fight, get beat, fight again – Guerrilla warfare » Francis Marion, Thomas Sumter » Drag British inland – Yorktown • De Grasse • Cut their loses – Treaty of Paris
  • 29.
    State Constitutions – Reduced power of governors – Most bi-cameral – Limited voting rights—25-50% of all males disenfranchised • South—at least you ain’t Black – VA had Bill of Rights • Republican government – Elected reps – Most favor weak central government – Articles of Confed. • 1st constitution – Conduct foreign affairs – Maintain armed forces – Borrow money – Issue currency » Could not » Regulate trade » Draft an army » Tax » To pass law—9 of 13 » To amend—all 13 » No exec, no judicial » Tariff tried but…
  • 30.
    One vote per state – Ratification problems » Western lands • March 1781 • Accomplishments – Won war – Foreign affairs – New states • Land Policy – Ordinance 1785 • First independent source of revenue • rectangular with 1 of every 36 for education • 640 acres each—$1 per acre • Public auction • Speculators – Ordinance of 1787 • Northwest Territory • 3 to 5 states • 60,000 • Equal to others • Bill of Rights • No slavery – Fugitive slave law included
  • 31.
    Problems with money – Soldiers wages – 1781 march on PHL – Paper $ worthless – Dept. of Finance created • Robert Morris • 5% on imports – Denied—A of C government could get too powerful • Depression – Rice crop destroyed – Farms confiscated for non-payment of state taxes – West Indies closed to trade (Britain) – Britain flooded • Shay’s Rebellion – Mass broke – Tax farmers – Judge taking lands – Shay leads rebellion to courts, arsenal – 4 killed by Bowdoin’s troops • Many feared future rebellions • A of C not strong enough • Slavery – Many states immediate to gradual in Northern states
  • 32.
    Manumission – All men…. Quok Walker • Only humans in South – NJ let free & women vote • Constitutional Convention – Annapolis Conference – Madison/Hamilton • Changes—A of C too weak • 55 delegates—most lawyers, all rich • Closed doors no notes – VA Plan & NJ Plan—how to satisfy big/small states • VA 2 house, both pop proportional, chief chose by legislature • People choose lower, lower chooses upper • NJ one house one vote per state • Plural execs – The Great Compromise • Roger Sherman • 2-house, H of Reps by pop, Senate (2 for all states) • 3/5 clause • Slavery not interfered with till 1808 • 9 of 13 states required to ratify • Ratification – Federalists
  • 33.
    Anti-Federalists • Fear of a distant power • Bill of Rights – Delaware • New Hampshire • Virginia – B of Rights to be added • New York – Federalist essays • Detailed failure of A of C • First Election – Washington • Adams • Dept of State—Jefferson • Dept of the Treasury—Hamilton • Dept of War • Cabinet (advisers) – Adams just presided of Senate • Judiciary Act of 1789 – Supreme Ct. – John Jay • Bill of Rights – Madison
  • 34.
    12—10 – Nothing on who could vote • Financial Problems – Hamilton • Tariff – To protect/ foster – South no, North yes • Report on Public Credit • Fed debt (par) – Speculators—wealthy have stake • Assumption – States – South not happy – Washington • National Bank • Vault, loans, currency • Strict • Loose—Necessary & Proper • Political parties • Whiskey Rebellion – Hamilton’s programs • 25% • Barter = no cash
  • 35.
    Serious threat • Nationalize PA militia • Frontier Problems – Indians look to Britain/Spain – Anthony Wayne • Battle of Fallen Timbers 1794 • Treaty of Greenville 1795 – Ohio • European Problems – French Revolution – Neutrality – Citizen Genet – Jefferson resigns – British impress • Jay’s Treaty – Hamilton’s role – Northwest – Withdraw – Pay for ships – Allow trade w/ British W.I. – Freed slaves – French capture US ships • Executive Privilege
  • 36.
    Pinckney’s Treaty • Right of Deposit • Mississippi • Washington’s Farewell – Precedent – Party system – Foreign alliances • Election of 1796 – Adams/ Chas. Pinckney – Jefferson/ Burr – 71-68 – 12th Amendment • Adam’s Presidency – Problems w/ France • XYZ Affair – Shipping – Talleyrand • Undeclared war – Dept of Navy – Alien & Sedition Acts • Aimed at Republicans – 14 year naturalization • Sedition Act
  • 37.
    KY & VA Resolutions • Constitution a compact • Nullification
  • 38.
    Election of 1800 – Adams hurt by A/S & taxes to build navy – Jay’s Treaty – Whiskey Rebellion – Jeff called Jacobin etc – Fathered mulatto – Atheist – Jeff v. Burr – 26 ballots later – Deal made? – Hamilton role – VA threat to march on DC – Revolution of 1800—peaceful transition—―we are all Republicans, we are all…‖ • Jeff presidency – Weak gov’t • States center of power – Compact! • New capital • Pay down debt – Albert Gallatin – Warships decommissioned – Army downsized – Excise tax abolished
  • 39.
    Sedition Act expires—many freed – Repealed Naturalization Act – Kept par, assumption, tariff • Midnight Appts – Keep feds in power – John Marshall – Marbury v. Madison • Madison Secy of State*** – Writ of mandamus – Part of 1789 Act unconstitutional because only exec can enforce, not SC – Judicial Review – Sam Chase—big proponent of Sedition Act • Senate too Federalist • SC maintains its independence • Foreign Policy – Tripoli • Increased tribute refused by Jeff • War declared • Stephen Decatur – Louisiana Purchase • French get Louisiana back • Threat to Right of Deposit • French Empire here?
  • 40.
    Eli Whitney • Robert Livingston, James Monroe mission • Haitian Revolt – Toussaint L’Ouverture – Malaria killed 1000s of French soldiers – War w/ GB financed by sale • Federalists oppose—losing influence to South & West – Strict v. loose – Louisiana 1812 – Doubled size – Lewis & Clark » Foster good relations » Flora/fauna » Water route to Pacific » Claim to Oregon » Sacajawea • Scout/translator • Domestic – Essex Junto » New England, NY & NJ • NE threatened by Louis. Purchase » Burr as governor of NY » Hamilton remarks
  • 41.
    » Duel » Burr flees • Southwest Empire? • Acquitted of treason • 2nd Term – Problems w/ Britain & France • Continental system • Orders in Council • Impressment – 6,000 from 1808-1811 • Chesapeake v. HMS Leopard – 3 dead, 18 wounded • Embargo Act – Disaster – Smuggling – GB not as reliant as hoped – Feds in Northeast hating on Jeff – Started Industrial Revolution as US became self-sufficient • 1809 Non-Intercourse Act – Every nation except GB/FR • Election of 1808 – Madison but Feds gain seats in Congress – Macon’s Bill Number 2
  • 42.
    Hope both drop restrictions • Napoleon deceives – War Hawks • Henry Clay • John C Calhoun • Andrew Jackson • Anti-British – Tippecanoe • William Henry Harrison • Prophet/Tecumseh • Federation • Tecumseh flees to Canada • Causes for War – War Hawks push for declaration of war and attack on Canada – Attack Florida – Impressment – Federalists opposed – Sectional vote – Orders in Council suspended but news travels slow • War of 1812 – Ad: GB tied up w/ Napoleon • Home game • Canada real target & not heavily populated
  • 43.
    Dis-ad: • Small army & old • ―Mr. Madison’s War‖ – Invasion of Canada • William Hull & Detroit • NY militia – Lake Erie • Oliver Hazard Perry • Retreating British (former loyalists) at Thames/Tecumseh by Harrison • York – Naval Victories • USS Constitution • Mostly fought on inland lakes • Privateers very successful • British impose blockade – Economy crippled – Treasury broke – Bank allowed to expire – 1814 Napoleon defeated • British invade Chesapeake – Washington – Baltimore 8/14 » Francis Scott Key
  • 44.
    British invade from Canada – Macdonough » Plattsburgh 9/14 » Too costly • Southwest Campaign – Andrew Jackson – Horseshoe Bend – Treaty of Ghent • Status Quo Ante Bellum • Battle of New Orleans • Hartford Convention – Feds last hurrah • Openly traded w/ GB • Militia refused to leave states – 3/5 Clause—60 day embargo—1 term President—no successive Pres. From same state—2/3 vote for new states – Delegation arrives same time as news of Jackson victory • Era of Good Feelings – Nationalism high – BUS re-chartered 1816 • Local banks printed worthless • War effort hurt – Tariff of 1816 • Protect
  • 45.
    Florida • Adams- Onis – 1816 Election • James Monroe – Rush-Bagot/Convention of 1818 • Demilitarized Great Lakes • To the Rockies • 49th
  • 46.
    Panic of 1819 – Westward migration • Steamships • Land speculation • Wildcat banks • Couldn’t redeem notes • 1st panic ever • Many people lost $$$ • Led to distrust of BUS – MD tried to tax BUS out of existence – McCulloch v. MD • MO Compromise – Whitney and LA Purchase – Slavery to foreground • Profitable & expanding – Balanced Senate • Tallmadge Amendment – Gradual abolition – Dangerous precedent for rest of LA Purchase » Dangerous for South too – Comp reached • Clay • MO slave, Maine free, 12-12
  • 47.
    No slavery north of 36-30 • Foreign Policy under Monroe cont’d – Monroe Doctrine • US with GB help • Closed • US stays out of European affairs • Britain maintains trade & Canada • Election of 1824 – Caucus system breaks down • One party • Crawford—Clay—Adams—Jackson • Jackson wins pop & electoral but – Plurality – House – Clay’s role – ―Corrupt Bargain‖ • Adam’s Presidency – Internal improvements • National road • Canals – Chesapeake & Ohio – Erie—private • National University?
  • 48.
    Naval College? • Election of 1828 – Jackson • Democratic Republicans (Democrats) – Property qualifications dropped (RI 1842 Dorr) • Rachel • Opposed to all things Adams – Adams • National Republicans • Jackson’s Presidency – Inauguration • ―King Mob‖ – Spoils System • Loyalists • Beginnings of patronage in a two-party system • Jackson & the Tariff of 1828 – Inherited – Abominations – South manufactured little – South sold worldwide so could be penalized – Real crux—slavery could be interfered with by feds • MO Compromise rekindled • Denmark Vesey Rebellion 1822
  • 49.
    SC Exposition • Calhoun • KY & VA Resolutions – Nullies • Tariff of 1832 – Not enough – Declared null & void – Threatened secession – Jackson… ―Hang the first…‖ – Clay compromise » 1833 tariff drops to 1816 levels » Force Bill • Repealed nullification & nullified Force Bill • Indian Removal—Trail of Tears – Cherokee Americanized • Sequoya alphabet • Slave owners • GA refused to recognize them • Supreme Court ruled them a sovereign nation • Worcester v. GA • ―John Marshall has made his decision…‖ • West to save them • Sauk/Fox led by Black Hawk
  • 50.
    Davis/Lincoln • Seminole/Osceola • Eaton Malaria – Peggy Eaton—wife of Sec’y of War – Floride Calhoun – Rachel??? – Entire cabinet resigned – Martin Van Buren sympathetic – Becomes frontrunner for VP • The Bank War & Election of 1832 – BUS controlled economy – Private & answerable to few – Controlled gold & silver – Nicholas Biddle – Clay/ Webster try to re-charter in 1832 • Charter not up till 1836 • Force the issue w/ Jackson to beat him • Vetoed (as he did more than any other Pres.) • Clay as Nat-Rep – 1st National Nominating Conventions (no more caucus) with platforms • Third Party—Anti-Mason – William Wirt/ William Morgan (former Mason) – Anti- Jackson party
  • 51.
    Later morphed into Whigs • Killing the Bank – Roger Taney – BUS calls in loans to create crisis – ―Pet‖ banks • Wildcats again – Specie Circular • Public lands in ―hard‖ currency to counter wildcats • Led to less speculation but another panic in 1837 that cost his successor • Whig Party origins & the Election of 1836 – Anti-Jacksonians—King Andrew I • Only last so long • South hates tariffs • North hates slavery • Clay hates Jackson • Westerners for Clay & the American System • Anti-Masons – Election of 1836 • Van Buren • Whigs—―Favorite Sons‖ – Wm. Henry Harrison • Van Buren’s Presidency – First born in ―America‖
  • 52.
    ―Machine-made‖ – Other Dems resented – Trouble in Maine • Aroostook • Webster-Ashburton 1842 – Abolitionism in full swing – Panic of 1837 • Land spec. • Wildcats • Specie Circular • Wheat crop fail • Pet banks failed • Government $$$ • Buren– laissez faire • Independent Treasury Bill – Trail of Tears 1838 – Texas