In Joseph Ellis’s book‚ Founding Brothers‚ Ellis takes an extensive look at how the Founding Fathers established the American republic and how six instances demonstrate the most prominent issues that faced the new fragile nation. He poses the question‚ “How‚ then‚ did they do it?” [16] Ellis answers his question with four common themes that put all six events in relation to each other. The first one was that “the achievement of the revolutionary generation was a collective enterprise that succeeded
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APUSH UNIT 3 STUDY GUIDE Articles of Confederation: agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. The new Constitution provided for a much stronger national government with a chief executive (the president)‚ courts‚ and taxing powers Shay’s Rebellion: armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays
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that involve eight important figures to support his thesis. First‚ he describes the Hamilton and Burr duel and the history behind it. The story of the duel was a way for Ellis to discuss the importance of character and honor to the founding generation. The next piece of evidence Ellis used was the secret dinner held by Thomas Jefferson in order for James Madison and Alexander Hamilton to reach a compromise. Hamilton wanted support for his Assumption Bill and Madison wanted the national capitol to be
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the United States; Jefferson and Madison both stuck to their original political beliefs for the most part‚ but in certain cases‚ strayed from these beliefs for the good of their country. The Federalists‚ which were originally led by Alexander Hamilton for his opposition to the Democratic Republicans‚ stressed the need for order‚ authority‚ and regularity in the political world. They believed in the idea of a broad interpretation of the Constitution. Northern merchants and commercially oriented
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only use his veto if a bill were unconstitutional. He set multiple precedents throughout his presidency‚ such as having a cabinet‚ which is made up of the heads of the various executive departments. As his secretary of treasury‚ he chose Alexander Hamilton and as his secretary of state‚ he chose Thomas Jefferson. These multiple strong leaders helped to bring together different viewpoints‚ therefore promoting a strong-minded government. In 1796‚ Jefferson‚ a powerful advocate of liberty‚ assumed the
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supported the idea of a national bank‚ and supported efforts for federal control over interstate commerce. Prominent federalists were Alexander Hamilton and John Adams for example. In the early republic there was a huge difference between what the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans believed should be done in order to improve the economy. Alexander Hamilton envisioned a developed American economy‚ as explained in document 3 of chapter 6 in Major Problems in American History. He wanted to develop
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The mysterious election of 1800 The election of 1800 was one of‚ if not‚ the most mysterious and most exciting presidential elections in the history of the United States. The election was a great clash of powers between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans who believed the winner could possibly set the path of America’s government‚ possibly forever. The Democratic-Republicans believed if the federalists won they would destroy the republic‚ and get rid of liberty that the American people
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The Sedition Act of 1798 For the first few years of Constitutional government‚ under the leadership of George Washington‚ there was a unity‚ commonly called Federalism that even James Madison (the future architect of the Republican Party) acknowledged in describing the Republican form of government-- " And according to the degree of pleasure and pride we feel in being republicans‚ ought to be our zeal in cherishing the spirit and supporting the character of Federalists." Although legislators had
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Treasury‚ and War‚ along with an Attorney General (the Justice Department was created in 1870). Based in New York‚ the new government acted quickly to rebuild the nation’s financial structure. Enacting the program of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton‚ the government assumed the Revolutionary war debts of the states and the national government‚ and refinanced them with new federal bonds. It paid for the program through new tariffs and taxes; the tax on whiskey led to a revolt in the west; Washington
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In these beginning chapters of Fallen Founder‚ Nancy Isenberg discusses the life of Aaron Burr from his early childhood to the establishment and discrepancies over the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798. The major‚ overarching theme observed in these chapters is the abnormality of Burr’s life‚ in terms of his upbringing‚ his relationships‚ and his political stances. Through these aspects of his life‚ Isenberg presents a different depiction of Aaron Burr‚ one that paints him as an exceptional man with
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