A. Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11‚ 1755 on the island of Nevis‚ British West Indies. In 1777‚ Hamilton became General George Washington’s assistant. In 1788‚ he convinced New Yorkers to agree to ratify the U.S Constitution. He then served as the nation’s first secretary of the treasury‚ from 1789 to 1795. B. Born on March 16‚ 1751‚ in Port Conway‚ Virginia‚ James Madison wrote the first drafts of the U.S. Constitution‚ co-wrote the Federalist Papers and sponsored the Bill of Rights. He
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Since Dr. Emerson was a surgeon for the United States army‚ it required him to move around frequently in which he took his slaves along with him. At the time there was a law under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 that “once free‚ always free” which meant “if a slave‚ whether white or black‚ had ever become free for any reason‚ such as living for a time in a free territory‚ he was essentially emancipated"(Kohlenberger 1). To be emancipated means to
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had been brewing since the formation of the United States. It became a perfect storm; everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong. One issue in particular‚ slavery‚ had been contentious since the signing of the United States Constitution in 1787. Slavery was an issue of economy and political influence at the time but became integral to the southern economy in 1794 with the invention of the cotton gin. The cotton gin dramatically decreased the cost of cotton production and thus dramatically
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University of Massachusetts - Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Research Report 07: The Genetic Structure of an Historical Population: a Study of Marriage and Fertility in Old Deerfield‚ massachusetts 12-2-2008 Anthropology Research Reports series Chapter 1‚ Background of the Study Alan C. Swedlund Prescott College Swedlund‚ Alan C.‚ "Chapter 1‚ Background of the Study" (2008). Research Report 07: The Genetic Structure of an Historical Population: a Study of Marriage and Fertility in Old Deerfield
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the Missouri Compromise‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. There were signs that a war was inevitable all the way back in 1787 when the Northwest Ordinance
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Constitution document. On the other hand‚ the people who wanted to ratify the Constitution‚ nine of the thirteen states had to ratify the Constitution‚ so it could become the law. In December 7‚ 1787‚ five states ratified the Constitution which are Delaware‚ Pennsylvania‚ New Jersey‚ Georgia‚ and Connecticut. Hamilton wanted the nation to be strong and not to remain weak one. But even though they wanted to have a strong nation some countries opposed to ratify the constitution like Massachusetts‚ but
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The question of how to become more democratic‚ equal opportunity for all people‚ was prevalent in American society in the 1700’s. Wethersfield‚ Connecticut was a symbol of American society in the late 1700’s as they struggled with the balance of property‚ role of religion‚ and equality for all people. Between the 1750’s and 1780’s‚ Wethersfield‚ Connecticut was becoming more democratic in the means of social structure‚ politics‚ and religion and less democratic regarding property distribution. People
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Mary Hunsucker October 1‚ 2008 APUSH—3A Take Home Essay Test Impact of the Constitution The Articles of Confederation were approved by all the early American states in 1781‚ but by 1787‚ it was apparent that the Articles were insufficient for the young nation to operate on. A convention was formed with the priority job being to revise the Articles of Confederation; however‚ they only concluded that an entire new structure was needed to fulfill the demands of the growing country
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