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New
Horizon
Unit 2

End of the Revolution

Okay, we won our

independence
so now what?!?

Creating a new
government
Each

of the colonies sees itself

as a separate government.
Each state had a constitution
All were afraid of developing a
strong central government

Continental Congress
Looked

for examples in history for

the type of govt they wanted to
create.
Greek Democracy and Roman
Republic were inspirations
although neither lasted
Also borrowed from John Locke
and Baron de Montesquieu

Articles of Confederation
Original

Government of the
United States
Each state got one vote,
making them equal
Loose association of states
Most power remained with the
individual states.

Problems with AOC

All

13 states must agree to make

changes to the AOC
No power to tax
Heavily in debt
Not powerful enough to deal with
foreign nations like Britain and
Spain
No executive branch to enforce laws

Shays Rebellion
Revolutionary

War vet
Heavily in debt blamed high
taxes in Massachusetts
Shays and 1,200 other farmers
marched on the Springfield arsenal
in September, 1786
State militia called in 4 rebels
killed, others ran away
Rebellion caused panic in all states

Nation in Peril

What a triumph for our

enemies to find that
we are incapable of
governing ourselves.
George Washington

Philadelphia Convention
May

1787 12 states sent

delegates back to the Philadelphia
State House (R.I. absent).
G.W. unanimously elected presiding
officer
Also present: Ben Franklin,
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison
Room

sealed off to prevent

eavesdropping

Bellwork
Review

Colonization- Revolution
Write answers 1-10 in your
notebooks!

A new government
again
In

5 days delegates ditched the

AOC and started from scratch
Big vs. Small = Great Compromise
Two house congress:
Senate = each state gets 2
votes
House of Representatives =
based on state population

New Government
Three-fifths

Compromise:
3/5ths of a states slave
population would count for
both representation and taxes
Congress agreed to not
intervene in the slave trade
for 20 years

New Government
Federalism

division of power
between the federal and state
governments
Separation of Powers:
Legislative
Executive
Judicial

Constitutio
n Unveiled!
(Preamble, 7 Articles, 10

Constitutional Controversy
New

Constitution published in
newspapers and shocked the
citizens.
New battle lines:
Federalists: Wanted
Constitution Ratified
Anti-Federalists: Opposed to
Constitution

Federalists
Federalist

Papers: series of essays

published in newspapers in
support of the Constitution.
Written by: Alexander Hamilton,
James Madison, and John Jay

Anti-federalists
Main

argument was for a Bill of Rights.

They felt that the rights of citizens
needed to be protected from a large
central government.
Leaders: Patrick Henry, Samuel
Adams, Richard Henry Lee

Compromise
Federalists

promised to add a Bill

of Rights if the states would
ratify the Constitution.

Constitution
Bill

Ratified

of Rights immediately added.

Bill of Rights
1.

Religious and Political Freedom

2. Right to bear arms
3. Freedom from quartering troops
4. No unreasonable
search and seizure
5. Rights of the Accused

Bill of Rights
6.

Right to speedy and public

trial
7. Trial by Jury
8. Limits on fines and
punishments
9. Rights of the people
10. Powers of the states

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Bill of Rights

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We are in a wilderness without one

footstep to
guide us.
-James Madison

Review your notes and

explain what Madison is
talking about in this
quote.

The 1 Executive Branch

st

President:

George Washington
Vice President: John Adams
Sec. of State: Thomas Jefferson
Sec. of Treasury: Alexander
Hamilton
Sec. of War: Henry Knox

Whiskey Rebellion
1789

Congress passed a
protective tariff
Import tax on goods
produced in Europe
Raised a lot of money,
but Hamilton wanted
more.

Whiskey Rebellion
Hamilton

adds an excise tax

Tax on the production, sale, or
distribution of whiskey
He knew it would upset the small
frontier farmers that
depended on whiskey
sales

Whiskey Rebellion
Hamilton saw the rebellion of
the farmers as a way to show
the power and necessity of the
new federal government.
15,000 militia were used to
disperse the rebels without
any loss of life.

The French Revolution

Most

Americans
supported the French
Revolution and felt
bonded to the French
French people
expected American
help
Washington declares
neutrality

Development of Political
Parties

Washington

warned against
political parties.
Division created over argument
about the size and power of the
federal government.
Federalists supported strong fed.
Republicans supported strong
states (later called DemocraticRepublicans)

After Washington
Election

of 1796 winner is
president, runner-up is VP.
John Adams (Federalist) wins,
Thomas Jefferson (D.R.) becomes
VP.
Adams has
immediate
trouble.

Adams Presidency
Jay

treaty signed with Britain under

Washington causes controversy.
France sees the treaty as a
violation of the French-American
alliance.
They refuse the American
Ambassador and begin seizing US
ships bound for Britain.

XYZ Affair
Adams

sends a delegation to
France to negotiate a solution
with the French foreign minister,
Tallyrand.
3 low level men (the Americans
called X, Y, and Z) met with them
and demanded $250,000 before
they could talk to Tallyrand.

XYZ Affair
Americans

became
enraged by the insult.
Congress created a navy
department and authorized
American ships to seize French
vessels.
Washington brought out of
retirement to lead army should war
be declared.

Discipline Plan

BELL WORK
In

your notebooks write table wars

Get into 8 Groups and list 10 terms
or important figures we have
discussed from unit 1 or 2.
We

will rotate the papers for Table

Wars.

Alien and Sedition Acts

Federalists

become paranoid
that the French were plotting
to overthrow the government.

In

response Congress passed

the Alien and Sedition Acts.

Alien and Sedition Acts

Alien

Acts:

raised citizenship requirement

from 5 to 14 years
Allowed President to jail or
deport any alien considered
undesirable.

Alien and Sedition Acts

Sedition

Acts:
Allowed the arrest of anyone
hindering the govt. or that
expressed false, scandalous, or
malicious statements against it.
Several Demo-Reps were jailed
Demo-Reps called Acts
unconstitutional

Washington dies
The

death of Washington will

help renew the friendship b/t
France and the US.
Napoleon Bonaparte
was now in charge of
France and ordered 10
days of mourning in his
honor.

Northwest Ordinance
Northwest

Ordinance of

1787:
Established procedures for
adding new states to the
Union.
Govt divided land to
encourage orderly
development of the west.
Education: One section of
every township was set
aside for a school.

Bell work 8/31

The Articles of Confederation was the

basis of the first government of the
United States, but it contained some
glaring weaknesses. Identify THREE
of the largest ones and explain what
impact they had on the new country.
Youmustuse complete sentences
when writing your response.

Answers will include:

Congress Had No Power to Tax
- could only request states donate/pay
- meant no funding for gvt.
- also meant no dependable military could be run
No Executive Branch
- created out of fear of a king developing
- meant no enforcement of laws
No National Court System
- no way to settle disputed between states, or punish violation of national laws
9/13 Approval Needed to Pass Laws
- very hard to get 75% consensus
- few laws were passed
- "equal" representation in Unicameral Congress (angered larger states)
13/13 Approval Needed for Amendments
- Impossible to get Amendments passed
Could not Regulate Trade
Could Not Enforce Laws

Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon

and France regained

the Louisiana Territory from Spain
Jefferson was afraid the US would
be forced into an alliance with
Britain
Jefferson wanted to buy
New Orleans and part of
Florida from France

Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon

was in desperate
need of money and offered the
entire territory for $15 million
The size of the US more than
doubled.

Lewis and Clark

Meriwether

Lewis and William

Clark led the Corps of Discovery to
explore the new land from the St.
Louis River to the Pacific Ocean.
Sacajawea served
as an interpreter
and guide.

Marbury v. Madison
Marbury

v. Madison declared the

Judiciary Act of 1789
unconstitutional
Why important:
Establishes Judicial Review
Courts able to overturn laws
passed by congress.

War of 1812
Causes:

War between France and Britain

caused Britain to blockade
European ports.
British seized 1000 US ships,
France about 500.
British forced the captured US
sailors into the British Navy
(impressment)

 More

War of 1812

Causes:
Problems with natives: A
confederation of Native Americans
fought back against General William
Henry Harrison who had convinced
many tribes to sign away their land.
Harrison wins the Battle of Tippecanoe
and discovers that the Natives were
using weapons supplied by the British

War of 1812
War

Hawks: Led by congressmen John

C. Calhoun and Henry Clay the War
Hawks call for war against Britain
War ends with the Treaty of Ghent but
does not resolve many issues b/t US
and GB or the issues inside the US

Bell work Review 9/1

__At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, this deal used parts of

the "Virginia" plan and the "New Jersey" plan to create a Congress
with 2 houses, one with representation based population and one
with representation being equal. (Bi-cameral)

__He was the third president of the United States, a founding

father, and the author of the Declaration of Independence.

__This is the Constitutional principle that the law making,

executive, and judicial powers be held by different groups and
people.

__This early American political party was founded by Alexander

Hamilton and based upon the belief that a strong national
government was critical to the survival of the nation.

The American System

President

James Madison presented

the plan to congress in hopes of
unifying the country despite
growing differences.
Included: transportation systems, a
protective tariff, and resurrecting
the National Bank (decreased by
Jefferson)

The American System

The

purpose was to unify the

countrys economic interests
and become financially
independent from England and
France.

Internal Improvements
For

the new LARGE country to grow

and prosper, it needed
transportation.
Railroads, canals, and toll roads
popped up everywhere.
The National Road was funded by
the govt and ran from Maryland
west to Illinois. It was also
called the Cumberland Road.

Internal Improvements
Erie

Canal: Connected the Great

Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
New York City becomes the
dominant port in the country
Inspires other states
to build another 3,000
miles of canals

Adams-Onis
Treaty
A

series of treaties with Great Britain

establishes most of the remaining
Northern boundaries of the US
Americans believed that Spanish
Florida should belong to the US
A series of minor skirmishes on the
GA/FL border led the Am. Govt to put
pressure on Spain to give up FL and
claims to the Oregon Territory

Monroe Doctrine
Napoleonic

Wars in Europe ended

Spain and Portugal wanted to reclaim their former lands in North
America
Russians from Alaska began
creeping in from the Northwest
Russians also posed a threat with
American trade with China

Monroe Doctrine

President

Monroe warned
all outside powers not to
interfere with affairs in
the Western Hemisphere
Such action would be
considered dangerous
to our peace and
safety
US would stay out of
European Affairs