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Trials of the Early Republic

Trials of the Early Republic. Mr. Bach Accelerated United States History. Republicanism. Hamilton – Economic Expansion – Self-Interested Businessmen Jefferson – Egalitarianism – Popular Masses (Noble Farmers) Adams – The Common Good – Educated Meritocracy. Society of the Cincinnati.

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Trials of the Early Republic

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  1. Trials of the Early Republic Mr. Bach Accelerated United States History

  2. Republicanism • Hamilton – Economic Expansion – Self-Interested Businessmen • Jefferson – Egalitarianism – Popular Masses (Noble Farmers) • Adams – The Common Good – Educated Meritocracy

  3. Society of the Cincinnati

  4. Marginalized Groups: Women • “Republican Motherhood” • The Self-Interested Man • The Selfless Woman

  5. The Copley Family(1776)

  6. Marginalized Groups: Blacks • The North – Gradual Emancipation • Discrimination and Segregation • The South – Racist Theory • Justification for Enslavement

  7. Articles of Confederation1777-1788 • Weak Executive • No power to tax • 9 out of 13 states needed for major laws • Unanimous vote to make any changes • No commerce power

  8. Securing New Lands • Treaties with Creeks, Hopewells • Assimilation of the Iroquois Nation • Defeat of the Miami Confederacy at Fallen Timbers

  9. Forts of Ohio

  10. Ohio Division

  11. Biggest AchievementThe Northwest Ordinance

  12. Economic Problems • Fiat currency and lack of hard money • States protect their own economies; different currencies stifle trade • Lack of foreign trade • Ultimately causes depression in America

  13. Military Problems • Cannot force British out of the forts they agreed to abandon in the Treaty of Paris • Cannot negotiate with Spain in Florida

  14. Spark for ReformShays’ Rebellion (1786-1787) • Cause – loss of land and crushing debt caused by Massachusetts’ taxes • Did Shays have the right to rebel?

  15. Need for Reform!

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