Chapter Six: The Constitution and the New Republic

1. Brinkley, The Unfinished Nation, 4/e Chapter Six: The Constitution and the New Republic

2. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Framing a New Government   • Advocates of Reform • Alexander Hamilton “Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.” - Alexander Hamilton

3. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Framing a New Government  • A Divided Convention • The “Founding Fathers”   The Convention at Philadelphia (General Research Division, New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations)

4. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Framing a New Government  • A Divided Convention • The “Founding Fathers” • Madison’s Virginia Plan 

5. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Framing a New Government  • A Divided Convention • The “Founding Fathers” • Madison’s Virginia Plan • The New Jersey Plan

6. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Framing a New Government  • Compromise • The “Great Compromise”

7. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Framing a New Government  • Compromise • The “Great Compromise” • Unresolved Issues

8. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Framing a New Government  • The Constitution of 1787 • Popular Sovereignty 

9. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Framing a New Government  • The Constitution of 1787 • Popular Sovereignty • “Checks and Balances”

10. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Adoption and Adaptation • Federalists and Antifederalists • The Federalist Papers   The Federalist Papers (New York Public Library)

11. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Adoption and Adaptation • Federalists and Antifederalists • The Federalist Papers • The “Antifederalists”   “The hideous daemon of Aristocracy has hitherto had so much influence as to bar the channels of investigation, preclude the people from inquiry and extinguish every spark of liberal information of its qualities.” - The Antifederalist Papers

12. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Adoption and Adaptation   • Completing the Structure • The Bill of Rights  

13. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Adoption and Adaptation   • Completing the Structure • The Bill of Rights  • Establishing the Executive Departments

14. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Federalists and Republicans • Competing National Visions

15. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Federalists and Republicans • Hamilton and the Federalists • Hamilton’s “Funded” Debt Proposal

16. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Federalists and Republicans • Hamilton and the Federalists • Hamilton’s “Funded” Debt Proposal • “Report on Manufactures”

17. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Federalists and Republicans • Enacting the Federalist Program • Objections to the Funding Bill 

18. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Federalists and Republicans • Enacting the Federalist Program • Objections to the Funding Bill • Compromise on the National Capital

19. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Federalists and Republicans • Enacting the Federalist Program • Objections to the Funding Bill • Compromise on the National Capital • Division over Hamilton Program

20. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Federalists and Republicans • The Republican Opposition   • Establishment of the Federalist Party

21. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Federalists and Republicans • The Republican Opposition   • Establishment of the Federalist Party • Formation of the Republican Party

22. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Federalists and Republicans • The Republican Opposition   • Establishment of the Federalist Party • Formation of the Republican Party • Regional and Economic Differences

23. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Establishing National Sovereignty    • Securing the West  • Whiskey Rebellion

24. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Establishing National Sovereignty    • Securing the West  • Whiskey Rebellion • The Indians’ Ambiguous Status

25. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Establishing National Sovereignty • Maintaining Neutrality • Jay’s Treaty 

26. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • Establishing National Sovereignty • Maintaining Neutrality • Jay’s Treaty • Pinckney’s Treaty 

27. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • The Downfall of the Federalists  • The Election of 1796 • John Adams Elected John Adams (Library of Congress)

28. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • The Downfall of the Federalists  • The Quasi War with France • The “XYZ Affair” 

29. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • The Downfall of the Federalists  • The Quasi War with France • The “XYZ Affair” • The “Quasi War” Protecting American Shipping(Naval Historical Center)

30. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • The Downfall of the Federalists  • Repression and Protest • The Alien and Sedition Acts

31. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • The Downfall of the Federalists  • Repression and Protest • The Alien and Sedition Acts • Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

32. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • The Downfall of the Federalists  • The “Revolution” of 1800 • Election of 1800  Congressional Brawlers (New York Public Library)

33. Chapter Six:The Constitution and the New Republic • The Downfall of the Federalists  • The “Revolution” of 1800 • Election of 1800 • The Judiciary Act of 1801