Chapter 6 Flashcards
What is republicanism?
Concept that ultimate political authority s vested in the citizens of the nation. The character of the republican government was dependent on civic virtue of its citizens to preserve that nation from corruption and moral decay.
After the revolution what did the Americans come out with what outlook?
They looked forward with a positive outlook in that a eutrophic look with the nation’s special destiny.
What happened to religious states after the war?
They were examined in that there should be no state sponsored religion.
What happened to the issue of slavery?
The idea that all slaves should be free, because of this idea the abolitionist movement spread
How did African Americans achieve the the start of the abolitionist movement?
Though writing and petitioning.
What were some anti slavery societies?
In Philadelphia, Ben Franklin founded the the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes, Unlawfully Held.
In New York John Jay Alexander Hamilton founded the Manumission society.
African Methodist Episcopal church what is it?
Richard Allen founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1816 as the first independent black-run Protestant church in the United States. The AME Church was active in the promotion of abolition and the founding of educational institutions of free blacks.
What did women demand after the revolution?
They wanted more rights in both the households and the in public. During this time women also petition for divorce from their husbands.
What were some shared political assumptions in the written documents of the state constitutions?
They described in having local governments and enjoy certain rights as citizens.
What are natural rights?
Fundamental rights over which the government could exercise no control. An uncompromising belief in such rights energized the popular demand for a formal bill of rights.
What were the three things that eight of the 13 states had in their constitutionf?
Religion, speech, and press.
Why were some Americans not optimistic about the nation’s immediate prospects?
The health of a small republic depended entirely on the virtue of its people.
Who is John Dickenson?
A man that headed the a committee which envisioned strong national government, which failed.
What is the Articles Of Confederation?
Ratified in 1781 this document was the United States’ first constitution, providing a framework for national government. The articles articles sharply limited central authority by denying the national government any taxation or coercive power.
What was the result of the Articles of Confederation?
The result was a government that many people regarded as powerless. When for ratification of the constitution states encountered apathy and hostility.
What were the weaknesses of the Articles Of Confederation?
All the major land claims west that belonged to America, to the Mississippi river.
What was the one major achievement of the Articles Of Confederation?
Settled the land west of the colonies
Who were the type of people that moved to the colonies?
They were the undesirables that were from the eastern seaboard and a little less savage than the Indians.
What is the NorthWest Ordinance?
Legislation that formulated plans for governments in America’s northwestern territories, defined a procedure for the territories admission to the Union as states, and prohibited slavery north of the Ohio river.
What were some critique from the nationalists?
- The inability to regulate trade.
- A heavy burden of state and national debt compounded the general sense of economic crisis.
Who led the nationalist’s leaders?
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and Robert Morris
In foreign affairs, what were the embarrassments that America had?
That the federal government could not enforce the treaty.
Spain claims its own land that was NOT stated in the treaty.
What was the idea that James Madison have in the making of the government?
He created a government that serve the will of the people and yet is detached from their narrow based demands.
What is Shay’s Rebellion?
Armed insurrection of farmers in western Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays a veteran of the Continental Army. Intended to prevent state courts from foreclosing on debtors unable to pay their taxes, the rebellion was put down by the state militia. Nationalists used the event to justify the calling of a constitutional convention to strengthen the national government.
