The Constitution: Elites and the People / Quelling Resistance

Question 1

Republicans and Anti-Federalists

Answer 1

• Federalist: Hamilton
• Anti-Federalist: Jefferson
• Hamilton: believed that what made a government successful was the support of the wealthy / elite (national debt / national bank / whiskey tax)
• Jefferson: believed that what made government successful was the support of the people

Question 2

Battle of Fallen Timbers

Answer 2

• After the defeat of the British, colonists begin settling on land west of the Appalachian mountain
• Native resistance was still strong in the Northern great lakes region; protected their land from invading settlers
• Natives embarrass American militia; Hamilton, Washington, and most others in the government wanted to respond with a show of force; asks Congress for 5,000 men… men train for multiple years and subsequently defeat the Native alliance
• Makes Natives sign the Treat of Greenville; an unequal treaty that moved the line that separated their territories; this process would develop into a pattern

Question 3

Whiskey Rebellion

Answer 3

• in 1794, Farmers in PA rebel against the Whiskey tax (a tax on wheat)
• Farmers were in open rebellion as they could not enact change through their political system
• Rural PA in open rebellion
• Hamilton tells Washington that they need a show of force; asks Congress for 15,000 troops
• Purpose is intimidation and securing the authority of the US government
• With the quelling of the Whiskey Rebellion and the Battle of Fallen Timbers, Washington and Hamilton had felt as though they had made progress in firming the federal government’s authority