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The Early Republic, 1789-1815. Theme: The years from 1789 to 1815 were critical in the history of the United States. The federal government had to prove that the Constitution would work, and that republicanism was capable of existing over a large area. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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  • The Early Republic, 1789-1815Theme: The years from 1789 to 1815 were critical in the history of the United States. The federal government had to prove that the Constitution would work, and that republicanism was capable of existing over a large area. Political Developments in the early RepublicThe early stages of the Market RevolutionSociety and culture in the early Republic

  • America in 1800

  • Republican Political IdeologyIdea of Republican government was a radical conceptPeople needed to be virtuous and willingly place good of society above self-interest of individualsexpression of frustration among lower ranks of society became commonworkers, farmers, servants, and freed slaves hoped that the Revolution would remove not reinforce the elites traditional political and social advantagesweakening of deferenceequalityparticipation in state government and militarydifficult to justify denying other white men voting rights and representation so property qualifications for voting were loweredJefferson v. Hamiltonhttp://www.monticello.org/index.html

  • Market RevolutionIn 1800 only 10 percent of the population lived west of the AppalachiansBy 1860 more than half lived westBanks and corporations29 banks in 1800, 250 by 1816Turnpike and bridge corporationsBetween 1801 and 1817, states chartered 1,800 corporationsManufacturing increased after 1806Most in households and shopsExport trade increased with the European War of 1793Domestic exports doubled from 20 to 50 million90 percent on American shipping

  • American Export Trade, 17901815

  • Society in the early RepublicMen often worked for each other, borrowed oxen and plows, and swapped surpluses of one kind of food for anotherWomen traded herbs, butter, eggs, vegetables, seedlings, baby chicks, goose feathers, and clothCooperative undertakings such as house and barn raisingsMen in charge of the householdhttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/icuhtml/fawhome.html

  • Women in the early RepublicWomen confined to domestic sphereCould not vote or preach or hold officeDivorces extremely difficult to obtain and could not legally own personal propertyNew opportunities for women during the war but legal status did not improve muchfarm labor was the responsibility of men onlyDeep prejudice against women working in the fields

  • The Domestic EconomyHousehold responsibilities were the womans domainWomen made and stored butter and cheese, and they planted potatoes, turnips, cabbages, squashes, beans, and other vegetables that could be stored.Household manufacture persisted as workers with raw materials and paid them for finished shoes, furniture, cloth, brooms and other handmade goodsOne-third of households were engaged in weaving, furniture making, and other household industryFathers had the bank accountsRelatively poorer and large householdswork was performed by dependent women and children

  • Triangular Trade across the Atlantic

    African-Americans and Slavery

  • Runaway Slaves and Free Blacks

  • Paradox of SlaveryRevolutionary leaders confronted the issue of slavery and considered abolishing itPrinciples of liberty and equality had clear implications for enslaved blacksBlack soldiers were present at most major battles, and most were on Loyalist sideBritish promised to free slaves and indentured servantsSlaves who served in the cause for independence won their freedom and in some cases land bountiesMany slaves escaped to Canada and the British colonies in the CaribbeanThomas Jeremiah, a free black in Charleston, was hanged and burned10,000 slaves freed by masters in VA during 1780sIn 1861, half of all blacks in MD were freeMany slaves ran away from upper South during Revolutionary eraoften migrated North and into free black neighborhoods theremany free blacks used the egalitarian rhetoric to speak out against evils of slavery55,000 slaves fled to freedom during the Revolutionhttp://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sthtml/sthome.htmlhttp://www.ibiblio.org/laslave/

  • Slave Auction

  • Slavery and Violence

  • Bounty on Indian Scalps in KYNative Americans in the early Republic

  • US-Indian RelationsUS-Indian RelationsDispossession and SmallpoxDeveloping an Indian PolicyWar Department and Henry KnoxRegulating an Indian and a land policyIndian Trade and Intercourse Act of 1790Northwest Ordinance of 1787http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/catlin/index.html

  • Northwest Land Ordinance of 1787

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • Indians Confront ExpansionIndian resistanceUS declares warAccommodating and Resisting ChangeShawnee Indians leaders began a religious and political movementTenskwatawaProphetstown on the Tippecanoe River in INTecumseh Led a pan-Indian movement

  • Indian Resistance 1790-1816

  • Tenskwatawa (Shawnee Prophet)

  • Tecumseh and the Pan-Indian Movement

  • Spread of Settlement:18001820