Review 1783 -. Articles of Confederation Roots – colonial experience, Enlightenment Constitutionalism.

Review Articles of Confederation Roots colonial experience, Enlightenment Constitutionalism Critical Period really? Shays Reb 1786 Penn militia attck Congress 1783 Foreign agents on frontier, incl. Brit troops 1780s depression RI blocks tariff Accomplishments Land Ordinance 1785 Northwest Ordinance 1787 Avoided Jay-Gardoqui (would have blocked expansion) Econ slowly improv Constitution Con Annapolis Con 1786 Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, Great Compromise Sectional 3/5 comp, slave trade Unified federal econ, milit policies Restored exec branch Charles Beard Progressive historian, emphasized class Constit is minority doc Supp by bank, merch, planters Federalists vs. Antifederalists See charts No one-to-one correspondence with Feder Party e.g., Madison Jefferson support with Bill of Rights (seems to be commonly understood as to what would be included) No political parties before 1796 Close battles in MA, NY, VA Ship-of-state President Washington: Unity Ham & Jeff in cabinet Build Prestige ceremony, gravitas Neutrality Fr Rev same year as GW inaug Whiskey Reb challenge to fed authority Farewell Address republicanism, neutrality, virtue, like CUAH Jays Tr, Pinckneys Tr clear path for west, minimize conflict with Eur Avoid Faction! Chillin w/ my homie Gangsta G Alexander Hamilton Tie wealth to survival of US Bank, assumption, face value of bonds Direct taxes ( W Reb) Fail to get protective tariff Report on Manufactures Election of 1796, John Adams TJ is VP Fr seiz US shipping, XYZ Aff, Quasi-War Alien & Sedition Acts to weaken political opposition Virg and Kent Res state interposition of fed law Revolution of 1800 Peaceful transfer of power despite nasty presidential campaign by parties Jefferson West still insecure Pinckneys Tr revoked when Fr resume control of Louisiana; disunion schemes (KY, VT, Burr) How Jefferson was Republican and Federalist now that in power (look through notes) Chesapeake vs. Leopard and Embargo Act War of 1812 War Hawks (S and W) incl. Clay, Calhoun Find list of causes Disunion threats Essex Junto and Hartford Con Professional army > militia Treaty of Ghent Post-war nationalism Literature BUS Tariff up Supreme Court American System Adams-Onis, Rush-Bagot, Monroe Doc etc. Era of Good Feelings? Panic of 1819 Comp of 1820, Tallmadge Amend Election of 1820 final destruct of Fed Party Elect of 1824 Nationalism over Corrupt bargain Sup Court Marbury v. _______ -- fed law unconst Fletcher v. ____ -- state law unconsti Dartmouth ___ v. ___ -- sanctity of contract McCulloch v. ___ -- elastic clause, fed charter constit Gibbons v. ____ (GO) interstate commerce Commonwealth v. ______ -- unions can organize