HISTORY 17A

VOTERS IN MARYLAND HAD TO OWN FIFTY ACRES OF LAND OR E30, A BARRIER TO ONE THIRD OF ADULT WHITE MALES , IN MOST DEMOCRATIC STATES VOTERS AND CANDIDATES NEEDED TO BE TAYPAYERS OWNING ENOUGH PROPERTY TO OWE TAXES, WOMEN UNABLE TO VOTE, 3 STATES SPECIFIED VOTERS HAD TO BE MALE, BY 1780S VOTING EVERYWHERE WAS CLASS SPECIFIC DUE TO THE PROPERTY RESTICTIONS

PENNSYLVANIA INFANTS BORN TO A SLAVE MOTHER ON OR AFTER MARCH 1 1780 WOULD BE FREED BUT NOT UNTIL AGE TWENTY EIGHT, RHODE ISLANS AND CONNECTICUT ADOPTED GRADUAL EMANCIPATION IN 1784, 1785 NEW YORK EXPANDED THE TERMS UNDER WHICH INDIVIDUAL OWNERS COULD FREE SLAVES BUT ONLY IN 1799 DID THE STATE ADOPT A GRADUAL EMANICIPATION LAW, NEW JERSEY FOLLOWED IN 1804

PASSED IN 1782 IN VIRGINIA, 1787 IN DELAWARE AND 1790 IN MARYLAND. ACT OF FREEING SLAVES AT THE OWNERS WILL

LEGAL DOCTRINE WHEREBY UPON MARRIAGE A WOMANS LEGAL RIGHTS WERE SUBSUMED BY THOSE OF HER HUSBAND, AND ADULT UNMARRIED WOMAN WAS CONSIDERED TO HAVE THE LEGAL STATUS OF FEME SOLE WHILE A MARRIED WHOMAN HAD THE STATUS OF FEMEM COVERT (COVERED WOMAN). a FEME COVERT WAS NOT RECOGNIZED AS HAVING LEGAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS DISTINCT FROM THOSE OF HER HUSBAND IN MOST RESPECTG, THROUGH MARRIAGE A WOMANS EXISTANCE WAS INCORPORATED INTO THAT OF HER HUSBAND SO THAT SHE HAD VERY FEW RECOGNIZED INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF HER OWN.

CHILDREN SHOULD BE RAISED TO UPHOLD THE IDEALS OF REPUBLICIANISM, MAKING THEM PERFECT CITIZENS OFTHE NEW NATION. WOMEN EXPECTED TO PARTAKE IN PROMOTING VAULES OF REPUBLICANISM AND HAD TO PLAY A SPECIAL ROLE IN RAISING THEIR CHILDREN.

1751-1820 WOMANS ACTIVIST, WROTE ON THE EQUALITY OF SEXES, OFTEN POSSED AS A MAN TO HAVE HER WORK RECOGNIZED

1778, DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT, MAINLY BC THE 13 STATES HAD SERIOUS DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE LANDS TO THE WEST WHOSE POLITICAL OWNERSHIP WAS CONTESTED. THE FIRST WRITTEN FRAME OF GOVT THAT BOUND TOGETHER THE 13 REBELLING COLONIES. OFFICIAL VERSION AFTER RATIFICATION IN FEBRUARY

• oDrafted by 2nd Continental Congress (1777)
• oArticle II guaranteed each state would retain sovereignty
• oStructure of government under Articles
• nPower flowed from the states to the Congress of the Confederation
• oShays’ Rebellion (1786), although suppressed, illustrated the Confederation’s weaknesses, its inability to maintain order and provide security

LAWMAKER DOMINANCE, CONTROVERSIAL IDEA THAT LEGISLAVE HAS MORE POWER THAN THE 2 OTHER BRANCHES

CLAUSE IN THE US CONSTITUTION ARTIVE VI PARAGRAPH 2. THE CLAUSE ESTABLISHED THE CONSTITUTION. FEDERAL STATUTUES, AND US TREATIES AS THE SUPREME LOAS OF THE LAND, MANDATING STATE JUDGES TO UPHOLD THESE HIGHEST FORM OF LAW IN THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM EVEN IF THE STATE LAWS OR CONSTITUTIONS CONFLICT

UNICAMERAL A LEGISLATURE WITH ONLY ONE LEGISLATIVE SUCH AS THE US CONGRESS, NEBRASKA IS CURRENTLY THEO NLY STATE WITH A UNICAMERAL LEGISLATURE. BICAMERAL A LEGISLATURE MADE UP OF TWO PARTS CALLED CHAMBERS. THE US CONGRESS COMPOSED OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE IS AN EXAMPLE

ACGT OF THE CONGRESS OF CONFEDERATION OF THE US IN 1787, NORTHEWEST TERRITORY FIRST ORGANIZED TERRITOY OF THE US OUT OF THE REGION SOUTH OF GREAT LAKES AND NORTH AND WEST OF OHIO RIVER AND EAST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER. JERFFERSON PROPOSED CREATING SEVENTEEN ROUGHLY RECTANGULAR STATES.

NAMED AFTER DANIEL SHAYS A VETERAN OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WHO LETD THE REBELS, SHAYS REBELLION WAS AN ARMED UPRISING IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM 1786-1787, LAST BATTLE OF REVOLTUION

MTG AT ANNAPOLIS MARYLAND OF 12 DELEGATES FROM 5 STATES (NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE, AND VIRGINIA) CALLED FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. SEPTEMER 11-SEPTEMBER 14 1786

MAY 25-SEPTEMBER 17 1787, IN PHILADELPHIA TO ADRESS PROBLEMS IN GOVERNING HTE US WHICH HAD BEEN UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, RESULT OF CONVENTION WAS THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

• oSeparation of powers/checks and balances at national level aimed at preventing national government from becoming too powerful
• oFederalism allows for “vertical” checks and balances between states and the national government
• oStates’ checks = reserved powers; representation in Congress; vote for president; amendment process; administration of national programs
• oNational government’s checks = expressed and implied powers; Supremacy clause; commerce clause; federal grants

• nDividing governmental powers between legislature (makes laws), judicial (interprets laws), and executive (administers laws)
• nProviding checks on abuse of power

resulted in a bicameral legislature, with one house based on equal representation (Senate), the other on population (House)

resulted in slaves being counted as “3/5” of a person for the purpose of determining population for representation in the House of Representatives

HALF BROTHER OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PUBLISHED THE THE NEW ENGLAND COURANT ONE OF THE OLDEST AND FIRST INDEPENDENT AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS 1721

was a time period in American history from roughly 1789-1801 when the Federalist Party was dominant in American politics. This period saw the adoption of the United States Constitution and the expansion of the federal government. In addition, the era saw the growth of a strong nationalistic government under the control of the Federalist Party. Among the most important events of this time period were the foreign entanglements between France and England, the assertion of a strong, centralized federal government, and creation of political parties.

2ND PERSIDENT OF US 1797-1801, FIRST VP OF US 1789-1797, DELEGATRE FROM MASS FOR CONTINENTAL CONGRESS HE PLAYED A ROLE IN PERSUADING CONGRESS TO ADOPT THE DECLARATION

FIRST US SECRETARY OF TREASURY, FOUNDING FATHER, 1757-1804 CHEIF OF STAFF TO GEORGE WASHINGTON, CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER, WROTE HALF OF FEDERALIST PAPERS, CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION

FOUNDED BY JEFFERSON AND MADISON AROUND 1792, DOMINANT POLI PARTY IN THE US FROM 1800-1824, OPPOSED THE JAY TREATY OF 1794 WITH BRITAIN AND SUPPORTED GOOD RELATIONS WITH FRANCE BEFORE 1801

FIRST CONTESTED AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND THE ONLY ONE TO ELECT A PRESIDENT AND VP FROM OPPOSING TICKETS, JOHN ADAMS FEDERALIST AND THOMAS JEFFERSON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN

UNDECLARED WAR FOUGHT ALMOST ENTIRELY AT SEA BETWEEN US AND FRANCE FROM 1798-1800, IN US CONFLICT WAS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE FRANCO AMERICAN WAS THE UNDECLARED WAR WITH FRANCE, THE PIRATE WAR OR THE HALF WAR, 1798, PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS IN OFFICE

4 BILLS PASSED IN 1798 BY THE FEDERALIST IN THE 5TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS, WAGING AN UNDELCARED NAVAL WAS WTIH FRANCE KNOWNS AS THE QUASI WAR, SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS, BECAME A MAJOR POLI ISSUE IN THE ELECTIONS OF 1798 AND 1800

• REVOLUTION OF 1800, VP THOMAS JEFFERSON DEFEATED PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS, USHERED A GENERATION OF DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN PARTY RULE AND THE EVENTUAL DEMISEE OF THE FEDERALIST PARTY IN THE FIRST PARTY SYSTEM.
• CANIDATES WERE JOHN ADAMS, AARON BURR, JOHN JAY, THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY

PROVIDES THE PREOCEDURE BY WHICH THE PRESIDENT AND VP ARE ELECTED, REPLACED THE PROCEDURE OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE UNDER ARTICLE 2 SECTION 1 CLAUSE 3 WHICH DEMONSTRATED PROBLEMS IN ELECTIONS OF 1796 AND 1800, PROPOSED TO CONGRESS ON DECEMBER 9 1803 AND RATIFIED BY THE REQUISTE NUMBER OF STATE LEGISLATURES ON JUNE 15 1804

SET OF POLITICAL GOALS NAMED AFTER THOMAS JEFFERSON, DOMINATED AMERICAN POLITICAS FROM 1800-1820S, PREACHED RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUAL AND STATES, BILL OF RIGHTS A CENTRAL THEME, CORE POLI VALUE OF AMERICA IS REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY

ACQUISTION BY THE US OF THE 828800 SQUARE MILES OF THE FRENCH TERRITORY LOUISIANA IN 1803, US PAID 60 MILLION FRANCS PLUS CANCELLATION OF DEBTS WROTH 18 MILLION FRANCS A TOTAL COST OF 15 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY.

A BILL THAT BANNED TRADE BETWEEN THE US AND OTHER NATIONS, BILL PREVENTED ANY SHIPS FROM LEAVING AMERICAN PORTS THUS HINDERING EXPLORATION EFFORTS, CREATED AT REQUEST OF THOMAS JEFFERSON

1809 LIFTED ALL EMBARGOES ON AMERICAN SHIPPING EXCEPT FOR THOSE BOUNF FOR BRITISH OR FRENCH PORTS, INTENT WAS TO DAMAGE THE ECONOMIES OF THE UK AND FRANCE

FOUGHT ON NOVEMEMBER 7 1811, BETWEEN US FORCES LED BY GOVERNOR WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON IN THE INDIANA TERRITORY AND FORCES OF TECUMSEHS GROWING AMERICAN INDIAN CONFEDERATION LED BY HIS BROTHER TENSKWATAWA, BATTLE TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE PROPHETSTWON AND THE CONFLUENCE OF TIPPECANOE AND WABASH RIVERS

USED TO DESCRIBE THE MEMEBERS OF HOUSE OF REP OF THE 12 CONGRESS OF THE US WHO ADVOCATED WAR AGAINST GREAT BRITIAN IN THE WAR OF 1812. WAR HAWKS IN THE 12TH CONGRESS WERE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS

BETWEEN THE US AND BRITISH EMPIRE LASTED FROM 1812-1814, FOUGHT ON THE ATLANTI OCEAN AND ON THE LAND COASTS AND WATERWAYS OF NORTH AMERICA, TRADE RESTRICTION, IMPRESSMENT OF US CITIZENS INTO THE ROAY NAVY, THE BRITISH MILITARY SUPPORT FOR AMERICAN INDIANS WHO WERE OFFERING ARMED RESISTANCE TO THE EXPANSION OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER TO THE NORTHWEST.

DURING WAR OF 1812

A PROLONGED BATTLE WHICH TOOK PLACE AROUND NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA FROM DEC 23 1814 TO JAN 8 1815, FINAL MAJOR BATTLE OF WAR OF 1812, AMERICAN FORCES DEFEATED AN INVADING BRITISH ARMY INTENT ON SEIZING NEW ORLEANS AND THE VAST TERRITOY AMERICA HAD QCQUIRED WITH THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE.

SIGNED ON DECEMBER 24 184 IN GHENT NETHERLANDS, WAS THE PEACE TREATY THAT ENDED THE WAR OF 1812 BETWEEN US AND UK AND IRELAND, TREATY LARGELY RESTORED RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES, IT TOOK WEEKS FOR NEWS OF THE PEACE TREATY TO REACH AMERICA, WELL AFTER THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS HAD BEGUN.