Chapter 10 Launching the New Ship of State, 1789– 1800

Hamilton’s Financial Structure Supported by Revenues Copyright (c) Houghton Mifflin Company. All Rights Reserved.

Republicanism Triumphant Artists often used classical motifs to celebrate the triumph in America of republicanism--a form of government they traced back to ancient Greece and Rome. Winterthur Museum

Adaptation of a British cartoon that makes the former colonies’ struggle for independence look virtuous compared to the French Revolution. The Contrast Boston Public Library

Despite the 1783 Treaty of Paris, the British government was reluctant to abandon its lucrative fur trade and maintained a chain of northern frontier posts. American Posts Held by the British After 1783 Copyright (c) Houghton Mifflin Company. All Rights Reserved.

John Adams, by John Singleton Copley, 1783 When he entered Harvard College in 1751, Adams intended to prepare for the ministry, but four absorbing years of study excited him about other intellectual and career possibilities: “I was a mighty metaphysician, at least I thought myself such.” Adams also tried his hand at being a mighty scientist, doctor, and orator. Upon graduation he became a schoolmaster but soon decided to take up the law. Harvard College

In 1803 this frigate ran onto the rocks near Tripoli harbor, and about 300 officers and men were imprisoned by the Tripolitans. The ship was refloated for service against the Americans, but Stephen Decatur led a party of men that set it afire. Preparation for War to Defend Commerce: The Building of the Frigate Philadelphia. New York Public Library

Thomas Jefferson at Natural Bridge, by Caleb Boyle, c A great statesman, he wrote his own epitaph: “Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and father of the University of Virginia.” Lafayette College