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Federalist v. Democratic-Republican
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Read the following. Evaluate the TONE of the writing. How does the author feel about the subject of the section? What words let you know this? “… All the capital employed in paper speculation is barren & useless, producing, like that on a gaming table, no accession to itself, and is withdrawn from commerce & agriculture where it would have produced addition to the common mass: That it nourishes in our citizens habits of vice and idleness instead of industry & morality: That it has furnished effectual means of corrupting such a portion of the legislature, as turns the balance between the honest voters which ever way it is directed: That this corrupt squadron, deciding the voice of the legislature, have manifested their dispositions to get rid of the limitations imposed by the constitution on the general legislature, limitations, on the faith of which, the states acceded to that instrument: That the ultimate object of all this is to prepare the way for a change, from the present republican form of government, to that of a monarchy, of which the English constitution is to be the model. That this was contemplated in the Convention is no secret, because its partisans have made none of it.”
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Date State Votes(Yes-No) 1 December 7, 1787 Delaware 30-0 2 2 December 11, 1787 Pennsylvania 46-23 3 3 December 18, 1787 New Jersey 38-0 4 4 January 2, 1788 Georgia 26-0 5 5 January 9, 1788 Connecticut 128-40 6 6 February 6, 1788 Massachusetts 187-168 7 7 April 26, 1788 Maryland 63-11 8 8 May 23, 1788 South Carolina 149-73 9 9 June 21, 1788 New Hampshire 57-47 10 10 June 25, 1788 Virginia 89-79 11 11 July 26, 1788 New York 30-27 12 12 Nov 21, 1789 North Carolina 194-77 13 13 May 29, 1790 Rhode Island 34-32 Constitutional Ratification Vote by state
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G.W.’s Farewell Address “I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the state…Let me now…warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party.”
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Federalist vs. Democratic-Republicans Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson
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Jay Treaty Signed Nov 1794 Helped avert war with Great Britain Allowed British to seize cargo bound for French ports Opened up trade b/w US and GB – including British colonies Settled other long-standing issues from Revolution Forts in Ohio River Valley Boundaries b/w US & Canada
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XYZ Affair Following French Rev – relations b/w US & France got worse Jay Treaty did not help US attempted to improve relations French refused to negotiate unless US bribed them first “Not a sixpence…” Many in US called for war against France
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Alien-Sedition Acts Laws passed by Federalist in 1798 Aimed at limiting support for Democrat-Republicans 14 years for immigrants to become citizen Gave president power to deport any alien w/o trial if dangerous to country Prevent rebellion – federal crime to speak/print anything critical of government Supposed to address the threats from the French/Irish Actually to suppress the Democratic-Republicans
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Reaction to the Alien and Sedition Acts Said that states could ignore federal laws that did not benefit them or were unconstitutional- “Nullification”
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Issues of the Day Funding the Public Debt Federalist: Debt is OK; even beneficial Dem-Rep: Debt should be avoided; wary of govt spending National Bank Federalist: Bank is necessary to carry out duties of Federal govt. Dem-Rep: Congress not given the power to create bank in Constitution Power, thus, is delegated to the states (10 th Amend) Relations with Britain or France Federalist: Pro-Britain Dem-Rep: Pro-France
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