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The Republican Experiment, 7.2 Hamilton’s Plan for Prosperity and
6 1783–1788 131 Security 162
Debt as a Source of National Strength 162
Interpreting the Constitution: The Bank
MYHISTORYLAB VIDEO SERIES 132
6.1 Defining Republican Culture 133 Controversy 163
Social and Political Reform 133 Setback for Hamilton 164
African Americans in the New 7.3 Charges of Treason: The Battle Over
Republic 135 Foreign Affairs 164
The Challenge of Women’s Rights 138 EXPLORER: WHAT ROLE DID THE NORTHWEST
The States: Experiments in TERRITORY PLAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY? 165
Republicanism 140 The Peril of Neutrality 166
6.2 Stumbling Toward a New National Jay’s Treaty Sparks Domestic Unrest 167
Pushing the Native Americans Aside 169
Government 141 7.4 Popular Political Culture 170
Articles of Confederation 141
Western Land: Key to the First Whiskey Rebellion: Charges of Republican
Constitution 142 Conspiracy 170
Northwest Ordinance: The Confederation’s Washington’s Farewell 171
Major Achievement 144 7.5 The Adams Presidency: Politics
6.3 “Have We Fought for this?” 145 of Mistrust 171
The Genius of James Madison 145 The XYZ Affair and Domestic
Constitutional Reform 146 Politics 172
The Philadelphia Convention 147 Crushing Political Dissent 173
Inventing a Federal Republic 148 Silencing Political Opposition: The Alien
Compromise Saves the Convention 148 and Sedition Acts 174
The Last Details 150 Kentucky and Virginia
We the People 150 Resolutions 175
6.4 Whose Constitution? Struggle for Adams’s Finest Hour 176
Ratification 151 The Peaceful Revolution: The Election
Federalists and Antifederalists 151 of 1800 176
Conclusion: Danger of Political
EXPLORER: WHY DID RATIFICATION OF THE Extremism 177
CONSTITUTION FACE OPPOSITION? 152
Adding the Bill of Rights 154
Conclusion: Success Depends on the
People 155 Republican Ascendancy,
The Jeffersonian Vision,
8 1800–1814 179
Democracy and Dissent, The
Violence of Party Politics, MYHISTORYLAB VIDEO SERIES 180
7 1788–1800 157 8.1 The Republic Expands 181
Westward the Course of Empire 181
MYHISTORYLAB VIDEO SERIES 158 Native American Resistance 182
7.1 Principle and Pragmatism: Establish- Commercial Life in the Cities 183
ing A New Government 159 8.2 Jefferson as President 185
Getting Started 160 Political Reforms 185
Conflicting Visions: Jefferson and The Louisiana Purchase 186
Hamilton 160 The Lewis and Clark Expedition 187
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