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NOTE-TAKING GUIDE: Of the People: A History of the United States CHAPTER 8 “Contested Republic: 1789 – 1800” COMMON THREADS What were the continuing disagreements about the power of a central government? What were the conflicting values and ideas of citizenship? How did the new nation negotiate with the European powers? What was the status of slavery in the early republic? OUTLINE The United States in 1789 Lands and People Ways of Living The First Emancipation Movements American Landscape: Philadelphia Conflicting Visions of Republican Society America and the World: Transatlantic Talk About the Rights of Women The Culture of the Republic The Struggle to Form a Government The States and the Bill of Rights Congress Begins Its Work Political Economy and Political Parties Controlling the Borderlands America in the Transatlantic Community Other Revolutions Between France and England To the Brink of War The Administration of John Adams Conclusion WHO? WHAT? George Washington Strict construction of Thomas Jefferson the Constitution James Madison Loose construction Alexander Hamilton Political virtue John Adams Abigail Adams William Manning J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. What were the key elements of Hamilton’s fiscal and economic policies? 2. What were the first two political parties in the federal republic? Who led each, and how did the two parties differ? 3. Who were “the Few and the Many”? 4. How did the Whiskey Rebellion reflect larger tensions in the early republic? 5. The constitution did not define “citizenship.” What early laws and policies do you think gave practical meaning to the idea of citizenship? Do you think everyone agreed on who was included and who was not? NOTES: TO FOLLOW UP / QUESTIONS TO ASK IN CLASS