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American Yawp New Nation

American Yawp Early Republic

Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur

Susanna Rowson
Venture Smith
George Washington
James Madison
Letter of Cato
Thomas Jefferson
Tecumseh
Congress 1811
Abigail Bailey

Document What are the main What does this What potential What group does
points? indicate about the conflicts arise from this document
New Nation? this perspective? represent?

Hector St. Jean -Opportunity, -Its the place of the - Problem:It might - The immigrants
de Crevecoeur extensive territory, American Dream, mislead people to who have found a
The year- 1782 American dream, filled with show that there is new, better life in
government, opportunities. no conflicts/ America
aristocracy of merit, -More of a chance disadvantages - Western
diversity = the to become - Women might not european
idealism of America successful and hold the same immigrants (white)
-experience of there is a Europeans - From the
America is unique uniqueness. - Enticing experience of
-America is a nation - its appealing to Europeans to come working towards
of prosperity Europeans to come to the United States achieving
- The people that to the New Nation. land is going to something
have migrated there be scare scare =
receive great facilities competition
- No one is oppressed makes it harder for
by the upper class/ life here
elite -Native Americans
- Individualism would have a
- Government aids conflicting
the people perspective.
- Many opportunities -He is making the
- Small gap between assumption that
classes, large middle people will shed
class every aspect of
- Sense of unity being European; it
- the American will change over
territory is very vast. time and not be as
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- THE MELTING appealing as it is

POT: people are now
coming from -May not be as
everywhere to unified as he states
America; your because of the
European background different roles one
does not matter; played in the
- The American society.
values make you - He is not wrong,
American but is giving a very
- No more European specific perspective
bias about the U.S. (only
- Diversity one perspective):
his perspective as a
western EUropean
immigrants white
dude who has the
experience of
working up from the
bottom
- His perspective
does not make him
wrong
However this
perspective can not
be examined in
isolation from other
perspectives
- Has a bias; is not
going to talk about
the bad when
persuading others
to come to the US
-His audience:
those who are at
the bottom of the
social-economic
chain

Susanna -Role of women, - We all have a role - Women are mad - Women who are
Rowson expectations, to play, and about being shoved put down by
1794 cautionary tale about independence is into reform society after the
how women are incredibly - Some women Revolution
supposed to be important, but wont be attracted - Women of the
- She has done cannot be taken out to it--thats not me late 1700s- early
something that is of control. - women on the 1800s
shameful in 1794 - Women are frontier dont have
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-Had some sort of narrowly defined in the luxury to be

external affair society. nitpicky
-Women have a very - Women provided - Will cause women
specific purpose moral leadership. to have appraisals
- Point 1: In the Am. - Influenced males about their need for
Rev women were in their lives and more
really important taking focused on reform representation
caring of business -Women used their (voting).
and the homes political will through - Not all women are
- Daughters of liberty their husbands and going to agree with
-Point2: Globally brothers in the New the book
Impact of World. - Slave women will
Enlightenment is - Woman didnt also be affected
asking questions have that great of a because they still
about the role of place or role. won't have any
people including - Women take the representation.
women back seat -Conflict between
-The REPUBLICAN women and the
MOTHERHOOD- men who hold
woman have a power
specific role. -What does
-Women expressed equality mean and
their political views how does it apply to
through moral and society?
they are supposed to - Not anything new
be moral. Hence, they
could work on reform
by reaching out by
acts of compassion
-Point 3 Mary
Wollstonecraft writes
about the VIndication
of Rights of Women
arguing for women's
rights and education
-Point 4: Abigail
Adams tell her
husbands do not
forget the women for
they are important to
for the independence
-Point 5 In 1780 the
government is
exerting itself to have
a stable environment
therefore we have to
make sure that
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people know their

place in the society
- Womens place very
narrowly defined
- France has chaotic
form of government
perception that
women have lost their
place
- Globally,
enlightenment ideals
ask about womens
role in society

Venture Smith - Its hard to be a - aspirational: -conflicts with those -it represents a
1788 slave and you will be holding to the who say, such as in slave who is trying
taken advantage of american dream; Northup cases, that to attain his
-Has to pay for the working hard to a lot of the times, freedom and the
privilege to work in achieve something someone does not arduous (also
order to buy himself - a slave just wants have the freedom to cheated) task to
freedom to be free while as ask for his/her do so
-even though he gets a white man would freedom
freedom he is taken want to be at the -servants/slaves
advantage of by his top who are buying into
master - He is about aspire the idea of America:
-his master gets a through extensive independence and
percentage in which hard work despite freedom however
he goes and gets the exhortation those ideals are not
jobs himself - The masters being held
- he doesnt own his recognize the slave -Smith has a very
own labor. as a human unlike specific perspective
- Crevecoeur and the earlier times where - Slaves starting to
man is both slaves were question the
asspiration. They are considered as constitution, and it
holding onto to the animals. stating equality.
American dream but it - element of
is harder for the man fairness exist in
who is slave to 1718; as a slave
achieve it. there is a lit room
- American dream for aspiration but
differs; he just wants there not much
to be free, not at the fairness
top - start with this
- Even though master promise of the Dec
is taking advantage of of In, get the Const
him, he is still that promises
recognized as a stability on society
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human being
- 1798 is the
important factor
transition in America
in race and slavery
- could potentially get
better, but doesnt
- - people thought
George -he is talking about
Washington utopia as something
1796 to aim for as a country groups already.
he is warning us
- that controlling the
effects of factions is
no longer an option
(very idealistic)
- in 1796 a republic is to be a grownup)
idealistic; if one party
gets too powerful,
they oppress other
parties through the
leader of the
dominant party
- big concern:
Question of
isolationism and
getting involved with
foreign policy
- Encourages to avoid
attachment to political
parties and avoid too
much connection with
europe
- Encourages to have
a level of morality
- Leaders need to be
men of moral
character
- referring to the
turmoil the French is
going through
-all foreign affairs
and fast forward
that groups who
are forced with
stability upon them
are at disadvantage
especially the
slaves
slavery was going
to get better but it
didnt.
- that there is a lot - Political parties - Leaders
of tension between (but that ship has perspective -
already sailed) naive perspective
(political parties) - the possibility of - someone who
-foreign policies are getting into war with does not believe in
already a problem foreign countries party politics
and we are a brand - conflicted feelings -by the time he is
new country (hard on whether one talking about this
should be involved there is already
in foreign affairs political parties
- Washington's
perspective won't
reflect everyones
- George
Washington (very
unique individual)
contributes to a
unique
perspective
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should be avoided,
we need to have a
level of morality,they
need to be that of
moral character,
-religious
observances tend to
make someone less
greedy and selfish,
refers to the turmoil in
france

James Madison -religion shouldn't - place that aspires -states vs. nation - religious groups
1785 have a say in law to be religiously Nation wants to be - intellectuals
-danger to religion: tolerant more diverse unlike
+makes man judge by - dilemma: as a each of the states.
man and not by God colony, especially - conflict between
+when you do Virginia, was not small republic and
something by force, religiously tolerant large republic
your conversions are However the idea +(problem with
not authentic of religious small republics
+religion is up to the tolerance takes because majority
person, what the place as a nation: can take over)
person believes states want less - no proper
+puts man in the tolerance and distinguishment
place of God nation wants more between church
-threatens the law tolerance and state.
-not being truly - people could
Christian convert to gain
- authentic conversion between profits
- could damage the -religious conflict
liberties of people or will bleed over:
violate the law competing religious
- this was what groups and
happened in Europe, competition
why invite that here? between those who
-takes it down not do not want to
only from a legal way participate and
but also in the those who do want
perspective of religion to participate
- the law is called in
to enforce religious
beliefs

Letter of Cato -hypocritical by their - slaves begin - not everyone - the men who
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1781 own words if they corporating thinks that the want to go back
accept slavery themselves into slaves should be and bring slavery
- slavery is in the past society slaves able to take in
so its ironic if the were owning the advantage of those -african americans
country is trying to promise and saying promises
move forward yet is that independence - racism + blacks
pulling back from the was for them too. vs. whites
past with slavery - different ideas
-faction in action! about Americas
+not a large group of promises
people who kicked +minority and
up dust to bring back majority
slavery perspective;
- doesnt get different factions
reauthorized because perspective
they dont have the -beginnings of
majority (doesnt end racism
up going through) +competition
-slaves were owning between this group
the promise of of people in a
independence, liberty, particular race vs
freedom, and the another group
pursuit of happiness: +had problem in
we deserve this too 1781 and problem
-competing visions of in 2017
what america means - Different
and what its promises competing
are convoluted perspectives.
- why pennsylvania - Change in visions
should not go back to with the slaves.
slavery - Promise of
opportunity gets
broader.
- problems of
ignoring is we
forget how intrinsic
racism is to our
system: well that's
not our problem
when it is

Thomas - we need more land Jefferson's context - People will call - White
Jefferson for more farms. is the country to Jefferson out on his supremacists
- His understanding of continue to be racism - Those in concern
the future of the agriculture - it promotes the of mixing races
nature of the country -Part of the big logic of - slaveholders
- Independent farmer picture: we need English-Anglo (southern
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is the one who needs more land. So what background is perspective)

to be elevated are we going to do better and hence
- He talks about with slavery? promote other
beauty in the opinion - He wants to nations to have
of a white man aspirations of white slavery
-Says that the blacks men to continue - the foundation of
are not nearly as and expand our country sits on
attractive nor are they -The attitude about racism
capable of love in the slavery and what to - blacks vs. whites:
same way whites are do with it is what civil war
- not as smart, breaks up the - whites vs. whites
creative. Not even country +some people
smart as a Native -Exploitation in the literally take into
American. nation. consideration that
- He is justifying why - Racial awareness all men are created
there is slavery - Slavery is equal
-He is arguing against blooming- in 1788 -equality vs
misingnation (mixing is already a exploitation
the races) problem (85 years
-Justifying white prior to civil war)
superiority
- even one of our
founding fathers
werent completely
good.

Tecumseh - wanted united - the racial -native americans - Native

between all the indian perspective is a vs whites Americans aka red
tribes to unify. significant piece of -how whites can men
-greediness for whites the nation exploit differences
- calls them red - the conflict of land
- he falls into the is prominent
same color construct between the native
or racial/ ethnic americans and the
identification from the americans.
european people -
-Another
manifestation of
racism in america: a
group can see
differences within the
group
- so that they could
have their land back.
- Greediness for land
- Racial awareness
- Challenging the late
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sale saying it should

not work that way

Congress 1811 Felix Grundy - Possible future of - manufacturing vs - Political

- Britain is using the the nation: Slave slaveholding state viewpoints of the
natives to push the holding states tensions period
Americans out expand, fewer - slave revolts -
- the British is the one manufacturing - emerging tensions -
instigating everything centers because between the North
- Main concern: taking they will be and the South
Canada and Florida agriculture North and south
(because less power - the manufacturing
in the North because will be the minority
slaveholding states -the balance of
expand and have power in Congress
more population) between the slave
- we need more land hold segments and
the manufacturing
Randolphs letter is segments
no proof that British - different attitudes
triggered anythingter: about expansion,
- there is no proof that Britain, and native
the British americans
government tried to
make the native
americans fight with
the americans.
- after the french
revolution the blacks
were encouraged for
the haitian revolution.
Hence having a
revolution is going to
trigger slaves to revolt

- Reasons for/against
war (pros and cons)

Abigail Bailey - In the previous - women are of less - men could get - Women
document written by important abusive
the other -gender divisions
women:Suggesting -
the consequences of
being too
independent
- to challenge the role
of women is to ..
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shame and dishonor

- shows the reality of
republican
motherhood women
are called to exert
power over men but
they couldn't always
influence men to do
things.
-men were not always
good and women
could not always
influence men;
sometimes men were
just awful
- Women had very
few options
- Realities that women
had to deal with

Summarize the challenges of the following groups:

White Males: Concerns about slavery

White Women: Unequal representation and power in society

Black Americans (male): No freedom, family, or happiness, no rights

American Indians: The need to unify so that they could reclaim their land.

Politicians: Contentions of the morality of slavery, white supremacy, racial divisions, definition of
liberty, and overall tensions of competing visions