Best Laid Plans...: U. S. Response to Napoleonic Wars
Jefferson and the Republicans as well as the Federalists are determined to maintain neutrality in the Napoleonic Wars. In order to enforce neutrality Jefferson imposes an embargo to keep Americans from trading abroad. This triggers a serious economi...
A Precarious Experiment: Challenges Facing the Young Nation
The United States faces a number of daunting issues in the years immediately following the war. The British do not evacuate the forts in the northwest territory or provide compensation for slaves as they had agreed. In 1784, Congress sends John Adam...
Vision for a Nation: Power Struggle Between Federalists and Republicans
For twelve years, control of the new government remains firmly in the hands of the Federalists, but gaining strength in the 1790s is a group that favors a more modest central government. Both points of view are represented in Washington's cabinet. A...
Pressures from Within: Aftermath of War of 1812
In the aftermath of the war of 1812, a sense of pride and determination seems to dominate the American scene--pride that the nation had survived yet another war with Great Britain and determination to avoid the mistakes that had weakened the country...