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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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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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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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George -he is talking about - that there is a lot - Political parties - Leaders
Washington utopia as something of tension between (but that ship has perspective -
1796 to aim for as a country groups already. already sailed) naive perspective
he is warning us (political parties) - the possibility of - someone who
- that controlling the -foreign policies are getting into war with does not believe in
effects of factions is already a problem foreign countries party politics
no longer an option and we are a brand - conflicted feelings -by the time he is
(very idealistic) new country (hard on whether one talking about this
- in 1796 a republic is to be a grownup) should be involved there is already
idealistic; if one party in foreign affairs political parties
gets too powerful, - Washington's
they oppress other perspective won't
parties through the reflect everyones
leader of the - George
dominant party Washington (very
- big concern: unique individual)
Question of contributes to a
isolationism and unique
getting involved with perspective
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
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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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- 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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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