History 270: The United States to 1865
Spring Semester 1999 - Dr. Thomas R. Maddux
Lecture Outline
The Frightened Victors

  1. Confidence and Anxiety
    1. The Perfect President: George Washington
    2. Beliefs about Republicanism: "Would it work?"
  2. Alexander Hamilton to the Rescue
    1. Hamilton's Dream
    2. Hamilton's Program
      1. Assumption and funding of debys
      2. National Bank
      3. Report on Manufacturing
      4. Aid to agriculture
    3. Federalist vs. Jeffersonian Republicans
  3. Mutual Suspicions and Crisis
    1. French Revolution and European war
      1. Impact on factions and suspicions
      2. Citizen Genet and "Bavarian Illuminati"
    2. Whiskey Rebellion
    3. Jay Treaty and Quasi-War with France
    4. Alien and Sedition and Fries Rebellion


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