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Week 7 — The New Republic

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Why this matters

A journalism student deciding what a paper may print about leaders and a future teacher in a town split into two camps both meet this week's question: how do people who disagree sharply still share one government?

In plain language

This week is about the first years of the government the Constitution created, from George Washington's presidency to the election of 1800. Americans split into the first two political parties, the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans (rival groups that organized to win elections and run the government), over a national bank, Britain and France, and a free press. Washington's Farewell Address (his public goodbye letter to the country) of 1796 warned against parties. Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (the speech a new President gives on taking office) of 1801 spoke to both parties. You will also see who the new republic's arguments left out, including Native nations in the Ohio country and enslaved people in Washington's own household.

  • Already covered: Week 1's four moves for reading a source and Week 6's Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Federalists of 1788.
  • This week: Hamilton's program, the first parties, the Treaty of Greenville, the Farewell Address, the Alien and Sedition Acts, and the election of 1800.
  • How they connect: you test the new frame of government against its first quarrels.
  • Where we're going next: Week 8, the Midterm Review.

Focus

How did the new republic survive its first parties, from Washington's administration to the election of 1800?

By the end of this module, you should be able to:

  • [ ] tell the Federalist Party from the Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists of 1788
  • [ ] source the Farewell Address and say what it leaves out
  • [ ] credit "entangling alliances with none" to Jefferson, 1801

To-do

Plan your week

  1. Read Chapter 7 (~55–65 minutes), then the lecture and slides.
  2. Work the lecture tutorial (60–90 minutes).
  3. Work the practice set (15–25 minutes).
  4. Do the Primary Source Workshop (about 90 minutes), the discussion, and the assignment.
  5. Take the quiz.

This week's checkpoint: before you trust a famous quotation, check whose document it comes from.

You've got this

Take the names one at a time, and ask your instructor if a step snags.

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