The Ultimate Struggle

Historical events distinguish the change in the behavior and identity of a society. The United States is no exemption from this idea, as the events throughout American history has shaped the behavior and values of the American identity. Since the formal independence from Britain in 1783, to the compromise that

Native American Displacement Long ago on the great plains, the buffalo roamed and the Native Americans lived amongst each other. They were able to move freely across the lands until the white men came and concentrated them into certain areas. Today there are more than five-hundred different tribes with different

Division of the Early Republic After the colonies gained independence, the founding fathers soon found that becoming a new independent nation was going to be a difficult task. The biggest task was deciding on the division of power in the government. This issue divided the people into two groups, the federalists and the Jeffersonian republicans. Alexander Hamilton led the federalists and Thomas Jefferson led the republicans. These two important men in history would later show how the challenges of becoming a new nation. In this essay I will be analyzing the ideas of Linda K. Kerber’s “The Fears of the Federalists,” to Drew R. McCoy’s “The Fears of the Jeffersonian Republicans.” Furthermore, comparisons will be made about both essays to gain a better understanding of the struggles of government in early America.

The Americans fought long and hard in their Revolution and deservingly so defeated the British and won their independence in 1783. From there, the US transferred to a government set by the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation did not turn out to provide a much better life than the Americans had under the British, with the states not able to work with each other. The lack of state's collaboration brought about this idea of too much Democracy. After the disaster that the AofC was, there was a new Constitution being drafted; however, many Americans were divided upon which path the new Constitution should take, one with or without a strong central government. This distinction in ideology put the country's elite at odds. The

When the war finally came to an end in 1781, the economy was still suffering due to the lack of knowledge the states had on both economic and political matters. Since it was agreed upon that the nation wanted to be a democracy, the Constitution was shaped accordingly. The Articles

The American Revolution for the Native American population was a time of civil strife, a threatened existence and the cap stoning event that would ultimately take any and all remaining power held in the new America. Those factors are made very identifiable from the downfall of the Iroquois Confederation that was established in the 15th century before the arrival of the European’s arrival (Revolutionary Limits: Native Americans, 2014). As a result of the Revolutionary war the tribes was split into two factions and at the end of the war, neither were granted favorable diplomatic arrangements resulting in the forced removal from their traditional lands (Revolutionary Limits: Native Americans, 2014). This would lead to many years of war and broken attempts at treaties between the competing cultures of the American colonies and the Native American peoples.

The result of Western settlement was devastating. The outcome of the war strongly impacted and profoundly conformed Western Expansion to a new war filled with greed and frantic need for better transportation. Gold rush, the whites antagonized a war on the Indians, knowing their chances of defeat were strong, not because they were incapable, but because they were willing to believe the false promises and would’ve rather sacrificed their land instead of causing bloodshed. Native Americans were held accountable by the law, yet they were left unprotected from the law with no legal rights. The native Americans were considered peaceful and useful towards the American White Settlers and U.S. Army until they got in the way of expansion of the Railroad system during the Homestead act, giving away land that did not belong to them in the first

The United States were not economically stable while under the Articles of Confederation. One main reason for economic struggle was that there were so many types of currency being used that trade with other states was near

During the Revolutionary War the idea of being American came about. The United States population was split with people both support and disapproving of the Revolution against the British. Whigs and Tories were two groups of people with views differing from one another. Whigs supported the revolution while the Tories

The Articles of Confederation was ratified on March 1, 1781. Under these types of articles, “the states remained sovereign and independent, with Congress, serving as the last resort on appeal of disputes” meaning that the colonies will have to govern their own differences unless it’s substantial to contact their colony’s delegate. (Foner, Garraty) The Articles of Confederation had many flaws or weaknesses in which the colony/state only had one vote in Congress, regardless of size, “small states and large states had the same voting weight in Congress and there was no proportionality in voting matters.” (Brackemyre) This was a major situation, many states with larger populations felt cheated and felt as if it was unfair. They also did not have the power to tax in any situation “only the states, not Congress, (has) the authority to impose taxes and raise revenue” how the money was raised within each colony/state was up to the state legislatures. (Brackemyre) Time after

The American Colonies’ transition from British territory to their independent nation was full of hardships. Legislation and British troops attempted to push the colonists into submission with resilience the colonists fought back and won their independance. In order to do so they had to change their ideals and beliefs on their rights. They went from fighting for their rights because they were the same as the British citizens, to fighting for their rights on the basis that they were different than the British citizens.

The Articles of Confederation were proposed in 1777, to a country suffering from attempts to gain costly freedom. The Revolutionary War was in full swing, and many colonists were inclined to be suspicious of powerful, centralized governments, such as the one they were attempting to free themselves from. With this in mind, the Articles of Confederation were written and proposed, giving each of the thirteen individual state governments much more power than they gave the central government. This unequal distribution of power was the main weakness of the Articles, and was the fatal flaw that created many of the conflicts that would come about in the following years. For instance, many large states were angry because they felt their populations

This paper is about how The United States moved from it’s inept first attempt at self government progressing, to the Constitution, which took care of many issues prevalent in the Articles of Confederation. The revolutionary concepts exemplified in the constitution propelled The United States onto the world stage. To gain a deeper understanding of this topic, two essays and a book will be consulted concerning what people thought about the Constitution when it was first implemented and how it is perceived today. In addition, a brief history of early American government and how the Constitution came to be will be discussed. Furthermore the resulting Constitution and how it improved upon the Articles of Confederation will be discussed.

Initially the English lacked power to wage war on the Indians and instead would raid and steal supplies as a means of sustenance. Through warfare many lives were lost on both sides, although the Indians suffered in the long run because interaction with the settlers gave them Old World diseases, which decimated entire populations and culture.

Long ago on the great plains, the buffalo roamed and the Native Americans lived amongst each other. They were able to move freely across the lands until the white men came and concentrated them into certain areas. Today there are more than five-hundred different tribes with different beliefs and history. Native Americans still face problems about the horrific history they went through and today 's discrimination. The removal of American Indian tribes is one of the most tragic events in American history. There are many treaties that have been signed by American representatives and people of Indian tribes that guaranteed peace and the values of the Indian territories. The treaties were to assure that fur trade would continue without interruption. The American people wanting Indian land has led to violent conflict between the two. Succeeding treaties usually forced the tribes to give up their land to the United States government. There were laws made for Native American Displacement that didn’t benefit the Native Americans, these laws still have long lasting effects on them today, and there was a huge number of Native Americans killed for many reasons.