{"id":1501,"date":"2017-07-11T02:45:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T02:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/ushistory1os\/chapter\/primary-source-images-a-new-nation\/"},"modified":"2019-08-23T22:01:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T22:01:46","slug":"primary-source-images-a-new-nation","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jcc-ushistory1os\/chapter\/primary-source-images-a-new-nation\/","title":{"raw":"Primary Source Images: A New Nation","rendered":"Primary Source Images: A New Nation"},"content":{"raw":"

A grand debate over political power engulfed the young United States. The Constitution ensured that there would be a strong federal government capable of taxing, waging war, and making law, but it could never resolve the young nation\u2019s many conflicting constituencies.\u00a0The new nation was never as cohesive as its champions had hoped. Although the officials of the new federal government\u2014and the people who supported it\u2014placed great emphasis on unity and cooperation, the country was often anything but unified. As the 1790s progressed, Americans became bitterly divided over political parties and foreign wars. As party differences and regional quarrels tested the federal government, the new nation increasingly explored the limits of its\u00a0democracy. Analyzing these sources allows us to see these national tensions and the limits to American democracy.\n<\/p>

States ratify the Constitution, 1789<\/h2>\n\"Newspaper
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\u201cThe Federal Pillars,\u201d from The Massachusetts Centinel, August 2, 1789, via\u00a0Library of Congress.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

The\u00a0Massachusetts Centinel<\/em>\u00a0ran a series of cartoons depicting the ratification of the Constitution.\u00a0 Each vertical pillar represents a state that has ratified the new government.\u00a0 In this cartoon, North Carolina\u2019s pillar is being guided into place (it would vote for ratification in November 1789).\u00a0 Rhode Island\u2019s pillar, however, is crumbling and shows the uncertainty of the vote there.<\/p>\n\n

Anti-Thomas Jefferson cartoon, 1797<\/h2>\n\"An
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\u201cProvidential Detection,\u201d 1797 via\u00a0American Antiquarian Society.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

This image attacks\u00a0Jefferson\u2019s support of the French Revolution and religious freedom. \u00a0The Altar to \u201cGallic Despotism\u201d mocks Jefferson\u2019s allegiance to the French. The letter, \u201cTo Mazzei,\u201d refers to a 1796 correspondence that criticized the Federalists and, by association, President Washington.<\/p>\n\u00a0","rendered":"

A grand debate over political power engulfed the young United States. The Constitution ensured that there would be a strong federal government capable of taxing, waging war, and making law, but it could never resolve the young nation\u2019s many conflicting constituencies.\u00a0The new nation was never as cohesive as its champions had hoped. Although the officials of the new federal government\u2014and the people who supported it\u2014placed great emphasis on unity and cooperation, the country was often anything but unified. As the 1790s progressed, Americans became bitterly divided over political parties and foreign wars. As party differences and regional quarrels tested the federal government, the new nation increasingly explored the limits of its\u00a0democracy. Analyzing these sources allows us to see these national tensions and the limits to American democracy.\n<\/p>\n

States ratify the Constitution, 1789<\/h2>\n

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\u201cThe Federal Pillars,\u201d from The Massachusetts Centinel, August 2, 1789, via\u00a0Library of Congress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The\u00a0Massachusetts Centinel<\/em>\u00a0ran a series of cartoons depicting the ratification of the Constitution.\u00a0 Each vertical pillar represents a state that has ratified the new government.\u00a0 In this cartoon, North Carolina\u2019s pillar is being guided into place (it would vote for ratification in November 1789).\u00a0 Rhode Island\u2019s pillar, however, is crumbling and shows the uncertainty of the vote there.<\/p>\n

Anti-Thomas Jefferson cartoon, 1797<\/h2>\n

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\u201cProvidential Detection,\u201d 1797 via\u00a0American Antiquarian Society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This image attacks\u00a0Jefferson\u2019s support of the French Revolution and religious freedom. \u00a0The Altar to \u201cGallic Despotism\u201d mocks Jefferson\u2019s allegiance to the French. The letter, \u201cTo Mazzei,\u201d refers to a 1796 correspondence that criticized the Federalists and, by association, President Washington.<\/p>\n

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