{"id":564,"date":"2015-06-11T17:20:10","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T17:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/americanyawp\/?post_type=chapter&p=564"},"modified":"2015-06-22T17:49:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T17:49:41","slug":"introduction-4","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ushistory1ay\/chapter\/introduction-4\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction","rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"raw":"
\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1346\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1000\"]\"A<\/a> William Booth, \u201cA Black Wood Cutter at Shelburne, Nova Scotia,\u201d 1788, Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1970-188-1090 W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nOn July 4, 1788, Philadelphians turned out for a \u201cgrand federal procession\u201d in honor of the new national constitution. Workers in various trades and\u00a0profession demonstrated. Blacksmiths carted around a working forge, on which they symbolically beat swords into farm tools. Potters proudly carried a sign paraphrasing from the Bible, \u201cThe potter hath power over his clay,\u201d linking God\u2019s power with an artisan\u2019s work and a citizen\u2019s control over the country. Christian clergymen meanwhile marched arm-in-arm with Jewish rabbis. The grand procession represented what many Americans hoped the United States would become: a diverse but cohesive, prosperous nation.\r\n\r\nOver the next few years, Americans would celebrate more of these patriotic holidays. In April 1789, for example, thousands gathered in New York to see George Washington take the presidential oath of office. That November, Washington called his fellow citizens to celebrate with\u00a0a day of thanksgiving, particularly for \u201cthe peaceable and rational manner\u201d in which the government had been established.\r\n\r\nBut the 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. The Constitution itself had been\u00a0a controversial document adopted to strengthen the government so that it could withstand internal conflicts. Whatever the later celebrations, the new nation had looked to the future with uncertainty. Less than two years before the national celebrations of 1788 and 1789, the United States had faced the\u00a0threat of collapse.","rendered":"
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William Booth, \u201cA Black Wood Cutter at Shelburne, Nova Scotia,\u201d 1788, Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1970-188-1090 W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On July 4, 1788, Philadelphians turned out for a \u201cgrand federal procession\u201d in honor of the new national constitution. Workers in various trades and\u00a0profession demonstrated. Blacksmiths carted around a working forge, on which they symbolically beat swords into farm tools. Potters proudly carried a sign paraphrasing from the Bible, \u201cThe potter hath power over his clay,\u201d linking God\u2019s power with an artisan\u2019s work and a citizen\u2019s control over the country. Christian clergymen meanwhile marched arm-in-arm with Jewish rabbis. The grand procession represented what many Americans hoped the United States would become: a diverse but cohesive, prosperous nation.<\/p>\n

Over the next few years, Americans would celebrate more of these patriotic holidays. In April 1789, for example, thousands gathered in New York to see George Washington take the presidential oath of office. That November, Washington called his fellow citizens to celebrate with\u00a0a day of thanksgiving, particularly for \u201cthe peaceable and rational manner\u201d in which the government had been established.<\/p>\n

But the 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. The Constitution itself had been\u00a0a controversial document adopted to strengthen the government so that it could withstand internal conflicts. Whatever the later celebrations, the new nation had looked to the future with uncertainty. Less than two years before the national celebrations of 1788 and 1789, the United States had faced the\u00a0threat of collapse.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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