LAD #7: Washington's Farewell Address

The Farewell Address was given by Washington after completing his second term as the President of the United States. He mentioned how the citizens all fought together to gain a goal, the goal of independence. With this he explained that national unity is the key to success for the nation.He warned that the rise of new political parties would be a threat to the unified nation because it might break the unification of the nation. A lot of the citizens wished that he would run again, but he refused because he did not want the United States to become something of a monarchy or dictatorship. . A policy of isolationism was recommended as the new nation was still young and had yet to grow. Washington believed that the country should stay neutral and not become allies or enemies with any one nation. He believed that peace with the other nations would keep the US from harm caused by wars. In the Farewell Address the constitution was stated as an important part of the country and that people should follow the morals and rules of the document.

LAD #6: Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality

There is a huge European war that is going on between Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, Great Britain, the United Netherlands, and France. Washington has declared that the United States will treat each warring country respectfully. He has advised the U.S citizens to not get involved with the warring countries and to avoid siding with any side. Any U.S citizen that is caught aiding the warring countries will not be protected by the United States from any punishment given by the winning warring country.

Republican Motherhood Blog

1. What role did the Revolutionary War play in the transformation of huswifery to Republican Motherhood?

The Revolutionary War played a part in the transformation of huswifery to Republican Motherhood.
Originally the women were supposed to be focused on raising children and taking care of the children but, after the war there was a lot of patriotism. This led to women being leaned upon to train and teach their children to be good citizens (Document A). After the Revolutionary War the colonists wanted good, loyal patriots to be the next up and coming citizens. They wanted the sons of the women well versed in the principles of liberty and government (Document B). Women were able to instruct their sons on how to be good citizens, maybe one day having a governmental position, because they ran the house and their offspring look up to them for guidance (Document A).

2. What were the consequences of the Republican Motherhood on women?

Women were given more responsibility in raising "good citizens" (Document A). There was a very high expectation for these women who not only had to manage the house and home, but also teach their sons the principles of government and liberty (Document B). Women, because of the Republican Motherhood, were given more tasks and responsibilities that were to be done for the sake of themselves and the country. All of the responsibilities could be considered as a burden and nuissance because "she may never herself step beyond the threshold" of her home meaning her work was only in the home (Document D).

3. What is the significance of the ideology of Republican Motherhood as a stage in the proccess of women's socialization?

There was a greater push for women to be educated in things that they normally would not be educated in like English, writing, geography, figures, bookkeeping, and chronology (Document D). This was so that a women would be at least educated enough to be able to teach their sons how to be good people. As the women became educated they were able to socialize much easier.

1. A women, Mrs. Tilghman is sitting on a couch with her two children. The dress of family shows that they could have some wealth. The child that is on the right is holding a bluejay. The women is holding a child on her lap. One child, the one on her lap, is wearing a dress while the other is wearing a blue suilt with a pinkish sash. The painting is of the home where the women spent time caring for their children.

2. In the center of the portrait is the women, Mrs. Tilghman because she is the one that will end up training the next generation of great citizens for the country. She is therefore the central figure in the household. She is not aristocratic because her hair is not in an overly fancy hairdo and her dress is not adorned with an excessive amount of jewels nor is she wearing any jewelry.

3. Her sons exhibit the importance of the women in society because the women are the ones that are training the new citizens. Her sons both look like good-natured and calm boys that were most likely taught to them by their mother.

4. The postition of the arm could symbolize the influence she has over her sons. The arm over the child could show that she is the protector and teacher to the child. This would mean that she has a significant amount of influence over her children.

LAD #5: Federalist #10

1. Why are factions so difficult to eliminate?

Factions are hard to eliminate because as man is at liberty to exercise his reason different opinions will form. Opinions can vary from others which can cause arguments. Different opinions can arise on religion, government and many other points. The most common source of factions has been the unequal distribution of property. The causes of faction are sown in the nature of man. The causes of factions are everywhere and are therefore hard to eliminate.

2. If factions cannot be removed then how can they be controlled?

If a faction consists of less than a majority then relief can be supplied by the republican principle. This would enable the majority to defeat its view by regular vote. If the majority is included in a faction, the form of popular governemnt enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion. A republic might be the best to control a faction. The republic has to be limited to a certain number to guard against the confusion of a multitude. Each representative will be chosen by a greater number of citizens in the large than in the small republic. Unworthy canidates will have more difficulty practicing the vicious arts of the elections.

LAD #4 Revolution Article

1. Paintings offered distorted views on the events of the Revolution and the war. The war paintings were glorified and did not showcase the brutality or the deaths of the soldiers. Paintings usually did not depict a battle scene, the closet one to a battle scene did not show anyone firing a shot or wielding a bayonet. The paintings were sanitized images of the war compared to the real photographs from the Civil War which showed the mangled bodies and careworn soldiers.

2. The Union and Confederate soldiers of the Civil War carried rifle that had an effective range nearly six times that of the muskets the men in the Continental Army carried. Although the rifles were less effective in the Revolution they were still deadly effective in killing and harming other soldiers.

3. The 18th century armies had to fight at close range due to the ineffectiveness of their rifles. Most of the fights frequently ended in bayonet charges and brutal hand to hand combat. These caused massive amounts of casualties for both sides. Armies fought in the open at a distance that is no greater than that from home plate to second base on a baseball field.

4. There was a lot of savagery in the war, especially in the South in 1780-81. Loyalist calvarymen, led by Colonel Banastre Tarleton, went on a rampage after the surrender of the Virginia Continentals in Waxhaws, S.C and slaughtered close to 75% of the rebels with their swords. The rebels were unarmed. This is often called the Waxhaw or Tarleton Massacre.

5. The Continental cavalry seeked revenge for all the massacres done by the British. In March 1781, the Continental cavalry, led by Colonel Henry Lee, killed up to ninety Loyalists from the Loyalist cavalry in Hillsborough, N.C. The Loyalists who were not killed were wounded badly while Lee's soldiers were not harmed and Lee did not lose a single man.

LAD #3: Declaration of Independence

1. Democratic Principles
The Declaration of Independence states that all men are equal and that they have certain unalienable rights that were given to them by their Creator. These rights would include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The Declaration also states that it is the right of the people to abolish or get rid of a government that is believed to be corrupt and to institute a new government. The colonies were said to be free and independent and to be ruled by the people with representation for all.

2. Grievances
The king has refused to laws that would be necessary and good for the public.
The king has created new offices and sends a large amount of officers to the colonies to harass the colonists and eat their food.
British armies are standing armies in a time of peace that the colonists did not agree with allowing them to be there.
The colonies were cut off from trading with all parts of the world because the king ignored the colonists' Constitution and laws.
Britain did not allow laws establishing judiciary powers.
The king dissolved numerous representative houses for disagreeing with his acts and laws.

3. Conclusion
The colonists repeatedly apposed and petitioned against the acts and taxes that were set upon them, but Britain ignored their requests and gave out more taxes. Britain was warned many times of the consequences for extending unwarranted jurisdiction over the colonies. Britain never listened and the colonies have no choice but to split. The Declaration declares that the United Colonies are free and independent states that have no allegiance with the British Crown and all political connection with Britain is dissolved. The colonies have the right to govern themselves.

LAD #2: John Peter Zenger

1. John Peter Zenger was the printer of the New York Weekly Journal that immigrated from Germany. He was hired as the printer of the New York Weekly Journal by a group of wealthy men who opposed William Crosby, the Colonial Governor of New York. The Journal consistently criticized Governor Crosby, like removing Chief Justice Lewis Morris and replacing him with someone from the royal party, until Crosby had enough and arrested Zenger on charges of seditious libel.

2. The controversy was that Zenger was charged with seditious libel. Most of the public believed that the corruption under Crosby that was printed by Zenger's New York Weekly Journal was true so they were outraged over that fact that Zenger was arrested. Hamilton defended Zenger by pleading Zenger's case directly to the jury. He admitted that the stories that had offended Crosby were indeed published by Zenger, but "denied that it was libel unless it was false" (The Acquittal of John Peter Zenger). Hamilton appealed to the jury to look at both the facts and the law. Zenger was acquitted thanks to Hamilton's defense.

3. This acquittal established that there was a defense against libel suits. That defense was truth. Hamilton's victory showed that a statement could not be considered libelous if that statement can be proved to be true. This would apply even if the statement if defamatory or insulting. This also made judges focus more on what is the truth and what is not. After the ruling, a "precedent was set against judicial tyranny in libel suits" (The Acquittal of John Peter Zenger).

4. The ruling in favor of the defense was a victory for freedom of the press. The ruling basically affirmed freedom of the press. This affirmed freedom of the press because a journal or newspaper could potentially publicize an article that could be deemed defamatory or critical of a public official if the article was factual. Influential officials that could be considered corrupt could no longer have someone like Zenger arrested if what that person was printing was factual even if the official's ego was bruised.

LAD #1 Mayflower Compact & Fundamental Orders of Connecticut_Pictures

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LAD #1 Mayflower Compact & Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

1. The Mayflower Compact states that the men who signed the document are going to combine to create a civil "Body Politick"(Mayflower Compact), or government. The government was to be for there for the sake of having an order to the new colony and preserving the colony. They were to have fair and "equal laws, ordinaces, acts, constitutions, and officers...as shall be thought...convenient for the general good of the colony" (Mayflower Compact). The general concept was to create a government that gave order to the settlement and was fair and just. Another concept of the government was that it had to preserve the colony and be for the good of the colony.

2. The Mayflower Compact frequently mentions the "Old World" and King James. The compact says that the men have come for the glory of God, advancement of the Christian faith and for the honor of their king. This would connect the compact to the old world because it states that they have come for the honor and on behalf of the old world. King James can be considered a part of the old world because he was the kind of England at the time of the signing of the compact. The complact reflects the "New World" by stating what the men want to create, which is a government that is for the good of the colony. They lay out what they want to establish and what the government will preserve for the new colony. The fact that they are setting up a government that is going to give order to the people shows the connection to the new world because they are focusing on how they are going to survive in the new world.

3. The Mayflower Compact only stated that a government would be set up to keep order and preserve just and fair laws while the Fundamental Orders is basically a rule sheet on how the government will be set up and what kind of acts it will approve. The Fundamental Orders has laws written in while the Mayflower Compact is only an agreement that fair and just laws, and a government will be set up.

4. The areas of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield were going to combine on the River of Connectecotte. The belief was that since these areas were combining there should be peace among everyone. The people believed that according to God in order to maintain peace and union there should be a government that would handle the affairs of the newly combined area. In order to create the government and set rules on how the government should work the colonists had to write rules that came out in the form of a constitution.

5.  There are many rules as to how the government is set up. There are two general assemblies and they each meet on different days. Everyone in the first assemby is yearly chosen "from time to time". This would make it seem that the members of the assembly are not very well trusted if tehy are reelected yearly. Someone cannot be chosen newly into the Magistracy which would mean that a person would probably have to be approved by another assembly of sorts. The Governor always has to be a membor of some approved congregation. All of the requirements that are put on Magistracy and being a governor is set up because members of the new union do not want any one side or group to have too much power. These requirements, in their minds, would prevent this because anyone who wanted to a part of the government had to belong to mutiple approved congregations and had to be elected by approved peoples among other requirements. If one person from a certain group that may have wanted all the power got into office there was not a great chance that more members from that group would be elected because of the complicated voting process.

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