chapter 7 life in the new nation

Chapter 7 Life in the New Nation

Life in the New Nation1783-1850

Ch 7, Section 1 Cultural Social, and Religious Life

• In the early 1800s, the Culture, religion, and social practices of Americans adapted to meet the challenges of a new and growing nation.

Chapter 7, Section 1Cultural AdvancementAmerican Scholars and Artists

American Scholars and Artists

• Mercy Otis Warren- She wrote a book titled History of the American Revolution and urged women to get involved with politics and educate themselves in addition to their jobs around the home.“It may be a

mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy.”


• Benjamin Rush- He was a scientist, doctor and revolutionary, and was one of the first people to suggest that illnesses were physical issues. At that time, it was common belief that illness was caused by Satan.


• Benjamin Banneker- He was a self-educated writer, inventor, mathematician, and astronomer. He mapped out the new capital, Washington, D.C. and published the first almanac tracking the motions of the sun, moon, and stars.


• Charles Willson Peale- He was an artist who painted more than 1,000 portraits, a soldier who fought in the Revolution, a representative in the Pennsylvania legislature, an inventor, and a scientist. He founded the first museum that made art enjoyable for everyone, not just the wealthy.


• Phillis Wheatley- She was a slave, whose owners recognized her intelligence and taught her to read and write. She went on to write many popular poems, especially one dedicated to George Washington.

Ch 7, Section 1 - Cultural Advancement

• Education By: Matt S.

Education

• Americans saw children's education as a means of developing a rich and uniquely american culture

• In 1783 webster wrote “The American Spelling Book” Webster also called for establishment of standards for a national language In response to that he then compiled the first major dictionary of american english, The American Dictionary of the English Language.

• Many state constitutions required free public education for all children but few state governments actually provided free education in the early years

• Academies and private high schools often filled the gap

• All of this leads to the modern day public education

Ch 7-1, Republican Virtues Brantley Gilbert

• Americans hoped to develop unique character by promoting certain values

• Virtues that Americans needed to govern themselves were called “Republican Values”

• Included self-reliance, hard work, frugality, harmony, and sacrifice for the good of the community

• Wanted women (teachers, mothers, etc.) to set the standard in order to teach the men

• Schools and Universities began teaching Republican Values to females

• Provided more opportunities for women to receive formal educations

• Public still believed that women only played a supporting role; however, Americans began to consider the importance of women in the new nation.

Ch 7, Section 1 - Social Changes

• Population Growth by: Mollie Nesaw

Population Growth

• In 1780 2.7 million people lived in the original 13 states.

• In 1830 12 million people lived in 24 states.• The population doubled every 20 years.

Population Growth Continued• 90% of the population growth came from the

amount of children born.• The average American woman had 5 children. • The median age in America was 17 and the

majority of the population was 16 and under.


• Mobility - Caitie Bernadowski

Chapter 7, Section 1- Social Changes: Mobility

The expanding population led to crowding, especially along the Atlantic coast.

Americans solved this problem by moving away from crowded areas. The U.S. was (and still is) a mobile society, one in which people move from place to place.

New Mobility had Two Major Effects:

1. Americans had great opportunities to improve their lives. Many moved west and started new societies. Enslaved Americans however, did not benefit from the mobile society.

2. People who moved often lived among strangers. Thus they had to learn new skills and make up new rules for getting along with others.

~ One social skill was the ability to judge strangers. Many people were likely to question another social position. Questioning a position usually led to violence.


• New Rules for Courtship and Marriage • By: Sarah Tucker

New rules for courtship and

marriageWomen had a choice in who they would be married to, which was one of the only freedoms that women

had during this time period They found guidance in books when looking for

characteristics for potential matesOne of the most famous books of the times was the

1794 novel Charlotte Temple

Continued…

• The novel Charlotte Temple told a story of a military man that seemed to be respectable, but ended up leaving his wife penniless and

pregnant.• Women became increasingly cautious when it

came to marriage, and they saw marriage as a matter of survival since women did not have a

lot of freedoms and depended on their husbands.

Ch 7, Section 1 - Religious Renewal

• The Second Great Awakening• By: Chase Hamilton

The Second Great Awakening

• It took place in the early 1800’s• It was a powerful religious movement.• It began in the backcountry of Kentucky and Tennessee • It was an evangelical movement that affected Protestant Christians.• It was an revival( people who are brought back to a religious lifestyle).

Continued…

• Women took a slightly important role in this and it increased their power but it did this indirectly.

• The women got to choose their church ministers and this offered them a chance to connect with others.

• They might work together to help spread the Christian religion.


• New Denominations• Nick M.• Cody Thomas

New Religious Denominations• A denomination is a religious subgroup generally

Christianity • Baptists are a subgroup of Christianity and got their

name from how a member of their church joins it, by being baptized.

• Baptists believe that people should be baptized when the fully understand the religion so people are generally baptized when older.

• By 1850 became 2nd largest denomination.

Continued• Methodism grew out of the

beliefs of a British minister John Wesley.

• Largest denomination by 1850.

• Focused on relationship with God rather than the confusing religious doctrines that other religions focused on.

• Preachers were generally common folk.


• African American Worship• By Jeremy Debnam

African American WorshipLike white Americans, great numbers of African Americans turned to evangelical religion.

As African Americans joined Christian churches, black and white traditions blended together.

For instance, both black and white Christians sang spirituals, but African American singers, however, focused on themes that had a double meaning.

African American Worship (contd) African Americans sometimes felt unwelcome in white-

dominated churches.

In 1787, white worshippers at St. George Methodist Church in Philadelphia asked the African Americans in the congregation to leave the main floor and sit up in the gallery. They refused.

Under the leadership of Richard Allen, they left and started a new church of their own.

African American Worship (contd) African Americans in other cities soon followed Allen’s

example and started their own churches.

Sixteen congregations joined in 1816 to form the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME).

Members elected Allen as their first bishop and by 1831, the AME Church included 86 churches with about 8,000 members.

Ch 7, Section 2 - Trails to the West

In the early years of the republic, many people traveled west over the Appalachians to settle in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. Later, settlers would cross the continent to the Great Salt Lake and Pacific Coast.

Ch 7, Section 2 - Crossing the Appalachians

• John Bennett

Crossing the Appalachians

• U.S. needed space to expand. • They were traveling because they

wanted a better future and to escape the overcrowding along the Atlantic Coast.

Crossing the Appalachians Continued

• They were going to the area west of the Appalachians Mountains known as trans-Appalachian.

• Traveled several main roads over the Appalachians • Traveled through east coast cities such as Cumberland road to

the Cumberland gap.


• Settling the Wilderness• Ryley Shuler

The Transylvania Company employed Daniel Boone, who cut the wilderness road through the

Cumberland Gap, this road became the main route to Trans-

Appalachia. In 1792 75,000 pioneers settled in Kentucky

which became the official 15th state

Chapter 7 Section 2 – Crossing the Appalachians Settling The

Wilderness

• Settlers usually moved as families• Newcomers faced many problems such

as clearing trees and underbrush, planting corn and other crops, and building a log cabin

• 98,000 slaves moved west with owners• The Northwest Ordinance forbid slavery

north of Ohio

Crossing the AppalachiansForcing Native Americans West

By Taylor Meador

• American settlers wanted to move west in order to find open land, independence, and prosperity, so they crossed over the Appalachian Mountains to find the new land.

They didn’t want Indian competition in this new land, so the government made deals with the Indian chiefs to get them to move.


• Forcing Native Americans West

Ch 7, Section 2 - Expanding Into Florida

• Spanish Occupation• Shane Condon

Spanish OccupationThe Pinckney TreatyNamed after Thomas Pinckney, an American diplomat.The treaty had three points

1.The southern boundary of the United States was set at 31o N latitude, leaving Florida firmly in Spanish hands.

2.United States citizens would be allowed free use of the Mississippi river through Spanish territory

3.Spain and the United States agreed to control the Native Americans living within their borders and to prevent them from attacking each other’s territory

• War hero of 1812• He wrote to President

Monroe, “that the possession of Floridas would be desirable to the United States, and in sixty days it will be accomplished.”

• He conquered eastern Florida for America

Ch 7, Section 2 - Expanding Into Florida

• The Seminole Wars• Nicole-Anne Keyton

Chapter 7, Section 2: Expanding Into Florida –

The Seminole Wars

• March 1818 – General Andrew Jackson led 2,000 men across the Florida border in order to stop the Spanish attacks made on Americans.

• American troops burned Seminole villages, captured Spanish towns, and claimed possession of the entire western part of the Floridas.

• Because of this, Congress threatened to condemn Jackson for his actions.

• Late 1818 – John Adams accused the Spanish of break the Pinckney Treaty – which states that Spain and the US agree to control Native Americans living within their borders – by failing to control Seminoles.

• The Spanish then decided to get something for the land they lost.

• 1819 – Adam-Onìs Treaty: Spain agreed to give up Florida to US; also fixes boundary between Louisiana Purchase and western Spanish territory.

Ch 7, Section 2 - Bound for the Pacific

• The Oregon Country• Victoria Gambriel

The Oregon Country-Stretched from northern California to the border of Alaska.-There were magnificent mountains, endless forests, and fertile valleys

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The Oregon Country

• Native American groups had lived in the Oregon Country, and Yankee merchants traded with them.

• In the early 1800s four nations- United States, Great Britain, Russia, and Spain-claimed right to Oregon Country.

The Oregon Country• The treaty called The

Convention of 1818 was between the U.S. and Great Britain for joint occupation.

• In the Adams-Onís treaty, Spain and Russia gave up claims.

• Churches sent missionaries to convert Indians to Christianity.


• Overland Travelers• Katie Baldacci

Overland Travelers• Organized wagon trains carried masses of migrants to

the west.

• Wagon trains traveled along the Oregon Trail.

• Typical family paid between $500-1000

Reasons for travel

• To obtain land which could be settled and farmed. Or bought and sold at a profit.

• To trade goods.

• By 1845 more than 5,000 Americans had migrated to the Oregon Country.


• Mormon Migrations• Ben Chick

Migration

• Mormons went many different places• New York-Ohio-Missouri-Illinois-Great Salt

Lake• They fled each place because of religious

harassment

Leaders

• Smith was original leader but got killed• The new leader was Brigham Young• Young moved Mormons to Great Salt Lake• By 1860 there was over 30,000 in Salt Lake

and other towns in Utah territory

What They Did

• Prospered as farmers and traders• Sold supplies to pioneers heading towards

Oregon and California


• Gold Rush• Dalton Ruch

Ch 7, Section 3 –The Great Plains and Southwest

Chapter 7 Section 3 Plains Indians

Allison McLaughlin

Impact of the Horse

• The Spanish brought horses to their colonies in Northern Mexico in the 1500’s

• Native Americans acquired horses through trade and raids on Spanish settlement.

• By the mid 1700’s they spread to North to Missouri Valley, the Dakotas, and Oregon Country.

• Horses carried possessions and followed buffalo for hunting.

• Buffalo also became important.

Ch 7, Section 3 – Plains Indians• New Nations and New Settlers

• The Decline of Villages

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7-3 New Nations and New Settlers

The Crow already lived on the plainsThe Cheyenne, Sioux, Comanche, and Blackfeet migrated to the plains after horses made it easier to live on the moveNative American groups moved to the plains for buffalo and to avoid the westward expanding white settlers

7-3 The Decline of Villages Warrior cultures grew and Indians joined war parties and rode

into battle to move up in their tribes Warfare, like the buffalo hunt, became a way of life Nomadic Indians had destructive raids on settled groups The Comanche drove the Apache and Navajos to New Mexico

and by the early 1800s they controlled the southern plains Sioux, in alliance with Arapaho and Cheyenne, controlled

northern plains Agricultural native groups suffered greatly The Mandan tribe was hit hard by European diseases

(smallpox) and their population decreases from 10,000 to 2,000 and then down to hundreds

Ch 7, Section 3 – Hispanic North America

• Spanish Colonies• Tim Jackson

Hispanic North AmericaSpain On Decline

-With the Pueblo Revolt, Spain lost commitment to settling North America-Hostile Indians made Spain presence difficult to maintain-Only small towns located around Texas and along the Rio Grande

Hispanic North America

• Spain decided to build missions• Started by Father Junipero Serra• Started north of San Diego and went to San

Francisco• They created an uneasy alliance with Comanche

and Navajo Indians• Used Indians for labor, paid them back in food• Settlements began in New Mexico and settled in

large settlements for protection against Native Americans

Settlement Recovery

Ch 7, Section 3 – Hispanic North America

• Effects of Mexican Independence\• Amy Smith

Chapter 7, Section 3 – Hispanic North America

Effects of Mexican Independence Started demands for self-

government and a few local uprisings

Political reforms brought greater democracy

Independent citizens were now free to elect representatives to the new government in Mexico City.

California, New Mexico, and Texas benefitted from being part of an independent Mexico.

However, new economic policies widened the gap between the rich and the poor in these northern territories.

New Mexico’s closeness to the U.S. caused more trade between the two, which meant that they already had a good relationship before the territory became part of the U.S.

Because of this increased trade, American goods nearly replaced New Mexico’s trade with Mexico.

Ch 7, Section 3 – Texas Fights for Independence

• The start of the Colony• Samantha Thompson

The start of the Colony•Stephen Austin led American settlers to Texas•The settlers received permission from the Mexican government to create a colony of several hundred families in Texas•The Mexican policy encouraged immigration so they were okay with it

Chapter 7, section 3- Texas fights for Independence

• The colony grew majorly so Mexico passed a law prohibiting further American settlement and outlawed importation of slaves.

• By 1835, more than thirty thousand Americans lived in Texas

•Americans demanded more political control, specifically self government so that the could import slaves again•In October of 1835 independence-minded settlers clashed with Mexican troops, beginning Texas war for independence.

Texas Fights for Independence.

Problems Arise }:-(

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Problems Arise.

• The Mexican policy encouraged immigration, by 1830 about 7,000 Americans lived in Texas.

• By 1835 around 30,000 Americans lived in Texas.

• Mexico Passes law that prohibits American settlement.

Problems Arise (cont’d)

• Americans demanded political control.• Americans wanted slavery under Mexican law

they argued that cotton couldn’t be grown profitably.

• Americans wanted the same rights from, gov’t that was possessed in the U.S.

• Caused spark in Texas war for independence.


• Texas War of Independence– Battle of the Alamo

Dakota Townsend

Battle of the Alamo• 1833 General Antonio

Lopez de Santa Anna took power of Mexico and made himself dictator.

• Amer. and Mex. wanted self-gov’t. but Santa Anna said NO.

• October 1835 Texans began war for independence.

• Dictator led thousands of men to the Alamo to stop the rebellion.

• Texans at Alamo had less than 200 men.

• Texan leaders were William Travis and James Bowie

• Battle lasted 13 days.• Texans caused 4000

Mexican casualties.


• Texas War of Independence– Outcomes

– UNKNOWN

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