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Elijah
10/26/2015 01:51:41 pm
The Louisiana Purchase did, in fact, make possible nineteenth-century American democracy and America's international isolation. This was due to several factors. One of which was, as the various territories slowly became states, the political machines of the US naturally grew along with it.In fact, the Republican Party, one of the two main political parties to this day, has its roots in the West. Another of which was, as they became states, a debate that would split the country politically--and almost physically--The debate on whether or not these states should be slaveholding or not. This would not have occurred were the US to remain in its former size.
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Michael Matkowski
10/27/2015 09:40:57 am
I agree with your points, Elijah. However, I would like to add that one of the main reasons why the Louisiana Purchase helped isolationism is that the Louisiana Purchase included a great deal of land that could be cultivated. The Louisiana Purchase included the Midwest that allowed for a great deal of more cultivation, allowing the US to grow its own food, not rely upon foreign nations. New England expanded in industry, and the new land provided a way to support the population with food. Elijah you had great points, but I just wanted to add the point that the new land allowed the US population to grow by providing a food source.
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Michael Matkowski
10/26/2015 02:42:31 pm
3. What were the political and economic consequences of the Louisiana Purchase? (Aiden and Michael)
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Matthew Salemi
10/28/2015 12:29:27 pm
The Louisiana Purchase had positive impacts, it also had some negative consequences that were not mentioned. For example, the buying this new land shifted power in political parties. Federalists did not support buying the land because the population of the new addition to America would favor the Jeffersonian. However, the purchase was too good to refuse and still went through which did shift some political power. This negatively impacted the Federalists and shows one of the reasons why the Louisiana Purchase had negative a negative impact on some Americans.
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Talia
10/26/2015 02:54:48 pm
What was the significance of the Jeffersonian "Revolution of 1800" in relation to the new Republican experiment and fierce political battles of the 1790s?
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Ross Lancaster
10/27/2015 09:38:08 am
In addition to the very important point of Jefferson believing he was returning to the values of the Revolution, it was also a revolution in that power peacefully transferred between the parties. Instead of with massive bloodshed, power was transferred from Federalists to the Democratic Republicans without physical conflict.
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Katherine
10/26/2015 04:46:59 pm
The Embargo Act of 1807 was initially created to
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Emilee Eastman
10/27/2015 09:34:39 am
Wow! How interesting!!!
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Katherine Rodrigues
10/27/2015 09:40:28 am
Thanks, Alot of thought obviously went into it.
Michael Matkowski
10/27/2015 09:42:27 am
I concur. That statement is absolutely amazing. It blew my mind.
Katherine
10/26/2015 04:51:19 pm
The Embargo Act of 1807 was initially created to stop all exports with other countries because it was essentially the only other option other than going to war with France and Britain. One of the reasons it failed was because at the time of its creation, Jefferson thought that the British and French economy's were dependent on America's when in reality, the American economy began to plummet relatively quickly while Britain's and France's remained relatively unscathed because the American economy relied heavily on the other two countries and without trade amongst them, there was no commerce.
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Jake
10/27/2015 09:42:20 am
One of the big failures in the Embargo Act of 1807 was that the United States thought that Britain and France was only dependent on them for trade. When they cut off trade with all nations, Britain and France simply went to trade with the extremely profitable West Indies, leaving the U.S unable to trade even with them because they were not allowed to trade with anyone. They essentially dug their own graves, laid themselves down in it, and packed the dirt over the hole, leaving them unable to escape.
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Talia
10/28/2015 12:30:41 pm
I agree with what you said Katherine. Jefferson thought that by creating the Embargo Act that it would hurt Britain and France. He believed that because of this then the countries would recognize American's neutrality and respect the country at sea. Although, as you said, this wasn't the case. The Embargo Act hurt the Americans and did not affect the British or the French. Americas economy plummeted drastically from this act.
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Matthew Salemi
10/26/2015 05:03:44 pm
5. What was the essential idea behind Jefferson's imposition of the embargo, and why did it finally fail?
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Ross Lancaster
10/26/2015 05:20:49 pm
How did the conflict between Federalists and Republicans over the judiciary lead to a balance of power among political interests and different branches of government?
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Anna Wahl
10/28/2015 12:54:36 pm
As Ross said, the conflicts between Federalists and Republicans over the judiciary lead to a balance of power among political interests and the different branches of government. For example, in the Marbury v. Madison case, John Marshall said that the part of the Judiciary Act of 1789 on which Marbury tried to base his appeal was unconstitutional. This brought about the establishment of judicial review which gave the Supreme Court the final authority upon the question of constitutionality. The case greatly magnified the authority of the Court while also awaking the Federalist party as it began to diminsh. Jefferson, a strong Democrat, did not agree with Marshall's decisions in the case and even called for the impeachment of Supreme Court justice Samuel Chase. The Democrat defeat balanced out the political parties once again.
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Jennifer Salvadore
10/26/2015 06:44:54 pm
The Louisiana Purchase made possible the success of nineteenth-century American democracy as well as America’s effective isolation for the world in countless amounts of ways. First of all, since the Louisiana Purchase more than doubled the previous amount of land within the United States, it called for the expansion of the federal government. In other words, the more land there was within the nation, the larger the federal government would be in order to control all of the land and unify each state. This purchase of such a vast area of land was what allowed American democracy to expand into what it is now due to the fact that it allowed the people to have more of a say in government and allowed them to follow a looser interpretation of the Constitution, which benefited America in many ways. Also, the Louisiana made possible the success of America’s effective isolation for the war because it allowed the United States to remain neutral and not get involved with war, in the beginning, seeing as though America was still considered a new and developing nation. With that being said, the citizens of the United States felt as though such a young country should not get involved in war due to the fact that it would only negatively impact the Americans and the country as a whole.
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Jennifer Salvadore
10/27/2015 09:39:21 am
Also, another reason as to why the Louisiana Purchase made possible America's effective isolation for the world was because, after the United States purchased this territory, the European threats within the nation was no longer present. As a result, the United States was able to grow even more as a country and succeed.
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Emilee Eastman
10/27/2015 03:58:06 am
There are three main reasons of the War of 1812. One was that the British were arming the hostile Native Americans in Canada. These natives were angered about the American migration west into their territory. Another reason was that there were trade restrictions set by America. These included the Embargo Act of 1807, which put a restriction on all trade from the U.S. This act was finally repealed in 1809 but replaced with the non-Intercourse act, which allowed trade to all nation except Britain and France. The Order in Council also was an embargo between France and England, which affected the United States Trade. Finally, the British were capturing American seamen and impressing them into the British navy (Forced recruiting). One original battle between the British and Americans in this time was the Chesapeake-Leopard affair in which the American ship the Chesapeake was attacked by the British ship, Leopard, just 10 miles off the coast of America. Four people were captured and although three American citizens were returned, the fourth was a British citizen who was brought to Britain and hanged.
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JOHN CENA (Elijah)
10/27/2015 09:40:09 am
While much of what you said is true as to the cause of the War of 1812, I am still unsure of how the Embargo Act helped cause it.
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Aidan Enright
10/29/2015 04:11:18 am
The Embargo Act Led to the war of 1812 in one major way. It created a more radical division within the United States. Many Americans were angered by the way the British completely disregarded neutrality and the Act causing such groups as the War Hawks to form with their radical war views. Leave a Reply. |
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