Regional differences for centuries have affected the way people live and their views on varying issues all over the world. In the United States regional differences impacted the way people live and thought since the formation of the colonies. Their views varied on many issues like slavery, the ratification of the United States constitution and economic policy. Regional differences had a large impact on the development of the United States between the colonial period and the 19th century. Differing views based on where people lived had effect since the formation of the 13 colonies, most specifically on their view of slavery. The transatlantic slave trade was a time when millions of Africans were torn from their homes, deported to the American …show more content…
When the papers were published they were published anonymously. This was done so that the writers would personal attacks. Thus, a person disagreeing with an anonymous tract could not attack it by saying that the author was corrupt. It made it more difficult to fight. The Federalist papers explained reasons why people should not fear a strong central government, specifically because of the separation of powers within each branch of government. Each branch of government has different powers. The legislative branch consists of Congress, which is made of two houses. The House of Representatives and the Senate both must pass a law for it to be enforced. The executive branch consists of the president, the president must then sign the law into effect and enforce it. The last branch is the judicial branch; this consists of the United States Supreme Court. They have power to ensure the law is constitutional. If it is not, the Supreme Court has the power to deem the law unconstitutional which causes it to be nullified. Within the Federalist papers one of their main focuses was explaining the power of checks and balances. Each branch of government had a power to keep the other from getting too powerful. In Federalist Paper No. 51 Madison writes, “If men were …show more content…
He emphasized the importance of a national bank created by the Federal government because the United States had no way of paying back war debts from the Revolutionary War. The United States owed both foreign countries and citizens a great deal of war debt. A national bank would create a common currency that citizens could use. It would also establish a national credit so that other foreign nations would be willing to loan the United States money if they were ever in need of it. Thomas Jefferson opposed this plan. He thought states should charter banks that would then issue individual state money. Jefferson also believed that the Constitution did not give the national government the power to establish a bank under his strict interpretation of the constitution. Many Northerners supported Hamilton’s national bank because they felt the United States would become a manufacturer-based economy. Those who were in the South however, many of who were Democratic- Republicans, opposed the plan because they felt the future of the United States would continue to be based off of a farming economy. Jefferson and Madison, two of the founders of the Democratic- Republicans, do allow the establishment of the National Bank. This is actually a mystery as to how it happened since there was a secret dinner between Hamilton, Jefferson and Madison. In the Broadway
The need for a national bank was very much so necessary. Hamilton also convinced president Washington to sign the bank bill by his lengthy report that stated: “This criterion is the end, to which the measure relates as a mean. If the end be clearly comprehended withan any specified powers, collecting taxes and regulating the currency, and if the measure have an obvious relation to that end, and is not forbidden by any particular provision of the constitution, it may safely be deemed to come with the compass of national authority.”
The development of slave culture differed greatly in the Northern Colonies than the Southern Colonies. The North had more diverse crops, smaller farms. and more port cities than the South. This caused the development of slave culture to differ greatly in these two very different parts of the Colonies. Northern Colonies had more diverse crops than South.
Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of Treasury, had a vision of a strong national government and a strong national economy. He proposed a multi-facet plan to help the states and federal government out of debt. A large component of this plan was to create a National Bank. Alexander’s plan was strongly opposed by Jefferson’s Party as they found it unconstitutional for Congress to pass this bill to give the federal government control over a National Bank. They feared a strong central government, as active opponents of the English government and argued that giving too much power to the federal government could lead to tyranny.
The aspect of the war that changed the perception of the Northerners towards slavery Initially, slavery was considered to be a key thing in the North. However, the revolutionary war saw the development of policies that led to the decline in the level of slavery in the Northern states. Most of the Northern states developed laws that outlawed slavery thus leading to slavery being abolished by the Northerners. However, the developed laws were very slow in how they changed the perception of the Northerners towards the blacks.
The creation of the first bank in the United States prompted a political debate which started in 1791, and went on in the following years. Hamilton’s plan foresaw a bank provided with special powers and privileges, which gave birth to a wide opposition. Although Hamilton 's idea continues to exist in today’s economic environment, at that time his proposal was met with widespread resistance from individuals such as James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, who considered the creation of a federal bank as unconstitutional. Following to a broad interpretation of the Constitution, Hamilton argued that in order to have an effective bank, Congress should be provided with all the powers required. Jefferson disagreed with Hamilton, and claimed that the establishment of such a bank was not consistent with the powers that the Constitution granted to Congress.
Regions in Colonial America As English colonies emerged along the Atlantic Coast, the colonies developed differently based on the unique circumstances and characteristics of the land the settlers colonized. Three distinct regions developed among the thirteen colonies that differed from each other in respect to culture, economic system, political practices, and social structure. The three distinct regions were New England, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies.
History has been impacted by many choices made by high authorities throughout the world. In the United States, geographic factors influenced the government decision to make the Louisiana Purchase and pass the Proclamation of 1763. These decisions both benefitted and hindered the U.S. The Proclamation of 1763 was a conflicting time, despite the actions initially being thought of as a betterment for the U.S.
How different could the Northern and Southern colonies really be, considering that they were so close? Their differences made them into two very diverse colonies, almost exactly opposite. The North was full of college educated Puritans with large families. The settlers in Southern colonies were not educated or strictly religious, and were usually single men looking to make a new life. The climate and landscape of the Northern colonies was not ideal.
The differences in the economy in the three different regions of the thirteen colonies were determined by both the people who went there and the environment. The environment limited how the economy was based because an agricultural economy needs good ground for growing, so without good soil, the economy would have to be based on industry. In the New England colonies (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and Rhode Island), the economy was dependent on their industries, not their agriculture. The Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware) were equally dependent on industry as they were on agriculture. The Southern Colonies (Maryland, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia) depended on selling their
The thirteen colonies, which were divided into 3 regions, were all different and unique in many ways. However, the diversity among the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies is perhaps what made them so distinctive. The differences between these three regions affected the way they lived, but later, they gained knowledge by analyzing their mistakes and differences. Although these three regions only had a few things in common, it was the differences among them that helped them grow and learn from one another.
The powers of the president aren’t very strict because the other branches watch to see what they are doing. The powers included: making laws, signing treaties, appointing judges, filling up vacancies, appointing Ambassadors, and granting reprieves and pardons. Some presidents used the powers well, while others did not. The one president that used them the greatest was Washington, the greatest, and the first. He wielded the powers to impact the growing United States most effectively by signing treaties to enemies, passing acts,and trying out the National Bank.
Reasons for Conflict and Rebellion Members of the region that became known as North Carolina demonstrated the first element of history, life is choice, after being bullied by England to the point where they made the life threatening choice to rebel against the mother country. Other major elements of historical theory present in the period leading up to the revolution are cultural divergence, power, and historical patterning. Ultimately the colonists had to make the choice to rebel due to the lack of a stable government, issues over land ownership, taxation, and religious conflicts. North Carolina and England being buffered by the Atlantic Ocean lead to a cultural divergence, meaning that the colonists began to distance themselves from the
Regional Differences between The 13 Colonies In the thirteen colonies, there were three different regions, the Southern Colonies, The Middle Colonies and New England. The different geographical features of each region affected how settlers lived and how they made their money; when combined with the variety of people who settled in the New World, the three distinct regional identities of the thirteen colonies were formed. Geography affecting how settlers lived (Agric), , The climate of New England was colder that the other two regions because it was the furthest north. Because of that, many people died during the cold winters, and crops also died because of the cold winters.
Republicans under Thomas Jefferson favored protecting the interest of the working class men including merchants, farmers, and laborers and sought to create an agrarian economy. Jefferson feared the Bank of the Untied States and thought it represented too much English influences and argued that the constitution didn’t give the power to establish a bank. He states in an excerpt about the national bank. “The incorporation of a bank, and the powers assumed by this bill, have not, in my opinion, been delegated to the United States, by the
The views on Federalist vs. Democratic:Republican Party Are you with the Democratic:Republican or Federalist party? Well there is many differences and similarities. The Federalist are more of a strong federal government and the Democratic:Republican were wanting more of a strong state government. Also, the Federalist were a Loose Interpretation of the Constitution. The Democratic:Republican were the opposite, they were Strict Interpretation of the Constitution.