Hist 1000 1st Edition Lecture 16 Outline of Last Lecture The American Revolution as Social: Who Will Rule at Home?I. The Status of Freeman and the Politics of LibertyA. The significance of “No Taxation Without Representation”B. Tom Paine, Common Sense (January, 1776)C. Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of IndependenceD. The Status of Freeman becomes a Nation of Free Men II. Historians and the Revolution: Political vs. Social?A. Political Revolution: Home Rule of the Local ElitesB. Social Revolution: A More Egalitarian Rule at Home III. Changing the Rule At HomeA. The Common Man and the Expansion of Political RightsB. Slavery and the Emergence of a Free Black CommunityC. Women and the Demand for Separate SpheresOutline of Current Lecture Writing the Constitution: Giving Form to the New NationThe Articles of Confederation and the Fear of Tyranny- Weak central government and the demands of the post-war period- Power of the states and the people- The British model of government: Class=structure? Power of the State Assemblies and the Growing Fear of Anarchy- Radical Politics of State Legislatures- Shay’s Rebellion and the Triumph of AnarchThe Constitutional Convention and the “Creation of Balance”These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Empower Centralized Government- Reestablish “Aristocratic” elemtes: the Federalistso Two Houses in congresso Executive Branch and the power of the vetoo Supreme court and the power of judicial review- The addition of the Bill of Rights: The antifederalistsLimits on Natural Rights: The problem of Slavery- Property vs. liberty: the compromiseo End the slave trade: Liberty?o Fugitive Slave Law: Property?o Location of the Capitol: Who Rules?Current LectureMarch 12th, 2014Terms:- Articles of Confederationo States have more rights. The power goes to the stateso To change anything in the Articles of Confederation needed to change every state had to agree on ito Creates 1 house = congress- Shay’s Rebelliono 1786o In Massachusetts, local farmers rise up against the Massachusetts state assemblies. Were one of the only state assemblies that did not accept soft money policies and had hard money policieso The local farmers were in debt, and there was a uprising. Daniel Shay did not let the farms be disclosed on. - Federalist vs. Antifederalistso Federalist Want more power in the central power and less in the states Too much liberty is creating tyrannyo Antifederalist Want to keep the power in the states and stay away from having power in the central government- Bill of RightsWriting the Constitution: Giving Form to the New NationThe Articles of Confederation and the Fear of Tyranny- Weak central government and the demands of the post-war periodo Did this because they did not want to replicate a British like governmento Thought that if there was a strong federal government there would be “Tyranny”- Power of the states and the peopleo States had all the power- The British model of government: Class=structure? o House of commons and Local assemblies are very similar The state assemblies become less powerful and more common people are able to participate The state assemblies were radicalized Power of the State Assemblies and the Growing Fear of Anarchy- Radical Politics of State Legislatureso Giving more laws to the common peopleo Power has been distributed to widely- Shay’s Rebellion and the Triumph of Anarchyo This ultimately suggested that leaving the states with all the power caused Anarchy and Tyranny, and forced the Constitution, and more power to the central governmentThe Constitutional Convention and the “Creation of Balance”- Empower Centralized Governmento Realized that you can’t run a country without a federal government- Reestablish “Aristocratic” elements: the Federalistso Two Houses in congresso Executive Branch and the power of the vetoo Supreme court and the power of judicial review- The addition of the Bill of Rights: The antifederalistsLimits on Natural Rights: The problem of Slavery- Property vs. liberty: the compromiseo End the slave trade: Liberty?o Fugitive Slave Law: Property?o Location of the Capitol: Who