Hist 1501 1st Edition Lecture 16 Outline of Last Lecture I Constitutional Convention A A republic without virtue B Designing the Federal Government C Representation D Checks and balances II Slavery and the Constitution A Slave trade B 3 5 clause C Fugitive Slave Clause D State level emancipation liberty vs property E Post Nati Emancipation F Voluntary Manumission III Ratification A We the people B Federalists v s antifederalists C Bill of Rights Outline of Current Lecture IV Constitution Continued A Ratification B Federalists V s Anti federalists C Bill of Rights 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 V Did Women have a Revolution A Women s role in the revolution B Republican Motherhood VI Post colonial America Becoming American A American History David Ramsay The History of the American Revolution B American Art John Trumbull The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker s Hill The Declaration of Independence Philadelphia 4 July 1776 C American Science Charles Wilson Peale D Republican Architecture E American Language Noah Webster Current Lecture It wasn t a certainty that the American people would accept the Constitution Only nine of the 13 states needed to approve it and not a pact between states We the people allowed them to bypass the States and set up special assemblies Federalists are in favor of the constitution and anti federalists and anti federalists are opposed Names make it appear that federalists are offering a way forward Pressure was put on Virginia and New York when 9 other states would ratify the constitution giving Federalists momentum to push Anti Federalists demand that the constitution was amendable and had a bill of rights that the federal government couldn t infringe upon rights first 10 amendments Afraid of a government with too much central powers Anti Federalists accepted the legitimacy of the constitution Noah Webster urged the Americans to act like independent beings and become an American instead of English and former English To conservatives the Constitution was the end of the revolution but to radicals revolution had just begun and was still expanding And British America Women were under the rule of men had few legal rights and were represented politically by men Women s role in the revolution economic boycotts by making their own clothes and products given them a political role women s legal status didn t change much man were still expected to play a political role weren t changes in political rights and equality for women There s any appreciation of women s role in the domestic sphere republican motherhood Women were expected to raise children create virtuous men give morals to their husband because women wear more virtuous and provide education Needed to be educated so they could educate their children Women enrolled in public schools to learn republican values money stitching needlework and history United States was a postcolonial society and reshaped by the past There was a fear that without a collective identity and culture the country would fail The Americans needed their own shared national history of their birth feared that without values and meaning of government will fail Creates you unity and that they share a common history In 1789 David Ramsey published The history of the American Revolution and downplayed the differences of the colonies and created a mythical colonist emphasizing their similarities John Trumbull wanted to create an art that showed the moral and political messages that demonstrate who Americans are the death of Gen Warren at the Battle of Bunker s Hill The Declaration of Independence Philadelphia 4 July 1776 Charles Wilson Peale painted pictures emphasizing American science and technology America would lead the world in science and technology He also set up a national history science museum to show the land and history of the country and important revolutionary figures The museum is open to the public to view the history Believed America would lead the world in the enlightenment Looking architecture would demonstrate their values based off of old Roman temples American language was distinct and gave them their own language matched or everyday talk all Americans would speak it giving them a common language No Webster wanted to make words spell out they sounded to make learning how to read easier it didn t catch on but some words did get slightly changed