 | Chapter Objectives
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When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to:
- Discuss the differences between the semi-subsistence and commercial economies in the United States in 1789.
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- Describe Alexander Hamilton's financial program and the reasons it provoked opposition.
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- Trace the highlights of American relations with Spain, Britain, and France through these decades.
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- Describe the origins of the Federalist and Republican parties in the 1790s, their principles, and their main sources of support.
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- Outline Jefferson's political principles and philosophy of agrarianism.
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- Discuss Jefferson's domestic and foreign policies as president, and their relationship to his political principles.
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- Describe the process of western expansion after 1800 and the response of native peoples.
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- Discuss the course of American foreign policy both before and after the War of 1812, in a way that explains causes and consequences of the war.
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- Describe American nationalism after the War of 1812.
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