CONTENTS

I.The Ordeal of the Confederation[1]
II.The Making of the Constitution[25]
III.The Restoration of Public Credit[46]
IV.The Testing of the New Government[68]
V.Anglomen and Jacobins[89]
VI.The Revolution of 1800[105]
VII.Jeffersonian Reforms[123]
VIII.The Purchase of the Province of Louisiana[143]
IX.Faction and Conspiracy[161]
X.Peaceable Coercion[179]
XI.The Approach of War[197]
XII.The War of 1812[212]
XIII.The Results of the War[231]
XIV.The Westward Movement[245]
XV.Hard Times[266]
XVI.The National Awakening[282]
XVII.The New Democracy[298]
XVIII.Politics and State Rights[318]
XIX.The Rise of National Sovereignty[331]
Index[i]

MAPS AND CHARTS

[The United States in 1783]facing 1
[State-making in the West, 1783-87]9
Distribution of Votes in Ratification of The Constitution:
[The New England States]37
[The Middle States]39
[The Southern States]42
[Distribution of Population, 1790]49
[Vote on Assumption]59
[The Northwest, 1785-95]71
[Vote on the Repeal of the Alien and Sedition Acts, February 25, 1799] between 112 and 113
[Presidential Election of 1800]between 116 and 117
[Distribution of Population, 1800]125
[Vote on the Repeal of the Judiciary Act, March 2, 1802]between 134 and 135
[The Yazoo-Georgia Land Controversy]168
[The Tonnage of the United States, 1807]185
[Vote on the Embargo, December 21, 1807]between 190 and 191
[Vote on the Declaration of War, June 4, 1812]between 208 and 209
[Land Sales and Land Offices To 1821]248
[The Cotton Crop in the United States, 1801-34]250
[The West As an Economic Section in 1820]253
[Treaty With Spain, 1819]263
[Distribution of Slaves in 1820]270
[Vote on the Missouri Compromise, March 2, 1820]278
[Russian Claims in North America]293
[Distribution of Population, 1820]299
[States Admitted To the Union Between 1812 and 1821]306
[Vote on the Tariff Bill, April 16, 1824]between 310 and 311
[Presidential Election of 1824]between 314 and 315
[Vote on the Tariff Bill, April 22, 1828]between 328 and 329
[Canals in the United States About 1825]341
[Highways of the United States About 1825]344

UNION AND DEMOCRACY