Schedule

DATE

LECTURE (click title for outline)

READING

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Aug. 23

Introduction

Aug. 25-27

Background: REVOLT OF THE CREOLE ELITE

	*McCoy, Elusive Republic, pp. 13-135*
	*Richard, Founders and the Classics, Chs. I-IV*

Aug. 30-Sept. 1-3-8

THE FOUNDERS' REPUBLIC: Jefferson, Monticello, & the Enlightenment (in PDF format)

Sept. 10-13-15

THE FOUNDERS' REPUBLIC: Roman Virtue and Agrarian Visions

Sept. 17-20-22

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

Rorabaugh, The Alcoholic Republic, Chs. 1-6

Sept. 24-27-29-Oct. 1

THE (Attempted) CONSTRUCTION OF AMERICAN NATIONHOOD

Oct. 4-6-8-11-13

HAMILTON'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND THE RISE OF OPPOSITION: Part 1 & Part 2
plus: Class presentation on the "Residence Issue and the Compromise of 1790"

	*McCoy, Elusive Republic, pp. 136-165*
	*Peterson, Jefferson and the New Nation, pp. 390-479*

Oct. 18-20-22

THE UNITED STATES AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS

Peterson, Jefferson and the New Nation, pp. 479-517(review)

Oct. 25-27

THE YEAR OF THE GUN: 1794

Ben-Atar & Oberg, eds., Federalists Reconsidered, Ch. 4

Oct. 29-Nov. 1-3

THE JAY TREATY AND THE FIRST PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

	*Peterson, Jefferson and the New Nation, pp. 518-560*
	*Ben-Atar & Oberg, eds., Federalists Reconsidered, Ch. 5*

Nov. 3-5-8-10

THE FEDERALIST "REIGN OF TERROR":

	Part 1
	Part 2

	*Peterson, Jefferson and the New Nation, pp. 560-625*
	*Ben-Atar & Oberg, eds., Federalists Reconsidered, Ch. 9*

Nov. 15-17-19

THE REVOLUTION OF 1800

	*Peterson, Jefferson and the New Nation, pp. 625-745*
	*Ben-Atar & Oberg, eds., Federalists Reconsidered, Chs. 6, 7, 10, 11*

Nov. 29-Dec. 1-3

AFTERMATH

Dec. 6-8

JEFFERSONIAN EXPANSIONISM IN ACTION
(full notes)

	*McCoy, Elusive Republic, Ch. 8;*
	*Peterson, Jefferson and the New Nation, pp. 745-874*
	*Ronda, Lewis & Clark Among the Indians* (skim)**

Dec. 10

THE SECOND WAR FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE:

The Jeffersonian Origins (full notes)

	*Peterson, Jefferson and the New Nation, pp. 874-921*
	*McCoy, Elusive Republic, Ch. 9*
	Hickey, War of 1812

RECONSTRUCTING AMERICAN NATIONHOOD (full notes)

	*McCoy, Elusive Republic, Ch. 10*
	Wright, African Americans in the Early Republic (not covered by test)