1. A vision of American republicanism emerged from the second great awakening in, religious revivals that swept the nation between 1790 and 1850. The second great awakening gave the Christian religion a greater influence over the souls of men than in any other country. Methodist bishop McIlvaine said, "The quickening of the people of God to spirit and walk becoming the gospel" prompted social reform on many fronts. For those who embrace the wakening, United States was both a great experiment in republican government and the Christian solicitation destined to redeem the world. Pg. 224
2. Merchants made huge profits from the wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon crippled European firms. John Jacob Astor and Robert Oliver became the nation's …show more content…
The panic of 1819 devastated artisans and farmers who sold goods in regional or national markets. Before 1800, many artisans worked part time and barter dirt handicrafts locally. John Hoff exchanged his the clocks for a dining table, a bedstead, and labor on his small farm. New technology only played a small role in creating this boom in consumer goods. During the 1780s, new England and middle Atlantic merchants built water powered mills to run machines that combed wool and later cotton into long strands. In 1820, more than 12,000 household workers labored full-time weaving woolen cloth. Water Powered fulling mills pounded it flat and gave the cloth a smooth finish. The transfer of textile production to factories was gaining speed. The number of water driven cotton spindles soared from 8,000 in 1809 to 333,000 in 1817. …show more content…
Black abolitionists spoke out by the end of the Atlantic slave trade. Anti-slavery advocates hoped that slavery would die out naturally as the tobacco economy declined however a boom in Cotton planting dramatically increased demand for slaves. Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi joined the union with state constitutions permitting slavery. Some Americans redefined slavery as a problem rather than a centuries old social condition, this founded the American colonization Society in 1817. Most free blacks strongly opposed to such colonizations schemes because they saw themselves as Americans. Pg. 240
9. Bishop Richard Allen of the African Methodist Episcopal church said, "This land which we have watered with our tears and our blood is now our mother country." He was born into slavery in Philadelphia in 1760 and sold to a farm in Delaware where he grew up in bondage. Pg.
2. Merchants made huge profits from the wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon crippled European firms. John Jacob Astor and Robert Oliver became the nation's …show more content…
The panic of 1819 devastated artisans and farmers who sold goods in regional or national markets. Before 1800, many artisans worked part time and barter dirt handicrafts locally. John Hoff exchanged his the clocks for a dining table, a bedstead, and labor on his small farm. New technology only played a small role in creating this boom in consumer goods. During the 1780s, new England and middle Atlantic merchants built water powered mills to run machines that combed wool and later cotton into long strands. In 1820, more than 12,000 household workers labored full-time weaving woolen cloth. Water Powered fulling mills pounded it flat and gave the cloth a smooth finish. The transfer of textile production to factories was gaining speed. The number of water driven cotton spindles soared from 8,000 in 1809 to 333,000 in 1817. …show more content…
Black abolitionists spoke out by the end of the Atlantic slave trade. Anti-slavery advocates hoped that slavery would die out naturally as the tobacco economy declined however a boom in Cotton planting dramatically increased demand for slaves. Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi joined the union with state constitutions permitting slavery. Some Americans redefined slavery as a problem rather than a centuries old social condition, this founded the American colonization Society in 1817. Most free blacks strongly opposed to such colonizations schemes because they saw themselves as Americans. Pg. 240
9. Bishop Richard Allen of the African Methodist Episcopal church said, "This land which we have watered with our tears and our blood is now our mother country." He was born into slavery in Philadelphia in 1760 and sold to a farm in Delaware where he grew up in bondage. Pg.