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Chapter 7 - The Federalists: Washington and Adams

Images and Maps

First Bank of the United States
(This site contains an image of the bank.)

Money Museum: First Bank of the United States
(Contains a few images of money from the era)

Elections of 1796, 1800
(Provides charts explaining these two presidential elections)

Map of the Presidential Election of 1796 and Map of the Presidential Election of 1800
(A geographical breakdown of the elections from Images of American Political History)

Election of 1800
(Another geographical breakdown of this presidential election)

The House Selects a President
(Artifacts from the National Archives involving the presidential contest of 1800)

 

Primary Sources

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
(From the Library of Congress American Memory collection)

First Federal Congress Project
(A unique site that offers documentation and analysis of the First Congress)

The Founders' Constitution
(This site contains a wealth of documents relating to the early history of the Constitution.)

The Avalon Project: Eighteenth-Century Documents
(This collection contains numerous documents relating to the political controversies explored in this chapter.)

The Papers of George Washington
(From the University of Virginia, this collection also includes maps and images.)

The Whiskey Rebellion, by Authority, by the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation

The Avalon Project: John Adams Papers

Massachusetts Historical Society: John Adams Papers

The Avalon Project: Thomas Jefferson Papers

The Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress
(From the American Memory collection)

The Thomas Jefferson Papers
(From the University of Virginia)

The First Central Bank of the United States
(The Act of Congress that created the first Bank of the United States)

The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boon by Daniel Boon

 

Secondary Sources

John Ferling, "1796: The First Real Election"
(An article from American History)

The Rise and Fall of Alexander Hamilton
(From the University of Virginia's Capitol Project)

Daniel Boone: Myth and Reality in American Consciousness
(An interesting essay exploring the legend of Daniel Boone)

The Duel
(PBS companion site to the series on the lives of Hamilton and Burr)

James Parton, "The Presidential Election of 1800"
(This article appeared in the Atlantic Monthly in 1873.)

Thomas Jefferson, the Philosopher President: Campaigns and Elections

A Biography of Alexander Hamilton
(From A Hypertext on American History)

 

 

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