Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815

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by Gordon S. Wood


  original jurisdiction, 411, 419, 441

  Orleans Territory, 522, 529, 655–56

  Othello (Shakespeare), 562

  Otis, Harrison Gray, 246, 249–50, 259, 347, 610, 693

  Otis, James, 51, 70, 505, 518

  Otsego County, 224, 594

  Ottawa Indians, 123, 126

  Owen, Robert, 483

  Page, John, 587

  Paine, Thomas: and Age of Reason, 199–200

  on British monarchy, 630–31

  and Enlightenment ideals, 38

  and free commerce, 190

  and the French Revolution, 174, 175

  and minimal government, 11

  and national character, 103

  and penal reform, 494

  and religion, 579, 589

  and The Rights of Man (Paine), 146, 500

  and student riots, 344

  and women’s rights, 500, 503

  painting, 548, 552–53, 571–72, 723

  Pakenham, Edward, 695, 696

  Palmer, Elihu, 579

  Panoplist, 603, 604

  paper money, 99, 218–19, 294

  Papers of John Marshall, 449–50

  Paradise Lost (Milton), 497

  Park Street Church, 604

  Parkyns, George Isham, 567

  Parliament (English), 64

  parliamentary sovereignty, 406

  partisanship: and judicial review, 452–59

  and Marshall, 438

  and newspapers, 251–52, 256

  and social conflict, 333–34

  and violence, 333–34

  and the War of 1812, 692–93, 700

  and women’s rights, 503

  patents, 702

  paternalism, 487, 488–89

  Paterson, William, 413, 414, 416, 447

  patriarchy, 341, 345, 531, 539, 606, 713

  The Patriot, or Scourge of Aristocracy, 594

  patriotism, 557, 637

  patronage: and the arts, 550, 567, 568–69

  and banking, 296

  and bankruptcy laws, 416n44

  and the 1800 election, 280, 285

  and excise taxes, 135

  and the Federalist program, 105–7, 109–10, 110

  n33, 111

  and the Jefferson presidency, 299–300

  and Madison, 698

  and the market economy, 353

  and military power, 263

  and social mobility, 714–15

  and western settlement, 363

  Paul, Jeremiah, 572

  Pauw, Corneille, 388

  Payne, T., 180

  peace movement, 630, 633, 696

  Peale, Charles Willson, 143, 393, 496, 555–56, 567–68, 725

  Peale, James, 556

  Peale, Rembrandt, 571, 573

  Peck, Jedediah: and class divisions, 217, 223–27, 234

  and newspapers, 253

  and religion, 594

  and the Sedition Act, 262

  and social mobility, 716

  penal reform, 491–95

  Pendleton, Edmund, 443, 445

  penitentiaries, 494

  Pennsylvania: and banking, 297

  and democratization, 429

  and the 1800 election, 284–85

  and the federal judiciary, 426

  and the First Congress, 57, 63

  and judicial review, 455

  and Madison’s reelection, 683

  and penal reform, 493–94

  and population growth, 164

  and religion, 583

  and roads, 481

  and slavery, 519–20, 532–33, 541

  and violence, 334

  and the War of 1812, 661

  and the Whiskey Rebellion, 136, 137

  Pennsylvania Abolition Society, 524–25

  Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 568–69, 723

  The People of New York v. Ruggles, 591

  Perry, Oliver Hazard, 685–86

  Peters, Richard, 261, 418

  petit treason, 497

  Petite Democrate (French warship), 187

  petition rights, 59, 70, 655

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: and education, 471

  and epidemics, 389

  and national capital plans, 142

  and population growth, 56, 104, 142–43, 706

  and religion, 593, 600

  and slavery, 516, 518, 541

  and social changes, 341

  and violence, 328–29

  Philadelphia Bible Society, 612

  Philadelphia Convention See Constitutional Convention

  Philippines, 202

  “The Philosophy of Jesus” (Jefferson), 587

  Piankashaw Indians, 123

  Pickering, John, 422

  Pickering, Timothy: and the Alien Friends Act, 260

  and conflict with France, 240

  and peace efforts with France, 273–74

  and personal finances, 234

  and sectional conflict, 532–33

  and the Sedition Act, 261

  and separatist movements, 370

  and suffrage expansions, 305

  and trade disputes, 668

  and treason charges, 205

  Picture of Philadelphia (Mease), 726–27

  Piedmont, 526–27

  Pike, Zebulon, 360, 382, 685, 689

  Pilgrim’s Progress (Bunyan), 475

  Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth: and Hamilton-Adams feud, 274

  and military power, 266–67

  and negotiations with France, 239, 241, 273

  and presidential bid, 312

  and slavery, 534

  and social changes, 702

  and suffrage expansions, 304

  and territorial disputes, 113

  and the XYZ Affair, 242, 243

  Pinckney, Thomas, 201, 211, 212, 239

  Pinckney, William, 644–45, 662

  Pinckney’s Treaty, 131–32

  piracy, 633–39, 638. See also privateers

  Pitt, William, 256, 620–21

  Pittsburgh Gazette, 219

  Plan of Union, 490

  Platt, Jonas, 331

  Plumer, William, 160, 305, 407, 422, 456, 466

  Plutarch, 8

  poetry, 548

  Poland, 74

  police, 336–37

  police powers, 467

  political machines, 282

  political parties: and democratization, 3

  emergence of, 158–64

  hostility toward, 152

  negative view of, 140

  and presidential elections, 210

  and social changes, 222

  Washington on, 207

  and women’s rights, 503. See also Federalist Party

  Republican Party

  Polly (brig), 624

  Poor Richard essays, 713

  Pope, Alexander, 93, 574, 575

  Pope’s Day, 48

  popular culture, 307, 731–32

  popular sovereignty, 276, 450, 468

  population growth: and expansionism, 2, 14, 45–46

  and immigration, 248

  Philadelphia, 142–43

  rate of growth, 2, 14, 701

  and sectional conflict, 164

  and urban violence, 336–37

  and western settlement, 315–20

  populism, 363n16

  Porcupine’s Gazette, 229

  Port Folio, 321–22, 573, 730

  portraiture, 553, 574, 691

  postal service, 86, 293, 478–79

  poverty, 29, 489

  The Power of Sympathy (Brown), 566

  Preble, Edward, 637

  predestination, 604–5, 608

  Presbyterians: and Burr, 590

  and conspiracy theories, 244

  and democratization of religion, 608, 609

  and growth of congregations, 337

  and new religious sects, 580

  and Peck, 594–95

  and revivalism, 581–82, 605

  and separation of church and state, 588


  and slavery, 607

  “Present State of Kentucky” (Filson), 115

  presidential powers. See executive power

  “The President’s March,” 244

  press: and “actual malice,” 257n45

  and banking, 295

  and the Bill of Rights, 69, 70, 258

  and honor codes, 238

  and libel, 310n102

  and partisanship, 268, 307–8

  and strict construction of the Constitution, 271. See also newspapers

  Price, Richard, 20, 37, 46

  Priestley, Joseph, 46, 252, 287, 356, 587

  primogeniture, 498

  Princeton, 60, 344, 492, 582–83

  printing, 478, 612

  prior restraint, 258

  prisons, 488, 491–95

  private corporations, 463

  private rights, 467–68

  privateers, 186, 187, 634, 648, 682

  prize courts, 624, 640

  Proclamation of 1763, 115

  Proclamation of Neutrality, 89, 208

  Proctor, Henry, 686

  Progressivism, 450

  Proofs of a Conspiracy Against All the Religions and Governments of Europe (Robison), 244

  property rights: and common law, 430

  and eminent domain, 464

  and entrepreneurship, 330

  and inheritance laws, 498

  and judicial review, 459

  and monetary policy, 18–19

  and republicanism, 8–9

  Prophet’s Town, 675–76

  proportional representation, 32

  proprietary wealth, 9

  Prosser, Thomas, 535

  prostitution, 341, 489–90

  protectionism, 101–2, 170. See also tariffs

  Protestants, 337, 576, 579, 583, 593, 607, 612. See also specific denominations

  protocol issues, 76–77, 81–82, 287–88

  provincialism, 543–44

  “Provisional Army,” 263–64

  Prussia, 175, 192, 403, 621, 646

  public corporations, 463

  public education, 223, 469–79

  public opinion: and civil society, 488

  and common law, 439

  and democratic governance, 308–12

  and education, 476–77

  and the Embargo Act, 653, 655

  and the Federalist Party, 203, 276

  and the French Wars, 187, 188

  and honor codes, 159

  and judicial review, 445–46

  and newspapers, 250–56

  and party politics, 306–8

  and theater, 255–56

  and Washington presidency, 76

  public projects, 467. See also infrastructure development

  publishing, 570, 574, 612. See also newspapers

  Puerto Rico, 534

  Puritans, 48, 575, 579, 581, 588, 616

  Putnam, Rufus, 119, 133

  Quakers, 143, 470, 525–26, 535, 649

  Quasi-War, 245, 275, 344, 414, 537, 636, 681

  “Quids,” 428–29

  Quincy, Josiah, 668

  racial issues: and Jefferson, 395n88

  and the Louisiana Purchase, 372

  racial mixing, 373, 395n88, 514, 516, 538, 540, 541–42

  and religion, 598–600

  and slavery, 508, 539–41, 541–42

  and urban riots, 336

  violence, 336–38

  Ramsay, David, 7, 47, 50, 391, 545, 577

  Randolph, Edmund: and Bank of the United States, 144

  and class divisions, 35–36

  and commerce treaties, 198

  and diplomacy, 204–5

  and the 1804 election, 313

  and the French wars, 182

  and judicial review, 456

  and personal finances, 234

  Randolph, John: on carrying trade, 625

  and class divisions, 331

  and the Embargo Act, 650, 652–53

  and expansionism, 375

  on judicial independence, 422–24

  and the Non-Importation Act, 644

  and religion, 590

  and trade disputes, 666

  on Virginia agriculture, 734

  on Wilkinson, 114

  Randolph, Thomas, 363

  re-export trade, 624–25

  Red Eagle, 687

  Red River, 382

  Red Sticks, 686–87

  Reeve, Tapping, 454

  Reformation, 576

  reforms, social, 469, 470–71, 471–74, 474–79

  refugees, 46, 142–43, 252, 252n31

  Relf, Samuel, 342

  relief societies, 487, 488, 582

  religion: and civil society, 487, 488–89, 490

  and democratic governance, 47

  democratization of, 3, 607–11

  disestablishment, 578, 588–89

  and evangelical Christianity, 594–602, 611–15

  and family structure, 499

  and the Founders, 583–89

  and “Hopkinsianism,” 603–4

  and millennial beliefs, 582, 616–19

  and missionaries, 490–91

  and nationalism, 40

  and Paine, 199–200

  and political leadership, 589–91

  and public education, 474

  religious freedom, 47, 70

  and republicanism, 11–12

  and the revolutionary era, 576–83

  and the Second Great Awakening, 576, 591, 602–4

  and secularization, 11

  and slavery, 518, 535–37, 538–39

  and social fragmentation, 604–7, 607–11

  and social reforms, 475

  and the War of 1812, 692–93

  and Washington’s farewell address, 208. See also specific denominations

  Report on Manufactures, 485

  Report on the Public Credit, 95, 140

  representation, 450, 531, 532, 694, 720

  Republic of West Florida, 375

  Republican Argus, 427

  Republican Party, 632–33

  and the Alien and Sedition Acts, 249–50

  and the Alien Friends Act, 260–61

  and Baltimore riots, 337–38

  and banking, 295–96

  and bankruptcy laws, 416n44

  and the Barbary Wars, 635–36

  and Burr, 282

  and carrying trade, 624–25

  and civil society, 486

  and class divisions, 217, 228

  and conflicts with France, 240, 241

  and democracy, 718

  and Democratic-Republican Societies, 163–64

  and democratization, 312–13

  and diplomacy, 204

  and the 1800 election, 276–77, 282–86

  and electioneering, 306

  and the Embargo Act, 649–50, 655–56

  emergence of, 154, 161

  and executive power, 246

  and the federal judiciary, 400, 417, 419–20, 421, 425

  and freed slaves, 542

  and the French Revolution, 177

  and the French Wars, 187

  and governmental power, 455

  and Hamilton-Adams feud, 274–75

  and impressment conflict, 643

  and infrastructure programs, 485

  and international commerce, 192–96, 627–30

  and judicial reforms, 430

  and judicial review, 452

  and the Louisiana Purchase, 372

  and Madison’s reelection, 683

  and military power, 265, 266–67, 631

  and national debt, 298

  and negotiations with France, 245

  and neutral rights, 649

  and newspapers, 252–55, 256, 258

  and the Non-Intercourse Act, 665–66

  and partisan conflict, 268

  and partisanship, 152, 307

  and patronage, 299–300

  and popular culture, 732

  and religion, 602

  and schisms
, 313–14, 428

  and sectional conflict, 166–68, 172, 209

  and sedition laws, 256–57, 261–62, 310, 311

  and size of government, 291, 302

  and slavery, 533, 535, 536

  and social divisions, 712

  support for, 164–73

  and theater, 255–56

  and trade issues, 197, 667–68, 668–70

  and the War of 1812, 660, 661–62, 670–71, 674, 676, 677, 683–84, 692, 694

  and Washington’s retirement, 207–8

  and the Whiskey Rebellion, 139

  and the XYZ Affair, 242, 244. See also Northern Republicans

  republicanism: and Adams, 82–83

  and the American Revolution, 6–7

  and the arts, 545, 553, 557–59, 560, 567–68

  and civil society, 485–90

  and class distinctions, 20–22

  and the Constitution, 31–36

  and corporate charters, 461

  criticisms of, 13–20

  and cultural development, 36–43, 43–50

  and education, 469

  and European wars, 620

  and family structure, 495–500

  and the Federalist Party, 276

  and Freemasonry, 50–52

  and Hamilton, 92–93, 153

  and Jefferson-Hamilton conflict, 153

  and Jefferson’s legacy, 736–38

  and the middle class, 27–31

  and missionaries, 490–91

  and monarchism, 146, 701

  and newspapers, 151

  and peace, 189

  and penal reform, 491–95

  and public education, 470–71

  and public morality, 11–13

  and religion, 582, 608, 617

  and slavery, 4, 508, 733–35, 735–38

  and social equality, 348

  and social structure, 9–11, 22

  threats to, 150–57

  and virtue of citizens, 8

  and the War of 1812, 670, 698, 700

  and Washington’s retirement, 206

  and western settlement, 357

  and women’s rights, 500–507

  Restorationists, 610

  retributive justice, 493

  revivalism, 596–97, 602, 604–5, 610, 675

  Revolutionary War. See American Revolution

  Reynolds, Maria, 236–37, 261

  Rhode Island: and banking, 296–97

  and the Bill of Rights, 69

  and bills of rights, 67

  codification of laws, 405n15

  corporate charter, 460

  demographics, 341

  and the judiciary, 401–2, 409n25, 410, 415n42

  and ratification of the Constitution, 36, 57

  and religion, 591

  and slavery, 516–17, 518, 520

  and suffrage, 330

  and the War of 1812, 661

  rice cultivation, 509–11, 513, 528

  Richard III (Shakespeare), 562

  Richardson, Samuel, 499, 550

  Richmond, Virginia, 104, 593

  Richmond Enquirer, 670

  The Rights of Man (Paine), 146, 500

  riots, 21, 336–37, 495

  “Rip Van Winkle” (Irving), 1

  Ripley, Dorothy, 598

  “The Rising Glory of America” (Freneau), 547

 

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