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Nationalism In New England : Keene, New Hampshire And The American Civil War, Thomas Anthony Mcgrath
Nationalism In New England : Keene, New Hampshire And The American Civil War, Thomas Anthony Mcgrath
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Abstract: Nationalism in New England: Keene, New Hampshire and the American Civil War
"The Centre Of Our Union" : George Washington's Political Philosophy And The Creation Of American National Identity In The 1790s, Ryan Staude
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
For most of his presidency (1789-1797), George Washington worked to establish the federal government's legitimacy in the eyes of America's citizens while trying to gain international respect for the new nation. Although there was a broad elite consensus at the start of the decade it quickly dissipated in the face of basic questions about the federal government's power and scope of authority. Domestic political issues became entangled with foreign policy problems to create an intractable divide between opposing groups of Americans termed the Federalists and the Republicans. The two parties contended to see not only who would administer the government, …