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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Proclamation of Neutrality|1793; as England and France went to war, the United State attempted to maintain neutrality between them; the Proclamation asserted the right of American ships to bypass French and British blockades of each other's ports and to trade with either nation; the policy was hugely beneficial to American merchants who profited from the situation and whose shipbuilding and merchant marine industry grew enormously}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Proclamation of Neutrality|1793; as England and France went to war, the United State attempted to maintain neutrality between them; the Proclamation asserted the right of American ships to bypass French and British blockades of each other's ports and to trade with either nation; the policy was hugely beneficial to American merchants who profited from the situation and whose shipbuilding and merchant marine industry grew enormously}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Report on the Public Credit|in 1790-91, Hamilton issued three reports to Congress recommending laws and policies designed to reduce the War debts, grow the economy, and protect national industry; his 1790 "Report on the Public Credit" outlined the extent of US debt, held mostly by private Americans but also foreigners. Hamilton proposed that the federal government "assume" or buy this debt and establish a system for managing "public credit" and paying off the debts; the existing holders of the debt were set to profit enormously from the scheme; the new debt was to be paid off through duties and excise taxes; the proposals led to the first serious political split in the new country; a compromise was made in 1790 to settle the new Capitol, Washington, DC, in the South (between Maryland and Virginia) in exchange for southern support (northern states held more War debt) of Hamilton's plan to "assume" the debts}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Report on the Public Credit|in 1790-91, Hamilton issued three reports to Congress recommending laws and policies designed to reduce the War debts, grow the economy, and protect national industry; his 1790 "Report on the Public Credit" outlined the extent of US debt, held mostly by private Americans but also foreigners. Hamilton proposed that the federal government "assume" or buy this debt and establish a system for managing "public credit" and paying off the debts; the existing holders of the debt were set to profit enormously from the scheme; the new debt was to be paid off through duties and excise taxes; the proposals led to the first serious political split in the new country; a compromise was made in 1790 to settle the new Capitol, Washington, DC, in the South (between Maryland and Virginia) in exchange for southern support (northern states held more War debt) of Hamilton's plan to "assume" the debts}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Report on Manufactures|Hamilton's 1791 report to Congress for the promotion of US manufacturing industry through tariffs, "internal improvements" (see above) and government loans to and purchases of American products, especially for national defense; note that creation of the National Bank was integral to Hamilton's economic plans}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Report on Manufactures| Hamilton's 1791 report to Congress for the promotion of US manufacturing industry through tariffs, "internal improvements" (see above) and government loans to and purchases of American products, especially for national defense; note that creation of the National Bank was integral to Hamilton's economic plans; the Report was co-authored by Hamilton's Asst. Sec of Treasury, Tench Coxe, a chief proponent of manufacturing & tariffs, and who brought the first cotton gins to the country and promoted cotton farming in the South }}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Republican motherhood|in the early Republic, the notion of female participation in republican governance purely in the home by raising and educating their sons in republicanism and in upholding those values in their own lives and outlook; the ideal of republican motherhood was to instruct their sons "in the principles of liberty and government"}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Republican motherhood|in the early Republic, the notion of female participation in republican governance purely in the home by raising and educating their sons in republicanism and in upholding those values in their own lives and outlook; the ideal of republican motherhood was to instruct their sons "in the principles of liberty and government"}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:republicanism|political doctrine of representative government through the votes of citizens of equal political status; republicanism was strongly anti-monarchy and anit-aristocracy; elements of republican philosophy include democracy, honest governance, individualism, property rights, self-rule}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:republicanism|political doctrine of representative government through the votes of citizens of equal political status; republicanism was strongly anti-monarchy and anit-aristocracy; elements of republican philosophy include democracy, honest governance, individualism, property rights, self-rule}}</ul></li> | ||