LAD #10

In a summary Monroe wanted the political powers of Europe to cease colonizing the American continents and to leave the Western Hemisphere to deal with is own problems without the guiding hand o of Europe. Monroe believed that "It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness" and that it would be benenficial if the United States was the strongest power in the region. Monroe also states that he wants Spain and Portugal to improve the conditions of their colonial states. The main point of the Monroe Doctrine was still however to protect the rights of smaller countries in the region and for the United States to assert its dominance in the region. The United States alos wanted to keep its policy of neutrality unlesss its defense and liberties were threatened. It states that America lost a lot of blood securing this land and that if they were threatened the United States would not hesitate to fight back.

LAD #9

In Thomas Jefferson's first inagural address begins out very modestly. He says he does not know if he is up to the challenge of leading the nation. He then tells the people what a great land this is and that he is "humbled" to take on such "the magnitude of the undertaking." He was really showing his anti-federalist roots in an attempt to connect to the common man here. After that he says that the Constitution will guide him, and that he will consult it when he encounters difficulties. He then tells the people that they are in charge of Congress, and that he will rely on their adive and support to "steer with safety the vessel" that is the nation. He is basically saying that the fate of the nation is not in his hands alone, but the you the people will run the country with me, in order to steer to the greater. He talks  about how each person there has equal rights, no matter their social class or influence. He also talks about the potential that America has, and how it will rise to a greater status in the world. Then like many of the other leaders of the day, he talks about how important it is for the nation to stick together. Like Benjamin Franklin once said, "United We Stand, Divided We Fall."

Columbus Blog #8

Christopher Columbus. Inspirational explorer or greedy fame hunter? Most likely the greedy fame hunter. While most people in the United States think that Columbus is  an inspirational person, who defied the common logic that the world was flat and sailed to a distant world. Firstly, the Ancient Greeks had figured out that the world was sphericaly shaped in the third century B.C., meaning that people had already discovered Columbus' great "discovery" seventeen hundred years before he set sail. Second, Leif Erikson had already discovered the North American continent well before Columbus, almost 500 years in fact. And thirdly and most importantly, the autrucities that Columbus and his men commited once landing in the new world, while highly overlooked, is a stain on Latin American culture that cannot be erased. First look at his encounter with the Taino Indians in his first encounter with the native people in the New World. The Taino were peaceful people, virtually defenseless and little military power. They proved almost too easy for Columbus and his men, being almost wiped out soon after the arrival of Columbus. Five hundred of them were captured and sent back to Europe, as part of the blunders that were sent back to Queen Isabella in Spain. Columbus states in his own journal that “They [Indians] have no weapons and are all naked without any skill in arms and are very cowardly so that a thousand would not challenge three,...Thus they are useful to be commanded and to be made to labor and sow and to do everything else of which there is need and build towns and be taught to wear clothes and learn our customs.” This shows that Columbus was not going to the New World for a peaceful exploration of the area or to prove that the world was round, but to exploit the native people of the area for their labor, wealth, and livelihood. Columbus does not deserve a day in his honor, and people should remember the millions of native people that lost their lives as result of his fateful landing.

LAD #7: Washington's Farewell Address

In his farewell address Washington states that they his now and forever leaving the social politcal scene and is finally retiring to Mount Vernon, as he originally planned after the war. In the address he tells the listeners the importance of a central government, showing that he was beginning to lean in Aleander Hamilton's federalist direction. He wants a fifty-fifty split when it comes to the government. Individual state governments with half the power but a united central government that has the other half of the power. The most important topic though is the subject of war. He expresses his desire for the nation not to form permanent alliances and keep a policy of neutrality, feeling that that would best serve the nation. His main goal was for the young nation to avoid war to let it grow and prosper.

LAD #6: Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality

In the beginning Washington states that the United States would stay out of Europe, even though he calls it the "belligerant Powers". He says that the United States does not want anything to do with the wars of Austria, England, France and all of those countries. Washington then says that future leaders would be wise not anger countries with significantly larger armies. Probably good just good advice in general but apparently Washington had worries so he included it in the there. He also pins the American character perfectly when he says that if an inidividual person gets in trouble they were on their own, that teh United States was not going to start a war because of one dumb person.

Republican Motherhood Blog

Republican Motherhood

What role did the Revolutionary War play in the transformation of housewifery to Republican Motherhood?
   With the men out at war and not home helping to raise their families, it was up to the women to raise the children of the time in a respectable and patriotic manner. It was also the women that would carry out the war and the homefront. Gathering supplied and ringing up support for the soldiers. So the nation was depeneding on housewifes to bring up the next generation in support of the United States and lay that foundation of nationalism for generations to come.

What were the consequences of Republican Motherhood on women?
   As shown in Document B, men started to think that maybe women should have and education, at least a basic knowledge of such necessities as English and geography. They are supposed to be the moral guide of the family it would only make sense for them to have an education to better make those decisions. Alos as refrenced in Document C women were beginning ot realiz at beacause of republican Motherhood that they did not need to serve their husbands, and such groups as teh daughters of Colombus were starting to organize to protest for "the honour of their sex".

What is the significance of the ideology of the Republican Motherhood as a stage in the process fo women's socialization?
   Again as shown in Document C women were already beginning to come together and form groups like the daughters of Colombus to "[assert] the importance and the honour of their sex". Also just by the how the author of Document C is expressing her thoughts one can see that shwe believes that women are equal to men. She makes acknowledgements to the Marie's and Elizabeths saying that they have "broken the chains of slavery" and that men are ignorant to the power of women. Because women played a significant role in the Revolution they believed that they were not equal to men and that now that the government was being redone they hoped women could have an equal role and avoid the male dominated government that had existed in England. While this did not happen it was a step in the right direction toward equal rights and eventually the 19th Amendment. 


1) The setting appears to be her house, possibly the parlor where a nice couch would have been. Peale most likely did this to show the importance of the home in the upbringing of a child and that was probably the biggest influence in their lives, the mother and the home.

2) Mary Gibson Tilghman is at the center of the portrait, possibly to show here center spot in family. She is the most important person in bringing up the children and so is the most important part of the family to most of the family. Tilghman looks dignified in this picture. She is sitting up and appears to be calm and collected. She is not aristocratic however first because of how she is holding the children. The children are not sitting at her feet or away from her. They are in her arms close to her showing that she is involved in their lives and they are a significant part of hers.

3) The sons show a definite relationship between them and their mother. The son in her arms is reaching for her arms showing that he trusts her completely and that he most likely spends quite a bit of time in her arms and that she is key in his upbringing. The other son too sits close to his mother showing the trust between the two.

4) Tilghman's arm is across her son, holding him on her lap. This again shows the connection between the two and distinguishes it from aristocratic paintings where the children would have been on the floor. This painting is a key representation of Republican Motherhood and the trust between the two.

LAD #5: Federalist #10

1.  Why are factions so difficult to eliminate?

Factions are hard to take down because the people supporting the faction are passionate about what they believe in and will not go down easily. So to take away these people beliefs is to take awat their civil rights, and that is exactly what the colonists were trying to fight in the first place.

2.  If factions cannot be removed then how can they be controlled?

Since the cause of the faction cannot be controlled the only way to control factions would be by use of a republican type of government instead of a direct democracy. A republic would limit the amount of factions in the government and people elected to office are more likely to pass laws for the betterment of the nation and not themselves.