Essays on Sectionalism

. The early history of the United States from the founding of the Republic after the Constitutional Convention to the Civil War was greatly influenced by the changing face of the so-called party system. The main points which all of the parties in the different eras of Early American history before the Civil War concentrated primarily on what the role and size of the federal government should be and how it should work to deal with the major issues of the day. One of the most significant issues surrounding the early federal government related to its place and stance as ...

Introduction

The secession or sequential exit of the Southern states from the Union was a major event in the American history that led to the Civil war. Southern secession was seen as a necessity in the plantation economy based Southern states and betrayal in the eyes of the Union. Therefore, the main research question to be explored is the factors that led to the Secession of the Southern states. The factors that played an important role in session of Southern states were abolitionist movement in the South, violation of the sectional balance and economics of slavery in the South (Meadwell & ...

Industrialization in America, 1876-1900

In the late 1800’s, the world witnessed an unprecedented migration of people from all over the world to America. This movement was occasioned by the search for jobs, escape from famines, escape from political and religious oppressions, increased taxes among other host of causes from the immigrant’s homelands as Gereffi and Wyman (1860-1876) documents. These massive immigration was due to the fact that America, at the time, was considered a land of opportunity. America at the time also witnessed a massive rural to urban migration. The pictures below illustrate this massive population explosion in America in the ...

- In March 1766, Declaratory Act was passed by the British Parliament to affirm the Parliament’s right to pass laws in their colonies “in all cases whatsoever”. This news of repealing gave colonists confidence that British government respected and understood their situation regarding taxes. Few appreciated and recognized the claim of Parliament in passing laws “in all cases whatsoever” through the Declaratory Act. - Colonists wanted to be represented in the Parliament by some one of their own, whereas policies of British were determined by a sole leader. Apart from the colonial legislatures, mobs in many cities demonstrated ...

The Southern and the Northern portions of the United States developed in different fashions. The North developed in the line of industrialization while the Southern section remained predominantly an agrarian economy. This means that there were different beliefs and cultures in the two sections. Disagreements were bound to happen. The disagreements were in the line of tariffs, taxes, federal rights as well as state rights. The civil war was inevitable.

After Eli Whitney had developed the invented the cotton gin, the Southern part developed in another different perspective from the northern part. There were a number of concerns that ...

Introduction

This essay entails about domestic unification and national sectionalism in the early 1800s. Significant domestic and international implications will also be discussed. The research will be discussed primarily in accordance of both subjects and explanatory evidences. Towards the end of the essay, portrays the value it has added in our history.

Domestic Unification and National Sectionalism

The lack of significant political divisions, following the War of 1812 helped build an impression of national unity. Presidential elect, James Monroe, a Republican candidate won the election in 1816. Despite the fact that the Federalist Party had nearly vanished, several of its programs obtained support. James Madison called ...

George Washington addressed this document to the American citizens in the year 1796, just a year before his retirement. He wrote this letter to inform the citizen of the new nation of America of the potential political, social and economic pitfalls that lay ahead of them. He wrote about what the people of America should do to build a successful nation. To date, the Gorge Washington letter is still one of the most important speeches/documents in American history because it contains the vision of the nation’s founding father. This letter contained several things that Washington put across.

Washington addresses the ...