Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 (144 page)
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Authors: Gordon S. Wood
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Rowson, Susanna,
341
–42,
500
,
569
Ruins; or, Meditations on the Revolution of Empires
(Volney),
552
,
720
–21
Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von,
545
Rumsey, James,
483
rural development,
318
,
626
.
See also
infrastructure development
Rush, Benjamin: and alcohol,
340
and American culture,
544
and American exceptionalism,
50
and the arts,
549
and civil society,
485
,
487
and class divisions,
234
and criticisms of republicanism,
14
and education,
472
and female sexuality,
342
and free speech,
310
and the Lewis and Clark expedition,
377
,
380
and medicine,
725
–26
and monarchical republicanism,
54
–55
and national identity,
643
and penal reform,
492
,
494
and popular culture,
731
and the postal service,
478
,
479
and public education,
470
,
473
,
474
–75
and ratification of the Constitution,
36
–37
and religion,
587
and rights of man,
21
and slavery,
518
–19
and social changes,
354
and urban renewal,
390
and women’s rights,
504
Russell, Jonathan,
695
Saint-Domingue (Haiti),
142
–43,
201
,
264
,
367
,
373
,
529
,
533
–34,
537
Salmagundi
(Irving),
631
Sampson, William,
301
Santo Domingo,
260
Savage, Joseph,
31
Schuyler, Philip,
57
Scotland,
328
Scott, Winfield,
674
Scottish and Scots-Irish immigrants: and the arts,
575
and class divisions,
218
and Findley,
17
and Jackson,
327
and political refugees,
252
n31
and religion,
337
,
605
,
607
and the Republican Party,
167
–68
volume of,
39
sea island planters,
527
secessionist movements,
198
,
267
–68,
371
,
668
,
693
Second Amendment,
70
Second Coming of Christ,
616
–17
Second Great Awakening,
576
,
582
,
591
,
602
–4
Second Vatican Council,
592
sectional conflict: and class divisions,
353
–54
and the Federalist Party,
313
and infrastructure,
482
and political parties,
164
–73,
209
and role of government,
155
and slavery,
531
–32
and value of labor,
733
and wealth inequality,
712
secularization,
11
Sedgwick, Theodore: and class divisions,
231
–32
and the 1800 election,
283
and Marshall appointment,
435
–36
and military power,
263
and party politics,
306
and public opinion,
312
and roads,
481
Sedition Act: and class issues,
309
and constitutional issues,
145
,
270
enforcement of,
260
–62,
308
and the Federalist Party,
247
and judicial review,
433
,
435
lapse of,
291
and Marshall,
435
and nullification,
271
and press suppression,
259
–60
and the Republican Party,
267
–68
seditious libel,
258
–60,
309
,
418
seizure of ships,
239
–40,
640
–41,
646
,
647
,
649
,
660
self-governance,
356
self-improvement societies,
489
Selfridge, Thomas O.,
334
seminaries,
615
Separate Baptists,
609
separation of church and state,
578
,
587
,
588
–89,
592
–93
separation of powers,
32
–34,
88
–89,
453
,
458
separatist movements,
115
,
305
,
370
,
688
Seven Years’ War,
113
,
620
–21,
624
Seventh Amendment,
409
Seventh Congress,
288
–89
Seybert, Adam,
672
Shakespeare, William,
562
Sharp, Granville,
521
Shawnee Indians,
123
,
126
,
129
,
675
–76
She Stoops to Conquer
(Goldsmith),
562
Sheffield, John Holroyd, Earl of,
634
Shelley, Percy Bysshe,
574
Shippen, Edward,
494
Shippen, Thomas Lee,
5
–8,
23
,
43
–44
short-staple cotton,
528
Shoshone Indians,
380
The Signing of the Declaration of Independence
(Trumbull),
553
Silsbee, Nathaniel,
202
Silvester, Peter,
60
Sioux Indians,
378
Six Nations,
123
Sixth Amendment,
409
Slater, Samuel,
702
–3
slavery: and abolitionism,
143
,
518
–19,
541
and alcohol consumption,
339
and American exceptionalism,
45
background of,
508
–14
and the Barbary States,
639
,
696
–97
and class divisions,
231
,
353
–54
and the Constitution,
37
and the Declaration of Independence,
9
–10
and the Deep South,
524
–27
and demographic changes,
509
,
516
,
523
,
523
n39
and diffusionist arguments,
522
–23
and the 1800 election,
279
and the federal judiciary,
409
and Findley,
223
and freed slaves,
521
–22,
537
–41
and fugitive slave laws,
538
,
599
and geographic distribution,
515
–17
and gradual emancipation,
519
–20,
522
and importation of slaves,
512
and indentured servitude,
346
–47
and Jefferson,
277
,
514
–15
and the Louisiana Purchase,
370
and manumission,
373
,
522
–23,
526
,
538
and national capital negotiations,
143
and the New World,
508
–14
and nullification,
269
–70
and Orleans Territory,
373
and Philadelphia,
143
and political implications,
531
–33
and racism,
541
–42
and religion,
598
–600,
605
–6
and the Republican party,
165
–66
and republicanism,
4
and Saint-Domingue,
367
–68
and sectional conflict,
165
,
733
–35,
735
–38
and slave rebellions,
201
,
264
,
367
–68,
529
,
533
–34,
534
–37
and the slave trade,
523
–24
social acceptance of,
517
–19
and social reforms,
475
and social structure,
365
,
514
,
517
,
529
–31,
711
–12
and southern agriculture,
527
–29
and southern aristocracy,
2
–3
and the three-fifths clause,
694
weakening of,
519
–23
and western settlement,
359
,
361
–62,
364
–65
smallpox,
398
Smith, Adam,
12
,
24
,
42
,
96
,
230
–31,
716
Smith, E. H.,
521
Smith, Samuel Stanhope,
43
,
285
,
343
,
582
–83,
666
Smith, Sydney,
543
Smith, William Loughton,
194
,
233
,
503
–4,
707
smuggling,
656
,
676
,
689
,
693
,
695
,
703
Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures (SEUM),
102
Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America,
490
Society of Artists,
563
,
569
,
574
Society of Cincinnati,
79
,
108
–9
Society of Fine Arts,
568
Society of Social Enquirers,
713
Socrates and Jesus Compared
(Priestley),
587
Solemn Review of the Custom of War
(Worcester),
696
Sons of Liberty,
561
South Carolina: and electoral representation,
530
and federal courts,
408
and federal patronage,
110
and the First Congress,
57
and population growth,
164
and presidential elections,
212
and religion,
583
,
591