Notes from August 28th 2015
American Strengths/Weakness
- Moral advantage
- Leadership (to some degree)
- Defensive Posture
- Fighting on own ground
- Opportunities for strategic partnerships
- Definition of victory
- Organization
- Resources/Supplies
- Manpower
- Political Weakness
British Strengths/weakness
- Manpower
- Imperial Economy
- Military “superpower” of its time: Navy and Army
- Motivation
- Logistics
- Imperial commitments
- Foreign rivals
- Organization
- Definition of victory
(AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR)
Federalists vs. Antifederalists
- Federalists (for the Constitution)
- Antifederalists (against the Constitution)
- The Federalists Papers (Hamilton, Madison, and few by Jay)
- Antifederalists were not able to stop ratification by 1788, but they did eventually get the Bill of Rights
Federalists vs. Republicans
- Federalist vision = strong central government, urban, commercial, strongly involved in foreign affairs
- Republican vision - weaker central government, rural and agrarian in nature
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