Summer Session Syllabus
George Washington and Alexander Hamilton:
The Political and Economical Foundations for a New Nation
University of Delaware
Summer Institute, July 13 – 18, 2003
Professor James Roger
Sharp
Email: jrsharp@maxwell.syr.edu
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The major topics that will be dealt
with in this Institute will be: the development of political parties
and the legitimization of the national authority; the roles of
Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams
and James Madison in this political process; and the demographic,
social, economic and geographical dimensions of the early republic.
Below
is a tentative schedule for lectures and reading assignments
for the week. I say tentative because I want to be open to spontaneous
discussions that might take us beyond the topic assigned for
a
certain day. There is quite a bit of reading, but I am assuming
that you will have most if not all the reading completed before
the Institute begins. Also I am assuming that you will come ready
to discuss the topics addressed in the reading. I believe that
it is critical to the success of our Institute that our meetings
combine lectures with discussion and that everyone participates.
I’m
looking forward to meeting and discussing with you some of the
major issues that shaped American political culture.
Monday, July 14th -- The United
States in 1789
-
Hutson, “Country, Court and Constitution…”
-
Kohn, “Inside
Story of Newburgh Conspiracy…”
-
Flexner, Washington,
chapters 1 – 25
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McDonald, Hamilton, chapters
1 – 4
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Sharp, American Politics
in Early Rep…., Introduction
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Ellis, Founding Fathers, preface
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Jefferson, Notes on the State…
Tuesday, July 15th -- The Constitution
and the Battle over Ratification
-
Cornell, “Aristocracy
Assailed….”
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Madison, “Federalist
10”
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McDonald, chapter 5
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Flexner,
chapters 26 – 29
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Sharp, chapters 1 and 2
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Ellis,
chapter 3
Wednesday, July 16th -- Washington
and the Union
- Unger & Tomes, editors, Hamilton’s Financial Reports
and Washington’s Farewell Address
- Slaughter, Whiskey Rebellion,
all
- Sharp, chapters 3 – 6
- Flexner, chapters 30 – 46
- McDonald, chapters 6 – 13
- Ellis, chapters 2 and 4
Thursday, July 17th -- The Rise of the Opposition
- Unger and Tomes, “Alien and Sedition
Acts”
- Sharp, “Unraveling
the Mystery of Jefferson’s letter”
- Sharp, chapters
7 – 10
- Ellis, chapter 5
- Flexner, chapters 47 – 52
- McDonald, chapters 14 and 15
Friday, July 18th -- The Revolution of 1800
- Sharp, chapters 11, 12 and Epilogue
- Ellis, chapters 1 and 6
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