HIS271Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Staling, Isolationism, Missouri Compromise
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Liberalism: the notion that the power of the individual is sacrosanct and the fear of a powerful government being able to take over the rights of the individual. Republicanism: the notion that government shouldn"t just be small in order to protect the individual but needed to stay small in order to maintain its virtue. If it got too powerful it was likely to get corrupted. Local power should always check federal power when possible. Agrarianism (empire: the notion of america"s virtue. America was virtuous compared to european states nature contrasted to monarchy. This virtuousness required the citizens in the republic to be self-suf cient, they needed to be able to own their own land and make a living from it. If they could support themselves, they were likely to lose their virtuousness. This connects to agrarianism because people are expected to own their own land.
