AAS 033A Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Henry Knox, Manumission, Advocacy Group
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Articles of confederation to win a war. The articles of confederation (1781 - 1789) Washington urges officers back to the plow. May 1783: henry knox and the society of cincinnati: officers only, descendants, honorary members, political war chest. Interest group in politics: eventually non-involved in politics. Renaming the landscape: to build a national culture and shared identity, replace british names with war hero names, christopher columbus popularized, washington, horse carriages go on opposite sides of the road after the war. An independent culture: webster"s an american dictionary of the english language, bartram"s nature book. John jay and hamilton, society for the promotion of the manumission of slaves. Competing for control of the mississippi valley: expansion and resistance from native americans. Disputed territory: the old southwest: spanish controlled louisiana, florida, and both banks of mississippi, florida still a haven for runaway slaves under the spanish\england granted right to navigate mississippi.
