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When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to:
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Define republicanism and explain how the first state constitutions reflected the postwar view of republicanism. |
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Describe the Articles of Confederation and explain why it proved unsatisfactory. |
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Explain the ways in which the settlement of the West gave rise to both diplomatic and domestic political conflict, yet produced the Northwest Ordinance, which reconfigured sectional tension. |
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Explain how American revolutionaries understood "equality" and how this view shaped the scope and limits of social changes during the postrevolutionary period. |
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Describe the framing of the federal Constitution and explain why many Americans were willing to establish a strong national government. |