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The Federalists and the West 1783-1803
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Allen, Michael |
| Copyright Year | 1978 |
| Abstract | to establish territorial government, to provide for sales of the public lands, and to make treaties with the Indians as well as the British and Spanish in the trans-Appalachian West. As the Confederation Congress began to create the first American western policy, it soon became obvious that there was considerable disagreement over just what that policy should be. The division over the West was largely sectional, but ithad great political implications. Eastern Nationalists, 2 those northeasterners who advocated more power for the national government (ultimately via the federal Constitution), were wary of westward expansion. Men like John Jay, Rufus King, Timothy Pickering, Nathan Dane, and Gouverneur Morris feared that new western states |
| Starting Page | 315 |
| Ending Page | 332 |
| Page Count | 18 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1163/2468-1733_shafr_sim030170005 |
| Volume Number | 61 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/download/3549/3380 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1163/2468-1733_shafr_sim030170005 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Biography |
