Revolution and the RepublicI. Introduction

II. The RevolutionA. Lawful RevolutionB. Redefining Treason

III. Republican JusticeA. State ConstitutionsB. Statutes

IV. Restoring AuthorityA. Unrest

1. Slavery2. Debt3. Money4. Shay’s Rebellion

B. The ConstitutionC. The Restoration of Common Law

1. Master and Servant2. Criminal Conspiracy3. Farmers and Debt

D. The Clampdown

Lawful Revolution

Redefining Treason

• Major John Andre

• Benedict Arnold

Republican Justice

Unrest

• Slavery

• War Debt

• Currency shortage

• Shays’ Rebellion (1786)

Woodcut of Daniel Shays (on left, 1787)

Federal Constitution (1787)

• Federalist Papers

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

Restoring Common Law

• Master and servant• Criminal conspiracy• Debt

The Clampdown

• Whiskey Rebellion, 1793