American Creation Summary

Throughout the country, students everyday are taught the triumphs and tragedies of our Founding Fathers who have helped create such a rich and powerful nation known as The United States of America. Although the success of America is clearly evident today, many don’t recognize the failures and tactics used to climb this nation to the top. In the book American Creation by Joseph J. Ellis, the triumphs of America are equally reflected onto the failures, which tend to be hidden away or simply not acknowledged. Ellis targets the 28 year period between the start of the War for Independence, all the way up to the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. This quarter of the eighteenth century is reflected upon today as the most politically creative era in American
Lexington and Concord being the start of this war, and one of the monumental moments in American history. The Declaration was a good stepping stone in the long-term run of good virtue for the country. It may at the time not have meant as much as it does today, but the Founders had created a document that would control the way we run our country to this day. This Declaration outlined the countries first ideals and goals they had wished to push it to. It symbolic as a document of freedom to all Americans. The second chapter, "The Winter", discusses General George Washington's achievement in holding the Continental Army together during a hard winter at Valley Forge. The confidence Washington had was skyrocketed, as he believed that time and space were on Americans side, adn the only way to truly win was to simply take it
This was a treaty that had been signed between the Ministers Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of the United States and the Minister plenipotentiary of the French government that the United States now had full rights over New Orleans, and the whole of Louisiana. This new acquisition would double the size of America, and give Americans more freedom to access of trade routes. Thomas Jefferson, who was the president of the United States at the time believed that purchasing the land was necessary for the countries growing population, as it was nourished with resources for farming and trade routes. With much more land to grow on, more plantations arose with many more goods being grown. Despite many of the benefits this glorious land had in store for the good of the country, many believe that the purchase was unconstitutional, as it was not stated that the government could buy foreign land. Jefferson had felt this was important, as America's Population was increasing alarmingly quick, and their wouldn't have been enough resources to support the country. Without it, America arguably would never be as advanced as it had become in modern day, nor will it be one of the most powerful nations in the world. In the Constitution there is no specific language that authorized the government to make these acquisitions on foreign treaty. With that being said, many thought it was hypocritical that Jefferson had spent his entire