Download or read book Navigating the Era of Internal Improvements written by Rick L. Woten and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On August 8, 1846, Congress granted the Territory of Iowa a parcel of land for the purpose of facilitating a project to improve the Des Moines River. Iowa in turn sold the land to pay for improvements on the Des Moines River in the hopes of seeing the river become a transportation route that connected markets and people. The Des Moines River Land Grant was not the first of its kind in American history, rather it resulted from an emerging national awareness and focus on internal improvements. Although internal improvements played a part in the development of the nation from the beginning, the stress of increasing populations and their movement westward brought the issue onto the national stage. Traditional literature portrayed the project as a failure due to controversies arising from an ambiguous land grant, adversarial titles, conflicting land grants, and the arrival of railroads. Although undoubtedly the realization of a navigable Des Moines River that served as a great thoroughfare for the transportation of midwestern produce never occurred, the Des Moines River Improvement Lands Grant was far from a failure. Nineteenth century America underwent numerous changes in response to evolving social, political, and economic forces. Those changes often presented new challenges to individuals, corporations, and state and federal governments. The Des Moines River Lands Grant and improvement project served as one such agent of transformation and change. The first chapter begins by exploring the Congressional conveyance of the Des Moines River Lands Grant and the Iowa General Assembly's experimentation with administrative hierarchies while pursuing the vigorous completion of the project. The second chapter explores the federal government's struggle for authority. Throughout the nineteenth century, the federal government underwent many changes. The final chapter examines the role of the Des Moines River Lands Grant in aiding the transformation of the American legal system.
Download or read book Internal Improvement written by John Lauritz Larson and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2002-11-25 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the people of British North America threw off their colonial bonds, they sought more than freedom from bad government: most of the founding generation also desired the freedom to create and enjoy good, popular, responsive government. This book traces the central issue on which early Americans pinned their hopes for positive government action--internal improvement. The nation's early republican governments undertook a wide range of internal improvement projects meant to assure Americans' security, prosperity, and enlightenment--from the building of roads, canals, and bridges to the establishment of universities and libraries. But competitive struggles eventually undermined the interstate and interregional cooperation required, and the public soured on the internal improvement movement. Jacksonian politicians seized this opportunity to promote a more libertarian political philosophy in place of activist, positive republicanism. By the 1850s, the United States had turned toward a laissez-faire system of policy that, ironically, guaranteed more freedom for capitalists and entrepreneurs than ever envisioned in the founders' revolutionary republicanism.
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Download or read book Internal Improvement written by John Lauritz Larson and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the people of British North America threw off their colonial bonds, they sought more than freedom from bad government: most of the founding generation also desired the freedom to create and enjoy good, popular, responsive government. This book traces
Download or read book A Companion to the Era of Andrew Jackson written by Sean Patrick Adams and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-01-28 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A COMPANION TO THE ERA OF ANDREW JACKSON More than perhaps any other president, Andrew Jackson’s story mirrored that of the United States; from his childhood during the American Revolution, through his military actions against both Native Americans and Great Britain, and continuing into his career in politics. As president, Jackson attacked the Bank of the United States, railed against disunion in South Carolina, defended the honor of Peggy Eaton, and founded the Democratic Party. In doing so, Andrew Jackson was not only an eyewitness to some of the seminal events of the Early American Republic; he produced an indelible mark on the nation’s political, economic, and cultural history. A Companion to the Era of Andrew Jackson features a collection of more than 30 original essays by leading scholars and historians that consider various aspects of the life, times, and legacy of the seventh president of the United States. Topics explored include life in the Early American Republic; issues of race, religion, and culture; the rise of the Democratic Party; Native American removal events; the Panic of 1837; the birth of women’s suffrage, and more.
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