America’s infancy saw a great deal of issues regarding their government before they became the power they are today. Many of these issues were due to the American population's fear of returning to a monarchical system like they had before, but despised. These issues included slavery, foreign and domestic affairs, taxation, the rise of politically associated parties and the addition of new territories. Through this essay, I will give my analysis about the issues brought up in the Ellis book and my thoughts on how they shaped America's landscape. In the book Ellis brings up a couple of key domestic affairs, which include slavery, the debt crisis post war , taxation, the power of the state government versus the power of the federal government and the rise of …show more content…
However, neutrality was something Washington heavily believed in, and it is shown with the Proclamation of Neutrality, which as Ellis writes “declared America an impartial witness to the ongoing European conflict” (Ellis,135). He had this mindset because of what he learned while serving in the army which was to essentially keep out of things that you knew you couldn’t win right now, which is also shown by Jay’s Treaty which as Ellis puts it “postponed war with England until America was economically and politically more capable of fighting one” (Ellis,137). However, with this treaty with England, the U.S and English started to work together in a way that imports from England were favored which In turn as Ellis says “linked American security and economic development to the British fleet, which provided a protective shield of incalculable value” (Ellis, 136-137). This was not seen the same way from the American people's perspective however, with the country now working with England economically, the people saw it as Ellis puts it, “betrayal of the very independence won in the Revolution”