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A Sovereign People: The Crises of the 1790s and the Birth of American Nationalism

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The momentous story of how George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and John Adams navigated the crises of the 1790s and within the process bound the states into a unified nation

Today the US is the dominant power in world affairs, and that status turns out assured. Yet within the decade following the ratification of the Constitution, the republic’s existence was once contingent and fragile, challenged by domestic rebellions, foreign interference, and the at all times-present danger of collapse into mob rule.
Carol Berkin reveals that the nation survived almost entirely as a result of the actions of the Federalist leadership–George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and John Adams. Reacting to successive crises, they extended the power of the government and fended off foreign attempts to subvert American sovereignty. As Berkin argues, the result was once a spike in nationalism, as unusual citizens started to identify with their nation first, their home states second.
While the Revolution freed the states and the Constitution linked them as never before, this landmark work shows that it was once the Federalists who transformed the states into a long-lasting nation.
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