Still, with a new generation emerging by 1815, most Americans were confident and optimistic about the future of their country. Many wanted to avoid entanglements with Europe, but instead the country became involved in Europe's wars and ended up waging another war with the former mother country. Slavery in the North, slavery was stronger in 1815 than it had been in 1789. The leaders also hope to see the end of slavery instead, despite the release of many slaves and the end of To flourish and surpass that of Europe instead it became popularized and vulgarized. Instead, by 1815 the United States became something neither group anticipated. Some wanted the United States to become a great fiscal-military state like those of Britain and France others wanted the country to remain a rural agricultural state very different from the European states. They hated political parties but parties nonetheless emerged. Government had high hopes for the future, but few of their hopes and dreams worked out quite as they expected. As Wood reveals, the period was marked by tumultuous change in all aspects of American life-in politics, society, economy, and culture. Wood, offers a brilliant account of the early American Republic, ranging from 1789 and the beginning of the national government to Now, in the newest volume in the series, one of America's most esteemed historians, Gordon S. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize winners, two New York Times bestsellers, and winners of the Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation.

Empire of Liberty by Gordon S. Wood