. . Terminology Lincoln presided over the expansion of the federal government's economic influence in other areas the National Banking Act created the system of national banks it also established a national currency in 1862 Congress created the Department of Agriculture.:424 in 1862 Lincoln sent a senior general John Pope to put down the "Sioux Uprising" in Minnesota Presented with 303 execution warrants for Santee Dakota who were convicted of killing innocent farmers Lincoln conducted his own personal review of each warrant eventually approving 39 for execution (one was later reprieved).:182. Further information: Sons of Liberty, Many of the Founding Fathers attended or graduated from the colonial colleges most notably Columbia known at the time as "King's College" Princeton originally known as "The College of New Jersey" Harvard College the College of William and Mary Yale College and University of Pennsylvania Some had previously been home schooled or obtained early instruction from private tutors or academies. Others had studied abroad Ironically Benjamin Franklin who had little formal education himself would ultimately establish the College of Philadelphia based on European models (1740); "Penn" would have the first medical school (1765) in the thirteen colonies where another Founder Benjamin Rush would eventually teach. Committee on Expenditures in the War Department Preparation for war The South developed an agricultural economy dependent on commodity crops Its planters rapidly acquired a significantly higher number and proportion of slaves in the population overall as its commodity crops were labor-intensive. Early on enslaved people in the South worked primarily on farms and plantations growing indigo rice and tobacco; cotton did not become a major crop until after the American Revolution and after the 1790s Before then long-staple cotton was cultivated primarily on the Sea Islands of Georgia and South Carolina. . The Bear Springs Treaty ended a large scale insurrection by the Ute Zuni Moquis and Navajo tribes. After the successful conquest of New Mexico American troops moved into modern-day northwest Mexico, In a section negotiated by James Madison of Virginia Section 2 of Article I designated "other persons" (slaves) to be added to the total of the state's free population at the rate of three-fifths of their total number to establish the state's official population for the purposes of apportionment of Congressional representation and federal taxation. This disproportionately strengthened the political power of Southern representatives as three-fifths of the (non-voting) slave population was counted for Congressional apportionment. .
. . Vte Midfield terminals, 5 Economy Subsequent events in the lives of the Founding Fathers after the adoption of the Constitution were characterized by success or failure reflecting the abilities of these men as well as the vagaries of fate. Washington Adams Jefferson Madison and Monroe served in highest U.S office of president Jay would be appointed as president of the United States and later elected to two terms as Governor of New York, Franklin Washington John Williams and Henry Wisner had little formal education and were largely self-taught or learned through apprenticeship. .
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