Mocking idleness and turning labor [in the North] into a badge of honor made the South, with its leisured aristocracy supported by slavery, seem even more anomalous than it had been at the time of the Revolution, thus aggravating the growing sectional split in the country. Many Southern aristocrats began emphasizing their cavalier status in contrast to the money-grubbing northern Yankees. They were fond of saying that they were real gentlemen, a rare thing in America.
| Place | City | |
|---|---|---|
| Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site | Bristol | Includes unearthed remnants of Fort William Henry and Fort Frederick. |
| Fort George | Castine | Built by the British in 1789 and location of the largest American amphibious operation of the war. |
| Montpelier – The General Henry Knox Museum | Thomaston | Built in 1794, Montpelier was constructed as the retirement home of Henry and Lucy Knox, and was in use by the family until 1854; it was razed in 1871. The current Montpelier is a recreation built in 1930 and includes some of Knox’s personal effects. |
| Sayward-Wheeler House | York Harbor | Well-preserved home of Jonathan Sayward, a merchant and a loyalist, originally built in 1718 and then enlarged. |
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815 (2009)