5407325595 | Articles of Confederation | first national constitution cause major limitations for the national government | ![]() | 0 |
5407397934 | Abigal Adams | wife of John Adam wrote letters about women's right to JA during his term as president | ![]() | 1 |
5407426643 | Shays' Rebellion | farmers who were not paid after fighting in the Revolutionary war took over courthouses to keep their farms from being foreclosed on | ![]() | 2 |
5407444742 | Whiskey Rebellion | rebellion over tax put on whiskey by the new federal government | ![]() | 3 |
5407463932 | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | selling of land to the west of the appalachian mountains by the government | ![]() | 4 |
5407489512 | Alexander Hamilton | Founding Father held the Annapolis Convention secretary of the treasury for George Washington | ![]() | 5 |
5407497181 | Annapolis Convention | held by Alexander Hamilton only 5 delegates came originally going to amend the Articles of Confederation | ![]() | 6 |
5407514087 | New Jersey Plan | equal representation for each state (for Congress) | ![]() | 7 |
5407519995 | Virgina Plan | representation based on population (for Congress) system of checks and balances | ![]() | 8 |
5407535298 | Great Compromise or the Connecticut Compromise | Mix of the New Jersey Plan (Senate) and the Virginia Plan (House of Representatives) and the addition of the Constitution | ![]() | 9 |
5407568479 | Three branches of government | Executive: President & VP Legislative: Congress (senate & house of representatives) Judicial: Supreme Court | ![]() | 10 |
5407593547 | Anti-Federalists | Against the new constitution without a bill of rights | ![]() | 11 |
5407601298 | Bill of Rights | First ten amendments of the constitution put into effect in 1791 | ![]() | 12 |
5407607781 | Federalists | for the new constitution | ![]() | 13 |
5407622413 | The Federalists Papers | Propaganda for the new constitution written by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton | ![]() | 14 |
5454747029 | Constitution | put into effect in 1788 rules set out for the new government | ![]() | 15 |
5454770798 | Thomas Jefferson | secretary of state for George Washington | ![]() | 16 |
5496513009 | National Bank | created by Hamilton to help regulate and strength | ![]() | 17 |
5496557585 | national debt | accrued during the war handled by Hamilton | ![]() | 18 |
5496562803 | Washington D.C. | where the capital was moved to in order to be the house of the government | ![]() | 19 |
5499095651 | French Revolution | happened during the Washington Administration argued whether to support or not | ![]() | 20 |
5499103471 | Citizen Edmond Genêt | came to the US to ask for support in the war | 21 | |
5499107680 | Neutrality Proclamation | US declared to be "Friendly and impartial towards belligerent powers" | ![]() | 22 |
5499116616 | Federalists (Political Party) | favored a strong federal government | ![]() | 23 |
5499122738 | Democratic-Republicans | followers of Thomas Jefferson | ![]() | 24 |
5499128323 | Whiskey Rebellion | western Pennsylvania farmers resisted a tax of whiskey | ![]() | 25 |
5499140467 | Treaty of San Lorenzo (Pinckney's Treaty) | Spain agreed to try and prevent attacks on Western settlers from Native Americans | ![]() | 26 |
5499158033 | executive privilege | the right of the president to withhold information when doing so would protect national security | ![]() | 27 |
5499180581 | farewell adress | written by Alexander Hamilton advised future presidents to "steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world" | ![]() | 28 |
AP US History Chapter 8 Flashcards
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