The American Pageant 11th edition chapters 9-10
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| exclusive hereditary order formed by Continental Army officers | ||
| statement of religious liberty, written by Thomas Jefferson | ||
| founded by the Pennsylvania Quakers in 1775 | ||
| called for complete abolition of slave trade in 1774 | ||
| called in 1776 to draft new constitutions | ||
| Laws of basic and listing importance which may not easily be changed | ||
| This document, the nations first constitution, was adopted by the second continental congress in 1781 during the revolution. the document was limited because states held most of the power, and congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, or control coinage | ||
| No power to regulate commerce, Couldn't enforce taxation | ||
| A law that divided much of the United States into a system of townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers. | ||
| Created the Northwest Territory (area north of the Ohio River and west of Pennsylvania), established conditions for self-government and statehood, included a Bill of Rights, and permanently prohibited slavery | ||
| Wrote a popular pamphlet in England that said Britain would win back America's trade and that commerce would naturally follow old channels. | ||
| uprising led by Daniel Shays in an effort to prevent courts from foreclosing on the farms of those who could not pay the taxes | ||
| former continental army captain, led the shays rebellion ( debt issues) | ||
| 1789-1795; First Secretary of the Treasury. He advocated creation of a national bank, assumption of state debts by the federal government, and a tariff system to pay off the national debt. | ||
| The meeting of state delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia called to revise the Articles of Confederation. It instead designed a new plan of government, the US Constitution. | ||
| President of the constitutional Convention | ||
| Plan proposed by Virginia for representation in both houses should be based on population. Bicameral. | ||
| Plan proposed by New Jersey for equal representation regardless of size or population. Unicameral. | ||
| Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house | ||
| the agreement by which the number of each state's representatives in Congress would be based on a count of all the free people plus three-fifths of the slaves | ||
| They opposed the ratification of the Constitution because it gave more power to the federal government and less to the states, and because it did not ensure individual rights. Many wanted to keep the Articles of Confederation. The Antifederalists were instrumental in obtaining passage of the Bill of Rights as a prerequisite to ratification of the Constitution in several states. After the ratification of the Constitution, the Antifederalists regrouped as the Democratic-Republican (or simply Republican) party. | ||
| Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, and Richard Henry Lee | ||
| Supporters of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government. | ||
| George Washington and Ben Franklin | ||
| Thomas Jefferson | ||
| Alexander Hamilton | ||
| Henry Knox | ||
| wrote the Bill of Rights | ||
| it organized the Supreme Court with a Chief Justice and five associate justices | ||
| first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | ||
| Native Americans removed from Ohio | ||
| Stable Currency, Bank of the US, Assume State Debts, Keep a National Debt, Tariff | ||
| caused Jefferson to organize the Democratic-Republicans | ||
| Whiskey, led to Whiskey Rebellion | ||
| In 1794, farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey, and several federal officers were killed in the riots caused by their attempts to serve arrest warrants on the offenders. In October, 1794, the army, led by Washington, put down the rebellion. The incident showed that the new government under the Constitution could react swiftly and effectively to such a problem, in contrast to the inability of the government under the Articles of Confederation to deal with Shay's Rebellion. | ||
| gave Americans navigation of Mississippi River | ||
| Was made up by John Jay. It said that Britain was to pay for Americans ships that were seized in 1793. It said that Americans had to pay British merchants debts owed from before the revolution and Britain had agreed to remove their troops from the Ohio Valley | ||
| incident of the late 1790s in which French secret agents demanded a bribe and a loan to France in lieu of negotiating a dispute over the Jay Treaty and other issues | ||
| John Adams | ||
| made it a crime to write, print, utter, or publish criticism of the president of government | ||
| written by Madison, declared that states had the rights of nullification, never passed | ||
| written by Jefferson, declared that states had the rights of nullification, never passed | ||
| Private enterprise, Britain | ||
| supported states' rights, France | ||
| made by John Jay. It annulled the peace treaty between France and America and called for France to pay the damage claims of American shippers. | ||
| the part of the Constitution that permits Congress to make any laws "necessary and proper" to carrying out its powers | ||
| The leader of the army that crushed the Indians of the Northwest Territory in 1794. | ||
| 1794, struggle between American Indians and the United States for control of the Northwest Territory | ||
| document which proclaimed official neutrality in the war between England and France |
