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| a leader in a rebellion against the state of Massachusetts due to the amount of discontent of farmers that lost their land due to mortgage foreclosures and tax delinquencies during the war while they were off fighting. The rebellion, though put down by the state militia, signaled the need for a stronger central government. | ||
| 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 fourth President of the United States (1809-1817). A member of the Continental Congress (1780-1783) and the Constitutional Convention (1787), he strongly supported ratification of the Constitution and was a contributor to The Federalist Papers (1787-1788), which argued the effectiveness of the proposed constitution. His presidency was marked by the War of 1812. | ||
| Virginian, architect, author, governor, and president. Lived at Monticello. Wrote the Declaration of Independence. Second governor of Virgina. Third president of the United States. Designed the buildings of the University of Virginia. | ||
| right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son | ||
| Lawless control of public affairs by the mob or populace. | ||
| a form of government in which people elect representatives to create and enforce laws | ||
| The concept that political power rests with the people who can create, alter, and abolish government. People express themselves through voting and free participation in government | ||
| it elevated women as keepers of the national conscience because they were entrusted with the moral education of the young | ||
| 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 | ||
| this document, the nations first constitution, was adopted by the second continental congress in 1781during 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 | ||
| a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president | ||
| A law that divided much of the United States into a system of townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers. | ||
| 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 | ||
| Land in the NW would be surveyed and then sold to help pay off debts. Land was divided up into 36 sections-36 sq. miles. Each section was 640 acres-1 mile squares, further broken up into half, quarter sections. Smallest being 40 acres. | ||
| opponents of a strong central government who campaigned against the ratification of the Constitution in favor of a confederation of independant states | ||
| this conflict in Massachusetts caused many to criticize the Articles of Confederation and admit the weak central government was not working; uprising led by Daniel Shays in an effort to prevent courts from foreclosing on the farms of those who could not pay the taxes | ||
| United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829) | ||
| An insult to the American delegation when they were supposed to be meeting French foreign minister, Talleyrand, but instead they were sent 3 officials Adams called "X,Y, and Z" that demanded $250,000 as a bribe to see Talleyrand. | ||
| French government representative asking for assistance for the French Revolution. Sparked support for the French Revolution and led to the creation of the Democratic-Republican party | ||
| A General, nicknamed "Mad Anthony". Beat Northwest Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers on August 20, 1794. Left British made arms on the fields of battle. After that the Treaty of Greenville in 1795 led to the Indians ceding their claims to a vast tract in the Ohio Country. | ||
| the French foreign minister, whom which three American dipolmats seek to reach an agreement with, they are stopped by the French X, Y, and Z dipolmats and are asked for a bribe to speak with him. Causes XYZ affair. | ||
| way of interpreting the Constitution that allows the federal government to take only those actions the Constitution specifically says it can take | ||
| a tax on imported goods that is intended to protect a nation's businesses from foreign competition | ||
| referring to the culture of agricultural communities and the type of tenure system that determines access to land and the kind of cultivation practices employed there | ||
| British practice of taking American sailors from American ships and forcing them into the British navy; a factor in the War of 1812. | ||
| Hamilton's plan to solve Revolutionary debt, Assumption highly controversial, pushed his plan through Congress, based on loose interpretation of Constitution | ||
| the revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges, and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799. | ||
| a protest caused by tax on liquor; it tested the will of the government, Washington's quick response showed the government's strength and mercy | ||
| Laws passed by congress in 1798 that enabled the government to imprison or deport aliens and to prosecute critics of the government |
