Full Vocabulary from chapter 8 of the "Out of Many" AP United States History textbook
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| 1610995730 | Shay's rebellion | an armed movement of debt-ridden farmers in western Massachusetts in the winter of 1786-1787, the rebellion created a crisis atmosphere | 0 | |
| 1610995731 | nationalists | group of leaders in the 1780s who spearheaded the drive to replace the Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government | 1 | |
| 1610995732 | annapolis convention | conference of state delegates at Annapolis, Maryland, that issued a call in September 1786 for a convention to meet at Philadelphia to consider fundamental changes | 2 | |
| 1610995733 | virginia plan | proposal calling for a national legislature in which the states would be represented according to population | 3 | |
| 1610995734 | new jersey plan | proposal of the New Jersey delegation for a strengthened national government in which all states would have an equal representation in a unicameral legislature | 4 | |
| 1610995735 | great compromise | plan proposed at the 1787 Constitutional Convention for creating a national bicameral legislature | 5 | |
| 1610995736 | federalists | supporters of the Constitution who favored its ratification | 6 | |
| 1610995737 | anti federalists | opponents of the Constitution in the debate over its ratification | 7 | |
| 1610995738 | judiciary act of 1789 | act of Congress that implemented the judiciary clause of the Constitution by establishing the Supreme Court and a system of lower federal courts | 8 | |
| 1610995739 | judicial review | a power implied in the Constitution that gives federal courts the right to review and determine the constitutionality of acts passed by Congress and state legislatures | 9 | |
| 1610995740 | tariff of 1789 | apart from a few selected industries, this first tariff passed by Congress was intended to raise revenue and not protect American manufacturers from foreign competition | 10 | |
| 1610995741 | intercourse act | basic law passed by Congress in 1790 which stated that the United States would regulate trade and interaction with Indian tribes | 11 | |
| 1610995742 | treaty of greenville | treaty of 1795 in which Native Americans in the Old Northwest were forced to cede most of the present state of Ohio to the United States | 12 | |
| 1610995743 | jay's treaty | treaty with Britain negotiated in 1794 in which the United States made major concessions to avert a war over the British seizure of American ships | 13 | |
| 1610995744 | federalism | the sharing of powers between the national government and the states | 14 | |
| 1610995745 | republicans | party headed by Thomas Jefferson that formed in opposition to the financial and diplomatic policies of the Federalist Party; favored limiting the powers of the national government and placing the interests over those of financial and commercial groups | 15 | |
| 1610995746 | xyz affair | diplomatic incident in 1798 in which Americans were outraged by the demand of the French for a bribe as a condition for negotiating with American diplomats | 16 | |
| 1610995747 | quasi war | undeclared naval war of 1797 to 1800 between the United States and France | 17 | |
| 1610995748 | alien and sedition acts | collective name given to four acts passed by Congress in 1798 that curtailed freedom of speech and the liberty of foreign residents in the United States | 18 | |
| 1610995749 | states' rights | favoring the rights of individual states over rights claimed by the national government | 19 | |
| 1610995750 | suffrage | the right to vote in a political election | 20 |
