I regret none of the commentary made about the French Revolution. Vive la France!
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| 1999246165 | Anti-Slavery Society | This was the first society of its kind founded by the Quakers. | 0 | |
| 1999246166 | Western Lands | Maryland held out passing the Articles of Confederation due to this issue. | 1 | |
| 1999246167 | Land Ordinance of 1785 | Provided for the sale of land in the Old Northwest and earmarked the proceeds toward repaying the national debt. | 2 | |
| 1999246168 | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | Created a policy for administrating the Northwest Territories. It included a path to statehood and forbade the expansion of slavery into the territories. | 3 | |
| 1999246169 | Slavery | Outlawed under the Northwest Ordinance and the cause of the 3/5 Compromise. | 4 | |
| 1999246170 | Shays' Rebellion | Armed uprising of western Massachusetts debtors seeking lower taxes and an end to property foreclosures. Though quickly put down, the insurrection inspired fears of "mob rule" among leaders. | 5 | |
| 1999246171 | Annapolis Convention | Meeting of five states to discuss inter-state commerce. While there, they decided to meet in Philadelphia in a year to discuss revising the Articles of Confederation. | 6 | |
| 1999246172 | Constitutional Convention | Was a meeting of fifty delegates who created the Constitution in Philadelphia. | 7 | |
| 1999246173 | James Madison | This man was the "Father of the Constitution". | 8 | |
| 1999246174 | Alexander Hamilton | This man was the first Secretary of the Treasury. He was a big federalist who favored the British as well as strong central government. | 9 | |
| 1999246175 | Thomas Jefferson | This man was the first Secretary of State and was the only original revolutionary not present at the Constitutional Convention because he was serving as an overseas delegate. He favored the French, an agricultural society, and was a Republican. | 10 | |
| 1999246176 | Virginia Plan | This plan called for proportional representation in a bicameral Congress, and it favored states with larger population. | 11 | |
| 1999246177 | New Jersey Plan | This plan called for equal representation in a unicameral Congress, and favored states with smaller population. | 12 | |
| 1999246178 | Great Compromise | This eventually became the structure for the government we still have today. It calls for a Senate in which there is equal representation and for a House of Representatives in which there is proportional representation. | 13 | |
| 1999246179 | 3/5 Compromise | Determined that each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person (even though they could not vote and were technically property) for the purpose of apportioning taxes and representation. The compromise granted disproportionate political power to the Southern slave states. | 14 | |
| 1999246180 | Electoral College | This actually decided who will become president, not popular vote. | 15 | |
| 1999246181 | Bill of Rights | First ten amendments to the Constitution and the only reason the Anti-Federalists agreed to accept the Constitution as the new form of United States government. | 16 | |
| 1999246182 | Agriculture | In this time period, ninety percent of Americans worked in this field. | 17 | |
| 1999246183 | Cabinet | Even though not included in the Constitution, George Washington created this system of advisers to the President. At the time it was created, it only included three positions. | 18 | |
| 1999246184 | Henry Knox | This man was George Washington's Secretary of War. | 19 | |
| 1999246185 | Assumption | Transfer of debt from one party to another. In order to strengthen the union, the federal government assumed the states' Revolutionary War debts in 1790, thereby tying the interests of wealthy lenders wit those of the national government. | 20 | |
| 1999246186 | Funding at par | Payment of debts, such as government bonds, at face value. In 1790, Hamilton proposed that the federal government pay its Revolutionary War debts in full in order to bolster the nations credit. | 21 | |
| 1999246187 | Necessary and Proper Clause | This amendment to the Constitution states that the government has the right to create and enforce any laws or policies not specifically written in the Constitution if they are deemed fit. | 22 | |
| 1999246188 | Bank of the United States | Alexander Hamilton created this to manage the country's funds. | 23 | |
| 1999246189 | Whiskey Rebellion | Armed uprising of farmers in Western Pennsylvania over Hamilton's Whiskey tax. | 24 | |
| 1999246190 | Neutrality Proclamation | Issued by George Washington, it proclaimed America's formal neutrality in the escalating conflict between England and France. | 25 | |
| 1999246191 | Treaty of Greenville | Under the terms of the treaty, the Miami Confederacy would cede territory in the Old Northwest to the US in exchange for cash payment, hunting privileges, and formal recognition of their sovereign status. | 26 | |
| 1999246192 | Miami Confederacy | Tribe of Natives that, at the British's prodding, attacked Western American settlers. | 27 | |
| 1999246193 | Jay's Treaty | This treaty included a British promise to evacuate outposts on US soil and pay damage for seized American vessels, in change for which Jay bound the US to repay pre-Revolutionary War debts and to abide by Britain's restrictive trading policies towards France. | 28 | |
| 1999246194 | Pinckney Treaty | Signed with the Spanish which, fearing an Anglo-American alliance, granted Americans free navigation of the Mississippi and the disputed territory of Florida. | 29 | |
| 1999246195 | Washington's Farewell Address | Washington's parting words warning the Americans against political parties and entangling alliances. | 30 | |
| 1999246196 | Alien Act | Act passed by a Federalist Congress raising the residency requirement for citizenship to fourteen years and granting the president the power to deport dangerous foreigners in times of peace. | 31 | |
| 1999246197 | Sedition Act | This law made anyone convicted of defaming government officials or interfering with government policies liable to imprisonment and a heavy fine. | 32 | |
| 1999246198 | XYZ Affair | Diplomatic conflict between France and American when American envoys to France were asked to pay a hefty bribe for the privilege of meeting with a French foreign minister. | 33 | |
| 1999246199 | Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | Stated that if states were unhappy with a federal law they could nullify and negate it within their own lands. It was in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts. | 34 | |
| 1999246200 | 1781 | War ends Articles of Confederation ratified | 35 | |
| 1999246201 | 1783 | Treaty of Paris signed | 36 | |
| 1999246202 | 1785 | Land Ordinance passes | 37 | |
| 1999246203 | 1786 | Shays Rebellion Annapolis Convention | 38 | |
| 1999246204 | 1787 | Constitutional Convention Northwest Ordinance passes | 39 | |
| 1999246205 | 1789 | Constitution becomes the law of the land Washington elected and inaugurated French Revolution begins (Vive la France!) | 40 | |
| 1999246206 | 1791 | Bill of Rights is added to the Constitution | 41 | |
| 1999246207 | 1792 | Washington is re-elected President Reign of Terror begins (aka Reign of Robespierre) King Louis beheaded in 1793 (Death to the King! Liberty for France! Let the barricades arise!) | 42 | |
| 1999246208 | 1792-1793 | Two political parties form (Democratic Republicans and Federalists) | 43 | |
| 1999246209 | 1793 | Washington issues the Neutrality Proclamation (America didn't join in our crusade. America was not strong and did not stand with me. America did not long to see the world beyond the barricade) Citizen Genet comes to America and will be expelled later (he was actually doing alright until he started talking poorly about the venerable George Washington-that was the point at which Genet fell from the book's graces) | 44 | |
| 1999246210 | 1794 | Whiskey Rebellion Battle of Fallen Timbers Jay's Treaty | 45 | |
| 1999246211 | 1795 | Treaty of Greeneville signed Pinckney's Treaty with Spain | 46 | |
| 1999246212 | 1796 | Washington's Farewell Address (The beating of his heart never echoed the beating of the drums, even though there was a life about to start when tomorrow came.) | 47 | |
| 1999246213 | 1797 | Adams becomes President XYZ Affair (this is why we can't let the bourgeoisie do anything) | 48 | |
| 1999246214 | 1798 | Alien Act (Citizen, my mother is the Republic.) Sedition Acts (UNCONSTITUTIONAL) | 49 | |
| 1999246215 | 1799 | Virginian and Kentucky Resolutions | 50 | |
| 1999246216 | 1799-1800 | An "undeclared war" with France (To the barricades!) | 51 | |
| 1999246217 | 1800 | Convention of 1800 Peace with France (32 years later France has another Revolution and this one actually does stuff-spoiler alert!) | 52 |
