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Articles of confederation

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November 1777

The first constitution provided for the new central government

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Shay’s rebellion

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When the farmers rebelled because of the government seizing their land.

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James Madison

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A Virginia planter who was active in the American revolution union

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Virginia plan

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A plan which made the house representatives proportional

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New Jersey plan

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A plan to have each state have one vote

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The Great Comprise

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An agreement that each state got a certain amount of votes decided by their population

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Three-Fifths compromise

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Each enslaved person equal three-fifths of a free person

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Baron de Montesquieu

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A philosopher of the enlightenment

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John Locke

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English philosopher that believed that all people have natural rights

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Checks and balances

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Each branch of government had a way to limit the power of one another

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Popular sovereignty

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Political theory that government is subject to the will of the people

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Constitution

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Plan of government

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Republic

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A government in which its rule through elected representatives

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John Adams

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He was sent to London to discuss the British trade policy

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Alexander Hamilton

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A New York lawyer who proposed a convention to discuss trade issues

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The constitutional convention

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A meeting to discuss trade issues with Great Britain

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Amend

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Improve

People wanted to improve the article of confederation

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Federalist vs antifederalist

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People who wanted to change the articles of confederation vs the people who didn’t

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George Washington 1786

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At first was an antifederalist but changed his mind after shays rebellion

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Federalism

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Sharing power between the federal and state government

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Legislative branch

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Law making branch

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Executive branch

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President who carries out the nations laws

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Judicial branch

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Cory systems/ Supreme Court

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Amendment

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Something added to a document (bill of rights)

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European influences
The United States based their constitution on tactics used by other empires
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Preamble
The introduction to a formal document especially the constitution
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Precedent
A tradition | George Washington thought that these would shape the nation
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Bond
A note issued by the government that promised to pay off a loan with interest Hamiltons plan to pay back other nations
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Tariff
A tax on imports | Meant to protect new American industries
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Northwest ordinance
Passed in 1787 | Law that Created a single northwest territory north of the Ohio river
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John Jay
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court elected by George Washington
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Neutrality
Not taking sides | the war between France and Britain
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Impressment
To force people who are not apart of your country to serve in your navy Britain impressed American ships.
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Whiskey Rebellion
A tax was put on whiskey and western Pennsylvania was holding a resistance on the tax
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Alien and Sedition Acts
It was a law allowing the government to imprison false immigrants France was sending people into the states to spy so
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Sedition
Activities aimed at weakening the established government.
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Cabinet
``` The three departments heads and the attorney general. State department Treasury department War department Attorney general ```
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Thomas Jefferson
Head of the state department and he handled affairs with other nations
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Alexander Hamilton
Head of the department of treasury he handled financial matters
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National debt
The amount of money owned by the government | At time was very high
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Bill of rights
December 1791 | First ten amendments in the constitution that limits the power of the government
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Unconstitutional
Something that goes against the constitution.
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Hamilton's plan
Created by Alexander Hamilton he created to fix the national debt. The plan was to borrow money from other states' industrial development and their commercial activities
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Aliens
Immigrants living in the country that were not citizens
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States' Rights
The government can only follow the powers they were granted in the constitution
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XYZ Affair
Secret agents sent to France to try to get help from the French against the British
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Federalist vs the republicans
People who wanted the national bank and Hamilton's plan vs the people who didn't
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Washington D.C Location
They moved it to Philadelphia temporality
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Washington's Farewell
When Washington denied his second term as president
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John Adams
Second president of the United States that sealed with the problems of Britain
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Judicial review
The right of the supreme quart to determine if something isolated the constitution
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Judiciary act of 1801
The act set up regional courts for the United States
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Napoleon Bonaparte
At the time France's leader who wanted to created empires in Europe and in the Americas
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Zebulon Pike
Lieutenant who led 2 expeditions | He traveled through the upper Mississippi River valley
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Embargo act
Prohibited trade with other countries | Used to get back at France and Britain but didn't work
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Nonintercourse Act
The act only prohibited trade with France and Britain
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War of 1812
Madison declared war Britain for impressing the American soldiers and ships
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Barbary pirates
Pirates were based out of North Africa
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War with Tripoli
Tripoli declared war on America because they didn't want to pay tribute
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Privateer
Armed pirate ships
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Treaty of Ghent
December 1814 | A peace agreement between America and Britain
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Fort McHenry
Kept the British from entering Baltimore through the harbor
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Patent
Gives the inventor the sole legal right to the invention and profit for a certain period of time
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Capitalism
The economic system of the United States
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Francis Cabot Lowell
Improved Slater's process and created a textile mill
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Census
The official count of the population
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Turnpike
Roads with tolls
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Locks
Separate compartments in which compartments were lowered or raised
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State sovereignty
The idea that states have the right to governments
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Missouri compromise
March 1820 | Made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state

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