Chapter 6: A New Nation

Alexander Hamilton

________ (bastard, orphan, son of a whore…) wanted to link federal power and the economy.

Thomas Jefferson

________ (Republican) won, and tensions were high.

James Madison

________ wanted a whole new constitution, a proposal he called the Virginia Plan.

What are tarrifs?

Taxing imports to encourage buying domestically.

compromise

The ________ was the House of RepresentativesRights and ________.

What was the Sedition Act?

The Sedition Act allowed the government to prosecute anyone found to be speaking or publishing "false, scandalous, and malicious writing "against the government

dirty compromise

The "________ "between New England and the Deep South allowed the foreign trade of slaves.

John Jay

Jays Treaty, signed by ________, made Britain the US primary trade partner over France.

What was the Alien Act?

The Alien Act allowed the federal government to deport foreign nationals, or “aliens,” who seemed to pose a national security threat

What was the Virginia Plan?

A proposal that the country go against classical learnings that stated that republican governments should be small and homogenous (weak central governments) and create a strong federal government with three branches (legislative, executive, judicial)

What was Jay's Treaty

Solidified Britain as the US' primary trade partner and ensured American neutrality in European conflicts, such as the French Revolution

What is destablishment?

When states separated the Church from state and government affairs

What caused Shay's Rebellion?

Farmers in Massachusetts who were struggling with debt that was being worsened by the local and national economies

When and where was the Constitutional Convention?

In Philadelphia in 1787

What is the Bill of Rights?

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution

What was the dirty compromise?

A compromise between the Deep South and New England that allowed the foreign slave trade to continue for 2 decades

What is the excise tax?

Taxing people who sold certain things, notably whiskey

What is funding at par?

Paying back bonds at the original price in order to look good credit-wise

What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

When armed farmers attacked federal marshals and tax collectors in 1794

What caused the Whiskey Rebellion?

Hamilton’s whiskey tax placed a special burden on western farmers (they would sell grain to local distilleries)

What was Shay's Rebellion

Armed men stormed the federal arsenal and kept judges from foreclosing by surrounding and blockading courts, terrifying the elite