Creating a Country (after Revolutionary War)

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

________ saved the convention from collapsing (delegates from only 5 states showed up)

George Washington

________ was unanimously elected as President by the Electoral College in 1789.

John Adams

________ (Washington's Vice President) beat Thomas Jefferson to become to the 2nd President in 1797.

Continental Army officers

The ________ formed an exclusive hereditary order called the Society of the Cincinnati.

Jeffersonian Democratic Republicans

________ wanted to support the French in their war against the British.

James Madison

________ wrote the Bill of Rights and helped get them passed by Congress in 1791.

Revolutionary era

In the ________, the capitals of New Hampshire, New York, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia were all moved westward.

Rhode Island

On May 25, 1787, 55 representatives from every state except for ________ were sent to Philadelphia to discuss how the government should operate.

Articles of Confederation

The ________ wasn't ratified by all 13 colonies until 1781.

Washington

________ issued the Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 stating the country's neutrality from the Britain- France war.

Thomas Jefferson

________ strongly opposed the Bank stating it was unconstitutional.

Lord Sheffield

________ argued in his pamphlet that Britain could win back America's trade without repealing the navigation laws.

Continental Congress

The 1st ________ called for the complete abolition of the slave trade in 1774.

Philadelphia Quakers

The ________ founded the first anti- slavery society in 1775.

1790s

In the ________, Jefferson and Madison organized their opposition to the Hamiltonian program but confined it to Congress.

Sedition Act

The ________ stated that anyone who impeded the policies of the government or falsely defamed its officials would be liable to a heavy fine and imprisonment.

large state plan

The "________ "was proposed by Virginia and was the first suggested framework of the Constitution.

American army

The ________ lost the Battle of the Wabash in 1791.

1786

In ________, Virginia called for a convention at Annapolis, Maryland to deal with the issue of interstate commerce.

Hamilton

________ believed that a national debt was good for the country: the more creditors to whom the government owed money, the more people there would be with a personal stake in the success of the government.

western Massachusetts

Shay's Rebellion: occurred in ________ in 1786; impoverished back- country farmers, who were losing their farms through mortgage foreclosures and tax delinquencies, attempted to enforce their demands of cheap paper money, lighter taxes, and a suspension of property takeovers; led by Captain Daniel Shays.

Hamilton Federalists

________: supported a powerful federal government.

Spain

Jay's Treaty caused ________, which feared an Anglo- American alliance, to strike a deal with the U.S.

French Revolution

The ________ started in 1789 and eventually involved many European countries.

Judiciary Act

The ________ of 1789 created the the federal court system, including the Supreme Court.

Napoleon Bonaparte

________ was the dictator of France.

President John Adams

________ sent John Marshall to France to negotiate in 1797.

John Jay

________ became the first Chief Justice.

1777

It was adopted by Congress in ________ and it convinced France that America had a genuine government.

Jeffersonian anti Federalists

________ demanded a weak central government and supported states 'rights.

Civic Virtue

________: the idea that democracy depended on the unselfish commitment of each citizen to the public good.

Republican Motherhood

________: the idea that the mother was selflessly devoted to her family; this was described as the model of a proper republican mother.

Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom

________: created in 1786 by Thomas Jefferson and his co- reformers; stated that religion should not be imposed on anybody and that each person decided his /her own faith.

Whiskey Rebellion

The ________ in Pennsylvania in 1794 was lead by distillers who strongly opposed the 1791 excise tax on whiskey.

New Jersey

Delaware, Pennsylvania, ________, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, and New Hampshire were the first 9 states to sign the Constitution.

George Washington

Federalists were led by ________ and Benjamin Franklin.

Alexander Hamilton

________ was an advocate of a powerful central government.

Jeffersonian Democratic Republicans

________: supported states 'rights and a smaller government.

Hamilton

________ supported the first tariff law (1789), which imposed taxes on certain imports.

Alexander Hamilton

________ proposed a Bank of the United States that could print paper money and provide a stable national currency.

Alexander Hamilton

________ set out to fix the financial system of America.

Congress had 2 major handicaps

1. It had no power to regulate commerce, and this loophole left the states free to establish conflictingly laws regarding tariffs and navigation

Land Ordinance of 1785

stated that the acreage of the Old Northwest should be sold and the proceeds should be used to help pay off the national debt

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

a uniform national land policy; created the Northwest Territories and gave the land to the government, the land could then be purchased by individuals; when a territory had 60,000 people, it might be admitted by Congress as a state, with all the privileges of the 13 other states

Shay's Rebellion

occurred in western Massachusetts in 1786; impoverished back-country farmers, who were losing their farms through mortgage foreclosures and tax delinquencies, attempted to enforce their demands of cheap paper money, lighter taxes, and a suspension of property takeovers; led by Captain Daniel Shays

Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom

created in 1786 by Thomas Jefferson and his co-reformers; stated that religion should not be imposed on anybody and that each person decided his/her own faith

Civic Virtue

the idea that democracy depended on the unselfish commitment of each citizen to the public good

Republican Motherhood

the idea that the mother was selflessly devoted to her family; this was described as the model of a proper republican mother

Washington's cabinet consisted of

Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, and Secretary of War Henry Knox

Hamilton believed that a national debt was good for the country

the more creditors to whom the government owed money, the more people there would be with a personal stake in the success of the government

When Washington's first administration had ended in 1793, a formation of two political groups had emerged

Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans and Hamilton Federalists

Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans

supported states' rights and a smaller government

Hamilton Federalists

supported a powerful federal government

Infuriated with the XYZ Affair, America began preparations for war

the Navy Department was created; the three-ship navy was expanded; the United States Marine Corps was re-established