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.

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.

Tarrifs

__ tax imports to encourage buying domestically.

compromise

The was the House of RepresentativesRights and .

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.

The Alien Act

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

The Virginia Plan

___ proposed that the country goes 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)

Jay's Treaty

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

Destablishment

____ was when states separated the Church from state and government affairs

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

What caused Shay's Rebellion?

The Constitutional Convention

took place in Philadelphia in 1787

The Bill of Rights

_ is the first 10 amendments to the Constitution

The dirty compromise

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

The excise tax

_ taxed people who sold certain things, notably whiskey

Funding at par

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

The Whiskey Rebellion

During __, armed farmers attacked federal marshals and tax collectors in 1794

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

What caused the Whiskey Rebellion

Shay's Rebellion

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