Unit 3 Part 2 Vocab

Articles of Confederation (1781)

First american constitution that established the us as a loos confederation of states under weak national congress,

Old Northwest

Territories acquired by the federal government from the states, encompassing land northwest of the ohio river

Land of Ordinance

provided for the sale of land in the old northwest and earmarked the proceeds to repaying debt

Virginia Plan

“Large state” proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral congress 

New Jersey plan

“small state plan” put forth at the Philadelphia convention, proposing equal representation by state, regardless of population, in a unicameral legislature.

Great Compromise

 Popular term for the measure which  reconciled the New Jersey and Virginia plans at the constitutional  convention

Antifederalists

Opponents of the 1787 Constitution, they cast the  document as anti democratic, objected to the subordination of the  states to the central government

federalists

Proponents of the 1787 Constitution, they favored a  strong national government, arguing that the checks and balances in the new Constitution would safeguard the people’s liberties

**Republican Motherhood**

a concept derived from the notion that women should serve as educators of young men in order to teach them to become productive American citizens and embrace the Enlightenment ideas that fueled the concept of Republicanism following the end of the American Revolution.

assumption

Transfer of debt from one party to another. In order to  strengthen the union, the federal government assumed states’ 

Funding at par

payment of debts such as government bonds at face value . 1790, Alexander Hamilton

Farewell adress

1796, George Washington’s adress to the end of his presidency

loose constitution

Legal doctrine which holds that the federal government can use powers not specifically granted or prohibited in the constitution

fallen timbers

Decisive battle between the Miami  confederacy and the U.S. Army. British forces refused to shelter the  routed Indians,

Bank of the United States

1791, charted by congress as part of alexander hamilton’s financial program . the bank printed paper money

excise tax

tax on goods produced domestically

Whiskey Rebellion

Popular uprising of whiskey distillers in  southwestern Pennsylvania in opposition to an excise tax on 

Bill of Rights

Popular term for the first ten amendments to  the U.S. Constitution. The amendments secure key rights for individuals

Judiciary Act of 1789

Organized the federal legal system, establishing the Supreme Court, federal district and circuit courts,

Jay’s Treaty (1794)

negotiated by chief justine john jay in an effort to avoid war with britian

Pinckney’s Treaty

Signed with Spain which, fearing an  Anglo-American alliance, granted Americans free navigation of the  Mississippi and the disputed territory of Florida.

Convention of 1800

 Agreement to formally dissolve the United  States’ treaty with France, originally signed during the  Revolutionary War.

Neutrality Proclamation

Issued by George Washington, it  proclaimed America’s formal neutrality in the escalating conflict  between England and France, a statement that enraged pro-French  Jeffersonians

Alien Laws (1798)

Acts passed by a federalist congress raising residency requirement for citizenship to 14 years

Grenville, Treaty of 1795

Under the terms of the treaty , the Miami confederacy agreed to cede territory in the old northwest to the us

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Statements  secretly drafted by Jefferson and Madison for the legislatures of  Kentucky and Virginia