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35 Cards in this Set
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What is Mt. Vernon Conference?
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To review what could be done about the country's inability to overcome critical problems.
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What is the Annapolis Convention?
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was a meeting at Annapolis, Maryland of 12 delegates from five states (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia.
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What is the Constitutional Convention?
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The Constitutional Convention[1] (also known as the Philadelphia Convention,[1] the Federal Convention,[1] or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia) took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America.
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What is Framers of Constitution?
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The Framers are the men that meet to put to paper the constitution at liberty hall, this group included men from all 13 colonies.
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Who is James Madison?
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was an American statesman and political theorist. He was the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817) and is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” .
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Who is Alexander Hamilton?
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was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
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Who is Gouvernuer Morris?
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was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a native of New York City who represented Pennsylvania in the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
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Who is John Dickinson?
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was an American lawyer and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. He was a militia officer during the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania and Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of Delaware and President of Pennsylvania.
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What is checks and Balances?
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With checks and balances, each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others.
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What is the Virginia Plan?
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The Virginia Plan (also known as the Randolph Plan, after its sponsor, or the Large-State Plan) was a proposal by Virginia delegates, for a bicameral legislative branch.
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What is the New Jersy Plan?
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The New Jersey Plan (also known as the Small State or Paterson Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government proposed by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787.
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What is the Connecticut Plan,Great Compromise?
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The Connecticut Compromise (also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 or Sherman's Compromise) was an agreement between large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.
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What is House of Representatives?
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The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.
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What is Three-fifths Compromise slave trade?
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The Three-Fifths compromise was a compromise between Southern and Northern states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 in which three-fifths of the enumerated population of slaves would be counted for representation purposes regarding both the distribution of taxes and the apportionment of the members of the United States House of Representatives.
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What is Commercial Compromise?
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The Compromise of 1790 was the first of three great political compromisesa made in the United States by the Northern and Southern states, occurring every thirty years, in an attempt to keep the Union together and prevent civil war.
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What is the Electoral college system?
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The Electoral College consists of the electors appointed by each state who formally elect the President and Vice President of the United States
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What is a Federalists?
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The Federalist Party was the first American political party, from the early 1790s to 1816, the era of the First Party System, with remnants lasting into the 1820s.
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What is Anti-Federalists?
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Agianst the federalists.
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What is the federalists Papers?
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The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles or essays promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.
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What is Bill of Rights, Amendments?
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The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, which limit the power of the U.S. federal government.
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What is the Legislative Branch?
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the White House.
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What is the executive departments; cabinet?
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The Cabinet of the United States (usually referred to as the U.S. President's Cabinet or simplified as the Cabinet) is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States
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Who is Henry Knox?
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was a military officer of the Continental Army and later the United States Army, and also served as the first United States Secretary of War.
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Who is Edmund Randolph?
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was an American attorney, the seventh Governor of Virginia, the second Secretary of State, and the first United States Attorney General.
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What is the Judicial Act (1789)
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was a landmark statute adopted on September 24, 1789 in the first session of the First United States Congress establishing the U.S. federal judiciary.
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what is the Frensh Revolution?
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was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe.
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What is Proclamation of Neutrality (1793)?
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The Proclamation of Neutrality was a formal announcement issued by United States President George Washington on April 22, 1793, declaring the nation neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain.
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What is the Jay Treaty(1794)?
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also known as Jay's Treaty, The British Treaty, and the Treaty of London of 1794,[1] was a treaty between the United States and Great Britain that is credited with averting war,[2] resolving some issues remaining since the Treaty of Paris of 1783, which ended the American Revolution.
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What is the Pinckney Treaty (1795)?
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also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo or the Treaty of Madrid, was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 and established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain
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What is the Whisky Rebellion (1794)?
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or Whiskey Insurrection, was a tax protest in the United States in the 1790s, during the presidency of George Washington.
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What is the public land Act (1796)?
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Public Land Act of 1796 authorized Federal land sales to the public in minimum 640-acre plots at $2 per acre of credit.
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What is Washington's Farewell address?
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George Washington's Farewell Address was written to "The People of the United States"[1] near the end of his second term as President of the United States and before his retirement to his home at Mount Vernon.
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Who is John Adams?
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was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States (1797–1801).
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What is the XYZ affair?
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The XYZ Affair was a 1798 diplomatic episode during the administration of John Adams that Americans interpreted as an insult from France. It led to an undeclared naval war called the Quasi-War, which raged at sea from 1797 to 1800.
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What is Revolution 1800?
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In the United States Presidential election of 1800, sometimes referred to as the "Revolution of 1800," Vice-President Thomas Jefferson defeated incumbent President John Adams.
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