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CONFEDERATION
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ALLIANCE OF SEMI-AUTONOMOUS STATES LOOSELY UNITED BY A COMMON CONSTITUTION OR GOVERNMENT
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ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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FEDERAL CONSTITUTION 1776-1789
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WHIGS
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REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS WHO FORMED FIRST AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS
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NEWBURGH CONSPIRACY
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1783 PLAN BY UNPAID CONTINENTAL ARMY OFFICERS TO FORCE CONGRESS TO ASSUME POWERS OF TAXATION OVER STATES
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NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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1785-7 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEDURES FOR TURNING TERRITORIES INTO STATES
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SHAYS' REBELLION
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1786 ARMED UPRISING BY MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS CRUSHED BY DEBT & TAXES, WHICH FRIGHTENED CONFEDERATION LEADERS INTO RE-EVALUATING THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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ANNAPOLIS CONVENTION
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1786 MEETING OF 5 STATES TO EVALUATE THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION & WHICH LED TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
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FACTION
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GROUP OF PEOPLE CONNECTED TEMPORARILY BY SHARED BELIEF, OFTEN WITHIN A LARGER GROUP
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CONTINENTALS
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PAPER CURRENCY ISSUED DURING REVOLUTION BY cONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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JOSEPH BRANT
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MOHAWK INDIAN LEADER WHO WAS HELPED BY THE BRITISH TO RESIST AMERICAN EXPANSION INTO NORTHWEST DURING CONFEDERATION PERIOD
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BILLS OF RIGHTS
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SECTIONS OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS ENSURING INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES
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REPUBLICANISM
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BELIEF IN GOVERNANCE BY RESPONSIBLE AND EDUCATED ELITES
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JAY-GARDOQUI TREATY
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FAILED TREATY WITH SPAIN THAT GAVE UP RIGHTS TO NEW ORLEANS & MISSISSIPPI NAVIGATION
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SPECIE
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AHRD CURRENCY (GOLD, SILVER)
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MOBOCRACY
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TERM USED BY ANT-DEMOCRACY TYPES TO CHARACTERIZE POPULAR RULE
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JAMES MADISON
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VIRGINIAN RESPONSIBLE FOR WRITING MUCH OF THE OCNSTITUTION AND BIL LOF RIGHTS
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VIRGINIA PLAN
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PLAN THAT PROPOSED REPRESENTATION OF STATES BASED UPON POPULATION
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NEW JERSEY PLAN
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PLAN THAT PROPOSED EQUAL REPRESENTATION OF STATES REGARDLESS OF SIZE
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CONNECTICUT COMPROMISE
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BICAMERAL COMPROMISE: SENATE WITH EQUAL, AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITH PROPORTIONAL, STATE REPRESENTATION
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PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
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REPRESENTATION BASED ON POPULATION
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FEDERALISM
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POWER-SHARING BETWEEN STATES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
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SEPARATION OF POWERS
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POWER OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DIVIDED AMONG THREE BRANCHES
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CHECKS AND BALANCES
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EACH BRANCH HAS POWERS THAT LIMIT OR RESTRAIN OTHER BRANCHES
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THREE-FIFTHS COMPROMISE
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COMPROMISE ABOUT SLAVERY IN CONSTITUTION: EACH FIVE SLAVES COUNTED AS THREE
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ELECTORAL COLLEGE
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SYSTEM IN WHICH STATE VOTERS CHOOSE ELECTORS WHO THEN DIRECTLY VOTE FOR PRESIDENT
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ELASTIC CLAUSE
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LAST CLAUSE OF ARTICLE I, SECTION 8 THAT GIVES CONGRESS POWER TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY & PROPER TO CARRY OUT POWERS ENUMERATED ABOVE IT; AKA NECESSARY & PROPER CLAUSE
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NECESSARY AND PROPER CLAUSE
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LAST CLAUSE OF ARTICLE I, SECTION 8 THAT GIVES CONGRESS POWER TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY & PROPER TO CARRY OUT POWERS ENUMERATED ABOVE IT; AKA ELASTIC CLAUSE
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REPRIEVE
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CONSTITUTIONAL POWER OF PRESIDENT TO REDUCE A SENTENCE
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PARDON
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CONSTITUTIONAL POWER OF PRESIDENT TO ELIMINATE A CONVICTION & SENTENCE
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INFERIOR COURT
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FEDERAL COURTS UNDER THE LEVEL OF SUPREME COURT
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ENUMERATED POWERS
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SPECIFICALLY LISTED POWERS, AS IN II, 8 POWERS OF CONGRESS
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FEDERALISTS (FACTION)
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FACTION THAT SUPPORTED RATIFICATION OF CONSTITUTION
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ANTI-FEDERLAISTS
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FACTION THAT OPPOSED RATIFICATION OF CONSTITUTION
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BILL OF RIGHTS
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FIRST TEN AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION DEMANDED BY ANTI-FEDERALISTS AS CONDITION FOR RATIFICATION OF CONSTITUTION
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THE FEDERALIST PAPERS
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ESSAYS WRITTEN BY MADISON, HAMILTON, AND JAY DURING RATIFICATION DEBATE
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FEDERALIST ERA
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PERIOD DOMINATED BY FEDERALIST PRINCIPLES, DURING PRESIDENCIES OF WASHINGTON AND ADAMS
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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
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DEPARTMENTS OF WAR, TREASURY, STATE, JUSTICE, ENUMERATED IN CONSTITUTION
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CABINET
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ADVISORY BODY TO THE PRESIDENT COMPOSED, IN PRECEDENT STARTED BY WASHINGTON, OF THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
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THOMAS JEFFERSON
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FOUNDER OF DEMOCRAT-REPUBLICANS
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ALEXANDER HAMILTON
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FOUNDER OF FDERALIST PARTY
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JUDICIARY ACT OF 1789
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ACT THAT CREATED INFERIOR COURTS WITH RULES & PROCEDURES RESEMBLING THOSE OF THE STATES IN WHICH THEY WERE LOCATED
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FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
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SPEECH-RELIGION-PRESS-ASSEMBLY-PETITION FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES
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SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS
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WELL-REGULATED MILITIA; RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS
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STANDING ARMY
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PERMANENT ARMY; IN US NOT A STATE MILITIA
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FRENCH REVOLUTION
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1789-99 EVENT THAT CATALYZED FORMATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN US
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REIGN OF TERROR
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FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY PHASE THAT CONFIRMED FEDERALISTS' FEARS OF MOBOCRACY
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FEDERALISTS (PARTY)
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PARTY THAT SUPPORTED STRONG FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, LOOSE INTERPRETATION, BRITAIN, NATIONAL BANK, ETC.;AKA HAMILTONIANS
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HAMILTONIANS
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INFORMAL NAME FOR FEDERALISTS
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DEMOCRAT-REPUBLICANS
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PARTY THAT SUPPORTED STATES' RIGHTS, STRICT INTERPRETATION, FRANCE, HATED NATIONAL BANK, ETC.; AKA JEFFERSONIANS, REPUBLICANS
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JEFFERSONIANS
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INFORMAL NAME FOR DEMOCRAT-REPUBLICANS
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FAREWELL ADDRESS
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1796 WASHINGTON SPEECH WARNING AGAINST FOREIGN ALLIANCES & POLITICAL PARTIES
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TREATY OF SAN LORENZO
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1796 TREATY WITH SPAIN THAT SET FLORIDA BOUNDARY & GAVE AMERICA RIGHTS TO MISSISSIPPI AND NEW ORLEANS; AKA PINCKNEY'S
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PINCKNEY'S TREATY
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1796 TREATY WITH SPAIN THAT SET FLORIDA BOUNDARY & GAVE AMERICA RIGHTS TO MISSISSIPPI AND NEW ORLEANS; AKA SAN LORENZO
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NATIONAL BANK
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HAMILTON'S PLAN FOR CORDINATING FEDERAL FINANCES THAT CATALYZED FORMATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES; AKA BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
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BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
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HAMILTON'S PLAN FOR CORDINATING FEDERAL FINANCES THAT CATALYZED FORMATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES; AKA NATIONAL BANK
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LOOSE INTERPRETATION
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FEDERALIST SUGGESTION THAT CONSITUTION WAS MEANT TO BE INTERPRETED IN AN ELASTIC WAY, TO ALLOW FOR CHANGING CONDITIONS
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STRICT INTERPRETATION
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BELIEF THAT CONSTITUTION SHOULD BE INTERPRETED LITERALLY; ANYTHING BEYOND ENUMERATED POWERS LED TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TYRANNY
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WHISKEY REBELLION
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1794 PENNSYLVANIA REBELLION SUPPRESSED BY WASHINGTON
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PROCLAMATION OF NEUTRALITY
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1794 WASHINGTON RESPONSE RO FRENCH REQUEST FOR HELP AGAINST BRITISH, ESTABLISHED NEUTRALITY & SET ISOLATIONIST PRECEDENT
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ISOLATIONISM
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FOREIGN POLICY THAT AVOIDS ENTANGLEMENT WITH EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
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NEUTRALITY
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TAKING NO SIDE DURING AN ONGOING WAR; OPPOSITE OF BELLIGERENT
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PRECEDENT
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PRACTICE OR DECISION THAT ESTABLISHES A MODEL THAT IS CONSCIOUSLY FOLLOWED IN THE FUTURE
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GENET AFFAIR
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1794 ATTEMPT BY FRENCH OFFICIAL WHO TRIED TO RAISE AN AMERICAN NAVY IN VIOLATION OF THE PROCLAMATION OF NEUTRALITY
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JAY TREATY
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1795 TREATY WITH ENGLAND THAT GOT BRITISH OUT OF NW FORTS BUT DIDN'T STOP IMPRESSMENT
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MAD ANTHONY WAYNE
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AMERICAN GENERAL THAT DEFEATED BRITISH-BACKED NORTHWEST INDIANS, LED TO BRITISH EVACUATION OF FORTS
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TREATY OF GREENVILLE
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1795 TREATY AFTER GEN. WAYNE DEFEATED NW INDIANS AT BATTLE OF FALLEN TIMBERS
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JOHN ADAMS
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2ND PRESIDENT; 1ST AND ONLY FEDERALIST PRESIDENT
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REPUBLICAN MOTHERHOOD
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AMERICAN IDEA THAT WOMEN HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO RAISE VIRTUOUS CITIZENS OF THE REPUBLIC
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COTTON GIN
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INVENTION THAT MADE LARGE-SCALE COTTON PRODUCTION FEASIBLE, THUS GIVING SLAVERY A NEW LEASE ON LIFE
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1776-1789
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PERIOD OF CONFEDERATION
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1789-1801
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PERIOD OF FEDERALIST ERA
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1783
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DATE OF NEWBURGH CONSPIRACY
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1786
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DATE OF SHAYS' REBELLION
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1787
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DATE OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
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1787-8
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DATE OF RATIFICATION DEBATE
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1789-1797
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DATE OF WASHINGTON'S PRESIDENCY
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EARLY TO MID 1790'S
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DATE OF POLITICAL PARTY DEVELOPED
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1794
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DATE OF WHISKEY REBELLION
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1796
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DATE OF WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS
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1798
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DATE OF ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS
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