Ch 6 Vocab

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alexander hamilton

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> January 11, 1755- july 12, 1804
> founding father
> general for geroge washington during the aAmerican revolution.

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the founding fathers

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> signers f the declaration of independence 1776
> framers delegates of the federal convention and took part in the constitution of the united states.

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the viriginia plan

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> a proposal by virgini delegates, drafted by james madison.
> set a role in setting the agenda for debate in the convention and the idea of the population- weighted representation.

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the great compromise

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Edmund Randolph of the Virginia delegation proposed the creation of a bicameral legislature. Membership in the lower house was to be allocated in proportion to state population, and candidates were to be nominated and elected by the people of each state. Membership in the upper house was to be allocated in the same way, but candidates were to be nominated by the state legislatures and elected by the members of the lower house. This proposal was known as the Virginia Plan.

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james madison

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>was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817) and is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
> father of the bill of rights.

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sovereignty

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> quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory.
> It can be found in a power to rule and make law that rests on a political fact for which no purely legal explanation can be provided.

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federalists

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> Statesmen and public figures supporting ratification of the proposed Constitution of the United States between 1787 and 1789. The Federalist Papers are documents associated with their movement.
> wrote the federalist papers.

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aanti federalist

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> a political philosophy which opposes the concept of Federalism. In short, Anti-Federalists dictate that the central governing authority of a nation should be equal or inferior to, but not having more power than, its sub-national states (state government).
> the group wrote the anti-federalist papers which is a detailed explanation of their anti thoughts.

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seperation of powers

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> a model for the governance of both democratic & federative states.

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the ferdralist papers

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> a series of 85 articles or essays advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution.
> the writers were and sections they wrote: # (51 articles: nos. 1, 6–9, 11–13, 15–17, 21–36, 59–61, and 65–85)
# James Madison (29 articles: nos. 10, 14, 37–58 and 62–63)
# John Jay (5 articles: 2–5 and 64).

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the bills of rights

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> a list of the most important rights of the citizens of a country. The purpose of these bills is to protect those rights against infringement by the government. > has the ten amendments

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the cabinet

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> is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States.
> ts existence dates back to the first American President, George Washington, who appointed a Cabinet of four people (Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson; Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton; Secretary of War Henry Knox; and Attorney General Edmund Randolph) to advise and assist him in his duties.

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bank of the united states 1790s

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> is a National Historic Landmark located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania within Independence National Historical Park.

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whiskey rebellion

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> was a tax protest in pennsylavia in the 1790s.
> excise tax on whiskey, was a part of treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton's program to centralize and fund the national debt.

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citizen genet

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> a French ambassador to the united states during the French revolution.

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jay's treaty

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> a treaty between the united states and the great Britain that was credited with adverting war, solving many issues left over from the american revolution and the treaty of pairs 1783.

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Pinckney's treaty

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> 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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the quasi

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an undeclared war fought entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800. In the United States, the conflict was sometimes also referred to as the Franco-American War

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the XYZ affair

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> diplomatic event that strained relations between France and the United States, and led to an undeclared naval war called the Quasi-War. It took place from March of 1798 to 1800.

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alien and sedition acts

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> our bills passed in 1798 by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress during an undeclared naval war with France, later known as the Quasi-War.
>They were signed into law by President John Adams. Proponents claimed the acts were designed to protect the United States from alien citizens of enemy powers and to prevent seditious attacks from weakening the government.

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virginia and kentucky resolutions

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> political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures resolved to not abide by Alien and Sedition Acts. They argued that the Acts were unconstitutional and therefore void, and in doing so, they argued for states' rights and strict constructionism of the Constitution.
>They were written secretly by Vice President Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, respectively.

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aaron burr

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> served as the third Vice President of the United States (1801–1805) under President Thomas Jefferson, and was the first Vice President to never serve as President.
>He fought in the Revolutionary War, was an important political figure in the nation's early history, and spent much of his career after politics engaging in a number of controversial adventures.

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the judiciary act of 1801

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> represented an effort to solve an issue in the U.S. Supreme Court during the early 19th century. >There was concern, beginning in 1789, about the system that required the justices of the Supreme Court to “ride circuit” and reiterate decisions made in the appellate level courts.
> The Supreme Court justices often took advantage of opportunities to voice concern and to suggest that the judges of the Supreme and circuit courts be divided.