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Alexander Hamilton
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-(January 11 1755–July 12 1804) the first united states secretary of the treasury, founding father. wrote most of the federalists papers, he was the leader of a series of events like the creation of the national bank and the relations with great Britain
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the founding fathers
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- political leaders that signed the declaration of independence in 1776 as well as the ones that help established and formed the united states
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the Virginia plan
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- document proposed by the delegates of Virginia and drafted by James Madison in where he quoted of the constitutional convention of 1787, significant for its role on setting the overall idea of population weighted representation
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the great compromise
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- 1787 agreement between the larger and smaller states during the constitutional convention of 1787 which define the representatives each state will have under the united states constitution, which gave the senate and the house of representatives
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James Madison
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-served as the 4th president and consider one of the founding fathers, principal author of the us constitution, wrote over one third of the federalists papers
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sovereignty
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-quality of having supreme independent authority of a certain area/ territory
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separation of powers
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- the way or model the governance of the democratic and federative states, separated three ways, executive , legislative, and judicial
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federalists
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- describes a politicfial belief around tthe world may refer to federalism or the federatio0n
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anti federalists
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- people that did not wanted to ratify the constitution and argued that they were giving to much power to the government
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the federalists papers
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-series of articles that advocate the ratification of the us constitution and written most by James Madison
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the bill of rights
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- named for the ten amendments on the united states which were introduced by james madison to the first united states congress
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the cabinet
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- componed of the executive branch of the federal government wchich include the secretary of state war, and treasury
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bank of the united states 1790's
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- proposed by alexander hamilton on the first congress which gave the idea of a bank that would handle financial needs
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whiskey rebellion
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-Pennsylvania 1790s during George Washington presidency which was a riot regarding the whiskey tax the government had imposed, George himself gather a group of men and stopped the rebellion
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citizen Genet
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-ambassador sent to America by the french in order to make a agreement by Genet arrived ion the us by not telling anyone this was significant because us and France had disputes after this
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Jay's treaty
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- treaty between the us and and great Britain which solved many conflicts that were left after the revolution accomplished by john jay
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pinckey's treaty
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-treaty that established relations with Spain in which it defined the boundaries of the Spanish colonies
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the quasi war
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-undeclared war between us and france that occurred after the xyz affair
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the XYZ affair
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-diplomatic affair between france and the united staes that was the lead to the quasi war
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alien and sedition act
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-four bills passed by the federalists in order to get rid of their their enemy partu the republicans they protected agianst alien citizens and prevented attacks that weaken the goevrnment
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
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- statements drafted 1798 & 1799 in which kentuky and virginia legislatures resolved the alien and sedition acts which argued that the acts were insonstitutional and reget
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Aaron Burr
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vice president during thomas jefferson presidency. memeber of the democratic republican party had a duel with hamilton in were he killed him
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The judiciary act of 1801
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-effort to solve the problem the supreme court was having which deal with the concer of the number of justices fo the supreme court
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