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23 Cards in this Set
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Alexander Hamilton
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the first secretary of the treasury, also recognized as a founding father, he was a leader of nationalism calling for a new constitution.
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the founding fathers
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they signed the declaration of independence, there were the signers and the framers,who drafted the document.
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the Virginia plan
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it was proposed by a Virginia delegate it was drafted by James Madison it was setting the overall agenda for debate in the convention and, in particular, for setting forth the idea of population-weighted representation in the proposed national legislature.
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the great compromise
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also known as the Connecticut compromise which defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. It proposed a bicameral legislature,
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James Madison
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Madison made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing, with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, the Federalist essays and In Congress, he helped frame the Bill of Rights and enact the first revenue legislation
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sovereignty
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is the 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
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separation of powers
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is a model for the governance of both democratic & Federalist states,he state is divided into branches, each with separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility so that no one branch has more power than the other branches and the are 3 the executive, legislative and judiciary.
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federalists
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American political party formed by Alexander Hamilton, who, during George Washington's first term, largely urban bankers and businessmen, to support his fiscal policies. The Federalist policies called for a national bank, tariffs, and good relations with Britain
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anti-federalists
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believed central governing authority of a nation should be equal or inferior to, but not having more power than, its sub-national states opposed the ratification of the Constitution of 1787.
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the federalist papers
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a series of essays created by Alexander hamilton, john jay,and James Madison advocating the ratification of the constitution.
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the bill of rights
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the name for the first 10 admendments of the constitution, they were introduced by james madison in the first continental congress.they are a series of limitations on the power of the government protecting the natural rights of people.
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the cabinet
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Under the doctrine of separation of powers, a cabinet under a presidential system of government is part of the executive branch. They are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the head of government and are therefore strongly subordinate to the president as they can be replaced at any time
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bank of the united states 1790's
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The twenty-year charter of the first Bank of the United States was scheduled to expire in 1811, the second year of Madison's administration.
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whiskey rebellion
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was a tax protest in Pennsylvania in the 1790s, during the presidency of George Washington.The tax 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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was a French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution known fo the Citizen Genêt affair began in 1793 when he was dispatched to the United States to promote American support for France's wars with Spain and Britain.
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jay's treaty
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was a treaty between the United States and Great Britain that is credited with averting war solving many issues left over from the American Revolution and the Treaty of Paris of 1783,opening ten or more years of mostly peaceful trade between the United States and Britain.
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pinckney's treaty
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was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 and established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. It also defined the boundaries of the United States with the Spanish colonies and guaranteed the navigation rights on the Mississippi River
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the quasi war
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was an undeclared war fought entirely at sea between the United States and France
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the xyz affair
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was a diplomatic event that strained relations between France and the United States, and led to an undeclared naval war called the Quasi-War.
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alien and sedition acts
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were four 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. 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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were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures resolved to not abide by Alien and Sedition Acts
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Aaron Burr
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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
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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
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