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23 Cards in this Set
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Alexander Hamilton
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was a leader of nationalist forces calling for a new Constitution
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The Founding Fathers
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people who were credited with establishing their nation.
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The Virginia Plan
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was a proposal by Virginia delegates, drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787
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The Great Compromise
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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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James Madison
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an American politician and political philosopher who served as the fourth President of the United States and is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
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Sovereignty
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the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory.
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Separation of Powers
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a model for the governance of both democratic & federative states
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Federalists
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the concept of federalism or the type of government called a federation the Federalist Party was one of the first political parties; its members or supporters called themselves Federalists
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Anti Federalist
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a political philosophy which opposes the concept of Federalism
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The Federalist Papers
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are a series of 85 articles or essays advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution
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The Bill of Rights
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a list of the most important rights of the citizens of a country purpose of these bills is to protect those rights against infringement by the government
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Whiskey Rebellion
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a tax protest in Pennsylvania in the 1790s, conflict was rooted in western dissatisfaction with a 1791 excise tax on whiskey
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Jay’s Treaty
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a treaty between the United States and Great Britain that is credited with averting war,
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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 defined the boundaries of the United States with the Spanish colonies
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The quasi War
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an undeclared war fought entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress during an undeclared naval war with France, signed by President John Adams
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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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served as the third Vice President of the United States under President Thomas Jefferson, and was the first Vice President to never serve as President
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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
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The XYZ Affair
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a French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution.
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The XYZ Affair
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Bank of the United States 1790’s
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The Cabinet
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