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39 Cards in this Set
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Resolution of Independence
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Gave impetus to vote for independence, July 2, 1776
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Declaration of Independence
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Jefferson wrote most of it
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Financed Revolution
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Paper money, domestic borrowing, foreign loans
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Obtained treaty with France
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Second Continental Congress
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Cornwallis surrenders, 1781
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Yorktown
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Created a national government
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Articles of Confederation drafted 1777, adopted 1781
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Executive
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By Committee–ineffective
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Legislative
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Couldn’t tax or raise revenue
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Judicial
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No effective national law
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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Created towns 6 miles square, consisting of 36 sections, 640 acres each.
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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States enter as equals
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Diplomacy
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“one treaty of 13”
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Shay’s Rebellion
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Against foreclosing mortgages
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Mount Vernon Conference, 1785
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Navigation of Potomac & Chesapeake Bay
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Annapolis Convention, 1786
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5 states to adopt resolution to call Philadelphia Convention
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Philadelphia Convention , 1787
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Drafted the Constitution
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Virginia Plan
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Large state Plan–representation based on population
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New Jersey Plan
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Small state plan–equal representation
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Connecticut Compromise
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Settled dispute between large states and small states
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Separation of Powers
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Montesquieu
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3/5 compromise
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North vs. South
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Ratification of Constitution
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Fight over a bill of rights
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Secretary of the Treasury
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Alexander Hamilton
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Secretary of State
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Thomas Jefferson
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Bill of Rights
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First 10 Amendments
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Hamilton’s Financial Program
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Economic Foundation–economic solvency
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Democratic–Republican
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Jeffersonians
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Federalist
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Elected one president
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Neutrality Proclamation, 1793
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Avoidance of French-British conflict
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Whiskey Rebellion, 1794
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Against excise tax
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Jay’s Treaty, 1796
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With England
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Pinkney’s Treaty, 1796
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With Spain
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X Y Z Affair, 1797
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Bribe for treaty
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Naturalization Act, 1798
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Extended period of citizenship from 4 to 14 years
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Alien Act, 1798
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President could deport aliens
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Sedition Act, 1798
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Curbed free speech
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Convention of 1800
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Abrogated French treaty
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Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions
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State’s Rights–against Alien and Sedition Acts
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Election of 1800 -12th amendment
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Jefferson -Burr tie
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