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15 Cards in this Set
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Daniel Shays/Shays Rebellion
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1786
BAckcountry farmers demanded that massachussetts stops sezing property, prints paper money, and lowers taxes. A small army was raised that put down this rebellion. |
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Alexander Hamilton
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Saved Constitutional Convention in 1786
Engineered adoption of his report. A strong political leader. Financial genius, convinced government to assume state debts and fixed the economy. Protective Tariffs for infant industries. |
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James Madison
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1787
Strong Political leader, did not like slavery but thought fighting over it would bring more problems than it would solve. |
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Federalists/Anti-Federalists
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The Federalists wanted a strong Central government while the Anti-Federalists wanted a strong state government.
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Checks and Balances
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A number of laws or acts that prevented one branch of goverment to dominate the others.
Independant Executive Bicameral legislature independant judiciary checks and balances represenative democracy federalist system national supremacy |
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Sovereignty
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Power lies with the people.
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Consent of the Governed
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The people have to agree on the government in order for it to govern them
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Republicanism
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3 branches
consent of the governed Limited government |
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States rights
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States had the rights to protect themselves and establish institutions that the Constitution did not
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Great Compromise/Three-fith's compromise
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Slaves were considered in the population although were counted with taxes.
House of represenatives was determined by population. |
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Land Ordinance/ Northwest Ordinance
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acreage of the old northwest should be sold and used to pay off national debt. Divided into townships where 1 square mile was set aside for schools.
Northwest ordinance governed how the new territory should be admitted into the union. |
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John Adams
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President, opted for peace instead of war after XYZ affair. Saved countries economy
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Thomas Jefferson
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Secretary of State.
Opposed to BoUS Republican |
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John Jay
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Bargained with Britain in 1794.
Madison's collaborator on "The Federalist" papers became the first chiefe justice of the united states. |
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Citizen Genet
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Ambassador
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