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23 Cards in this Set
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Alexander Hamilton
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A leader of nationality forces calling for a new constitution. One of Americas first constitutional lawyers. He was the first US secretary of the treasurer. Was in office in 1787.
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The Founding Fathers
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The founding fathers were the people who signed the declaration of independence and/or took part in the American revolution.
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The Virginia Plan
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This plan was drafted by James Madison and provided legislature of two houses with representation in each house; and executive and judicial branches, to be chosen by the legislature.
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The Great Compromise
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The agreement between large and small states reached during the constitutional convention. It defined the legislative structure and it is the reason for the current house of representatives.
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James Madison
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An American politician and the fourth president of the US. He was one of the founding fathers and helped draft the constitution and is the father of the bill of rights.
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Sovereignty
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Having supreme independent authority over a geographical area. The person can make their own laws and doesn't have to make sense.
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Separation of Powers
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a model for the governance of both democratic & federative states. the state is divided into branches, with independent powers and no one branch has more power than the other branches.
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Federalists
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describes several political beliefs around the world. 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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Anti-Federalists think that the governing authority of a nation should be =, but not having more power than, its states
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The Federalist Papers
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a series of 85 articles or advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution
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The Bill of Rights
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the name by which the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are known. It introduced by James Madison.
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The Cabinet
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a body of high ranking members of the government, typically representing the executive branch.
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Bank of the United States 1790’s
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The Bank was created to handle the financial needs of the central government of the newly formed US which was the thirteen individual colonies
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Whiskey Rebellion
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a tax protest in Pennsylvania in the 1790s, during the presidency of George Washington. The conflict was rooted in western dissatisfaction with a 1791 excise tax on whiskey
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Citizen Genet
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known as Citizen Genêt, was a French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution.
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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,
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Pinckney’s Treaty
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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 United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River
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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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The XYZ Affair
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a diplomatic event that strained relations between France and the United States, and led to an undeclared naval war called the Quasi-War. It took from1798 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, later known as the Quasi-War. They were signed into law by President John Adams.
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
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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 (1801–1805) 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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