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  1. Confederation Congress
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the legislative branch of government established by the Articles of Confederation

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  1. Cincinnati Society
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a hereditary lineage that wanted to preserve the idea of the officers in the Revolutionary war

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  1. Newburg Conspiracy
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a threatened uprising that was implemented by a letter that suggested soldiers were unhappy with their pay should take it up against congress

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  1. Alexander Hamiliton
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creator of the Federalist party

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  1. James Madison
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president of the united states and cofounder of the Republicans

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  1. Thomas Jefferson
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writer of the declaration of independence and founder of the Republicans

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  1. Framers
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founding fathers of the united states

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  1. Virginia Plan
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an idea for a representative house of government that said representatives should be chosen by population

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  1. New Jersey Plan
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said that representations should be equal for all states regardless of size

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  1. Great Comprimise
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put the New Jersey and the Virginia plan together and created two houses of representation

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  1. 3/5 Comprimise
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stated that slaves only counted for 3/5 of a person

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  1. Baron de Montesquieu
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french lawyer who articulated the idea of separation of powers

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  1. Separation of Powers
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the idea that each branch of government should have its own power

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  1. federal structure
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political entity that had partial governing states under a central government

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  1. checks and balances
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the idea that each branch of the government has its own power and the other branches help to balance the power.

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  1. House of Representatives
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the lower house of the legislative branch where representatives are chosen based on population

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  1. Federalists
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a political party who wanted a strong central government

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  1. Federalist papers
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papers published in a newspaper trying to get people to accept the idea of a constitution

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  1. Anti-federalists
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people who opposed the idea of a strong central government

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  1. George Washington
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first president of the United States

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  1. John Adams
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second president of the United States and vice president to george washington

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  1. Bill of rights
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the first ten amendments of the constitution

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  1. Judiciary act of 1789
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established the Judiciary courts of the United States

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  1. Cabinet
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the president of the united states, vice president and secretaries of the treasury and war

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  1. Location of New, permanent captial
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between the states of Virginia and Maryland on the banks of the Potomac River

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  1. Bank of the United States
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created to give the country as a whole a national debt and help relieve citizens if their debts

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  1. Federalists party
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political party who wanted a strong central government

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  1. Republican Party
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led by Thomas Jefferson and were opposed to having a strong central government

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  1. Whiskey Rebellion
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farmers in PA complained about the taxes on Whiskey but were shot down when George Washington marched the Army down to PA

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  1. Citizen Genet
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ambassador to the US from France who tried to recruit an army in their conflict with Spain and France

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  1. Jay’s Treaty
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1795 between Britain and the US that was used to avoid war and uphold the treaty of Paris

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  1. Pinckney’s Treaty
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1795 gave the united states Navigation rights to the Mississippi

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  1. Farwell Address
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a letter written by George Washington announcing his retirement as president

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  1. XYZ affair
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France’s refusal to accept the United States neutrality in their revoultion

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  1. the undeclared war with France
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France refused to accept american Ambassadors without a bribe which pissed of Adams

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  1. Napoleon Bonaparte
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helped end the undeclared war with france by claiming that france and the us were brothers

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  1. Alien and Sedition Acts
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A series of laws, passed by John Adams that restricted the public activities of political radicals who sympathized with the French Revolution and criticized Adams’s Federalist policies

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  1. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
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Statements of principle adopted by Virginia and Kentucky state legislatures in the 1790s; they affirmed states’ rights in response to the federal Alien and Sedition Acts

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  1. Election of 1800
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a close election between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in which both parties talked crap about the other candidate

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  1. Aaron Burr
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third Vice President of the United States

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  1. Tammany Society
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founded by William Moony that was a patriotic and charity society

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  1. Judiciary Act of 1801
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reduce the number of seats in the supreme courts and reorganized circuit courts

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  1. ‘Midnight Judges’
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Judicial appointments made by Pres. John Adams before Thomas Jefferson became president

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