Chapter 6 Flashcards
- Confederation Congress
the legislative branch of government established by the Articles of Confederation
- Cincinnati Society
a hereditary lineage that wanted to preserve the idea of the officers in the Revolutionary war
- Newburg Conspiracy
a threatened uprising that was implemented by a letter that suggested soldiers were unhappy with their pay should take it up against congress
- Alexander Hamiliton
creator of the Federalist party
- James Madison
president of the united states and cofounder of the Republicans
- Thomas Jefferson
writer of the declaration of independence and founder of the Republicans
- Framers
founding fathers of the united states
- Virginia Plan
an idea for a representative house of government that said representatives should be chosen by population
- New Jersey Plan
said that representations should be equal for all states regardless of size
- Great Comprimise
put the New Jersey and the Virginia plan together and created two houses of representation
- 3/5 Comprimise
stated that slaves only counted for 3/5 of a person
- Baron de Montesquieu
french lawyer who articulated the idea of separation of powers
- Separation of Powers
the idea that each branch of government should have its own power
- federal structure
political entity that had partial governing states under a central government
- checks and balances
the idea that each branch of the government has its own power and the other branches help to balance the power.
- House of Representatives
the lower house of the legislative branch where representatives are chosen based on population
- Federalists
a political party who wanted a strong central government
- Federalist papers
papers published in a newspaper trying to get people to accept the idea of a constitution
- Anti-federalists
people who opposed the idea of a strong central government
- George Washington
first president of the United States
- John Adams
second president of the United States and vice president to george washington
- Bill of rights
the first ten amendments of the constitution
- Judiciary act of 1789
established the Judiciary courts of the United States
- Cabinet
the president of the united states, vice president and secretaries of the treasury and war
- Location of New, permanent captial
between the states of Virginia and Maryland on the banks of the Potomac River
- Bank of the United States
created to give the country as a whole a national debt and help relieve citizens if their debts
- Federalists party
political party who wanted a strong central government
- Republican Party
led by Thomas Jefferson and were opposed to having a strong central government
- Whiskey Rebellion
farmers in PA complained about the taxes on Whiskey but were shot down when George Washington marched the Army down to PA
- Citizen Genet
ambassador to the US from France who tried to recruit an army in their conflict with Spain and France
- Jay’s Treaty
1795 between Britain and the US that was used to avoid war and uphold the treaty of Paris
- Pinckney’s Treaty
1795 gave the united states Navigation rights to the Mississippi
- Farwell Address
a letter written by George Washington announcing his retirement as president
- XYZ affair
France’s refusal to accept the United States neutrality in their revoultion
- the undeclared war with France
France refused to accept american Ambassadors without a bribe which pissed of Adams
- Napoleon Bonaparte
helped end the undeclared war with france by claiming that france and the us were brothers
- Alien and Sedition Acts
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
- Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
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
- Election of 1800
a close election between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in which both parties talked crap about the other candidate
- Aaron Burr
third Vice President of the United States
- Tammany Society
founded by William Moony that was a patriotic and charity society
- Judiciary Act of 1801
reduce the number of seats in the supreme courts and reorganized circuit courts
- ‘Midnight Judges’
Judicial appointments made by Pres. John Adams before Thomas Jefferson became president
