HISTORYYYY Flashcards
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Articles of Confederation
was the first constitution
aimed to balance state sovereignty with the need for a unified national entity
Virginia Plan
A proposal for the U.S government
Advocated for a strong central government with three branches: legislative, executive, judicial:
Shays Rebellion/Whiskey Rebellion
Shays - a protest by farmers is Massachusetts against high taxes and foreclosures, showing a small economic crisis following the revolutionary war
Whiskey - a response to the federal government’s excise tax on whiskey, it heavily impacted farmers who relied on whiskey as income
New Jersey Plan
proposed a unicameral legislature with equal representation for each state, not taking size into thought.
Early Presidential Administrations
controlled executive branch
ability to enforce laws
appoint officials
Connecticut/Great Compromise
allowed for the small states and big states to have the same amount of senators, 2, but the number of representatives varied based on population
Constitutional Convention
Meeting that established the U.S constitution
Checks & Balances/Key Powers
the government is broken up into 3 different parts
Legislative, executive, judicial
prevented any one branch from becoming too powerful
3/5 Compromise
a deal that determined how enslaved people would be counted for representation and taxation purposes
Branches of Government
LEGISLATIVE - congress
EXECUTIVE - president+cabinet
JUDICIAL - courts
Federalists
For the ratification of the U.S constitution
Federalist Papers
contained insight to farmers’ intentions and reasoning behind the Constitution
Anti-Federalists
opposted the constition
feared it would give gov. too much power
agreed to go through with it if they got granted the bill of rights
Alexander Hamilton
contributed to federalist papers
advocated for strong central government
Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions
declared that states had the right to declare federal laws unconstitutional
Ratification
officially approving something like a law or treaty
Election of 1800
Jefferson beat Adams in the presidential election
Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments in the constitution
Louisiana Purchase
U.S got the Louisiana territory for 15 million dollars
National Bank
charted under the federal government
Formation of Political Parties
formed during the struggle over ratification of the federal constitution
Alien & Sedition Acts
series of four laws made by president Adams
Alien - allowed president to deport citizens deemed unsafe or if we were at war with them
sedition - made it a crime to publish false, scandalous, or malicious writings against the government
