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Unit 2 Study Guide Flashcards

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John Locke

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Enlightenment thinker behind beliefs of natural rights in Declaration of Independence.

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Charles Cornwallis

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British general who surrendered at Yorktown.

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Bill of Rights

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Created as a compromise between Federalists and Anti-Federalists.

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Nullification

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Idea that states can “nullify” federal laws that they believe are unconstitutional.

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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Created process for dividing land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

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Hessians

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German fighting force hired by Britain.

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Judiciary Act of 1789

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Established the Federal Court System.

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Marburg v. Madison

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Established Judicial Review

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Jay’s Treaty

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Agreement between England and America to avoid war; America agreed to pay for pre-Revolutionary War debt

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Treaty of Paris

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Peace agreement that established the boundaries of America.

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Federalism

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Government system with national and local/state government.

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XYZ Affair

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Damaged relationship between US and France.

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Jeffersonian Republicanism

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Political movement that supports the common man and opposes any aristocracy.

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John Marshall

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Supreme Court Justice.

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Common Sense

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Pamphlet that called any colonists to join Revolution.

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Shays’ Rebellion

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Uprising led by farmer that highlighted weakness of Articles of Confederation.

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Alexander Hamilton

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Federalist leader who argued for national debt plan and national bank.

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John Adams

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2nd President; supported Alien & Sedition Acts.

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Articles of Confederation

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First government system created after the Declaration of Independence.

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Whiskey Rebellion

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Uprising of western PA farmers; stopped by Washington sending 13,000 troops.

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