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REVIEW CHAPTER 6,7 TERMS

Republican states rights, strict interpretation, France

Benjamin Banneker American mathematician and astronomer who published an

almanac (1792-1802) containing ephemerides that he had
calculated.

Phyllis Wheatley African-born American poet considered the first widely

recognized Black writer in America. Her works include
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773).

Richard Allen American religious leader and the first bishop of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church (1816-1831).

Abigail Adams 1744–1818, wife of President John Adams and mother of

President John Quincy Adams, lively, intelligent woman,
she was the chief figure in the social life of her husband’s
administration and one of the most distinguished and
influential of the first ladies in the history of the United
States. Her detailed letters are a vivid source of social
history.

Lucy Knox husband of general henry knox, womens rights

Articles of Confederation the compact which was first made by the original thirteen
States of the United States. They were adopted March 1,
1781, and remained the supreme law until March, 1789.
loose, weak document, unstable government under it,
sovereignty of states, almost impossible to amend, no
funding

Northwest Ordinance A law passed in 1787 to regulate the settlement of the

Northwest Territory, which eventually was divided into
several states of the Middle West. The United States was
governed under the Articles of Confederation at the time.
The Northwest Ordinance organized the territory into
townships of thirty-six square miles each and provided for
self-government and religious toleration in the territory.
Slavery was prohibited.

“nationalists” “localists” Hamilton, Madison, Morris, allowing taxation, national

debt,

James Madison agreed with Hume, sustaining vast republic, nationalist

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Montestquieu a republic cannot flourish in a large amount of territory

Hume a republic can flourish in a large amount of territory

Federalist Papers madisons political essays #10 is the biggie

Shays Rebellion W. Mass. Farmers constantly in debt, rebel and voters get
new representative

Constitutional Convention
Philadelphia Convention The gathering that drafted the Constitution of the United
States in 1787; all states were invited to send delegates.
The convention, meeting in Philadelphia, designed a
government with separate legislative, executive, and
judicial branches. It established Congress as a lawmaking
body with two houses: each state is given two
representatives in the Senate, whereas representation in the
House of Representatives is based on population.

VA, NJ Plan VA plan, by Madison, strong central govt two legislative

houses, NJ plan by Patterson one legistlavtive house

Slaves Trade
3/5 Compromise disagreement over them

Fugitive Slave Clause assures owners the return of fugitive slaves

Governor Morris spoke strongly against slavery

George Mason spoke strongly about lack of bill of rights

Federalist for confederation of states, not for supreme national

authority

Antifederalist poorer, less urban less educated, critics of constitution

Bill of Rights Antifederalist legacy, liberties and rights not protected

by constitution but that people had by nature

Judiciary Act of 1789 The Judiciary Act of 1789 provided for a system of federal
district and circuit courts.

Tariff of 1789 tax of approx 5% on imports

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Cabinet A body of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime

minister to head the executive departments of the
government and to act as official advisers. Jefferson and
Hamilton have opposing views in Washingtons Cabinet

Hamilton federalist, great Britain, concentrated federal power,

strong national govt., republic of elite, loose
interpetation, national bank good, shipping and
manufacturing economy, urban based, stablility with
direction and profit

Report on public credit first report by Hamilton, Us in $54 mil debt, assume state
debts, fund foreight and domestic obligations

Report on manufacturers if US wants to be self sufficient needs to develop own

industry, textiles by Hamilton third report

Implied powers art I sect, 8, interpretation of Constitution to give power to

do things

Loose v. strict
Constitutional interpretation Loose federalist
Strictrepublicans

Nation bank
Bank of the US second report by Hamilton, strong central bank for
economic stability

Excise tax A tax on the manufacture, purchase, or sale of a good or

service. The tax may be based on the number of units or on
value. Sales tax??

Jefferson republicans, jeffersonians, france, power should be with

state and local, limited national govt, democracy of
townspeople and farmers, strict interpretation, nation
bank bad, farming economy, agrarian ideology and self
sufficiency

Citizen Genet French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United
States into the war between France and England

Jays Treaty concluded in 1794 between the United States and Great
Britain to settle difficulties arising mainly out of violations
of the Treaty of Paris of 1783 and to regulate commerce
and navigation.
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Pinckney Treaty
Treaty of San Lorenzo His treaty with Spain (1795) established commercial
relations between the United States and Spain, provided for
free navigation of the Mississippi by American citizens and
Spanish subjects, granted the right of deposit at New
Orleans, and set the boundaries of Louisiana and E and W
Florida.

Whiskey Rebellion 1794, uprising in the Pennsylvania counties caused by

Alexander Hamilton’s excise tax of 1791. The settlers,
mainly Scotch-Irish, for whom whiskey was an important
economic commodity, resented the tax as discriminatory
and detrimental to their liberty and economic welfare.
There were many public protests, and rioting broke out in
Troops quelled the rioting, and resistance evaporated.

Alien and Sedition acts by federalists to silence republicans, alien enemies law,
alien law, naturalization law, sedition law