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Great Compromise 1787
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1787, President serves 4 years, senate based on geography, and House was based on population
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Virginia Plan- 1787
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1787, called for a strong central government and two-house legislatures based on population
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Anti-Federalists- 1787
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1787. opposed the constitution because it limited individual and state rights, they were the first of Jefferson’s Democratic – Republican party members before it was actually a party
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Federalist Papers- 1787-1788
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Maddison, Hamilton, and Jay composed it to sell the idea of a constitution
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Citizen Genet- 1793
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tried to gain French support in the Americas
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Jay's Treaty- 1795
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1795, was with the French, said we wouldn’t help French unless attacked in Caribbean’s by British
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Pinckney's Treaty- 1796
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1796, “Right to Deposit”, Spanish tried to take control over Americans in New Orleans
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Alien-Naturalization-Sedition Acts- 1798
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1798, was four measures passed during the undeclared war with France that limited the freedom of speech and press and restricted the liberty of noncitizens
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Missouri Compromise- 1820
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1820, To the north of boarder would be a free slave state and to the south of boarder it would be a slave state
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Fletcher v. Peck- 1810
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1810, it stated that (paper rule) if paper title is legal, the buyer doesn’t have to know where the seller got it from
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McCulloch v. Md.- 1819
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1819, Necessary and Proper Clause, involved the 2nd bank of the US and says the power to tax is the power to destroy
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Gibbons v. Ogden- 1824
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1824, Fulton had a steamboat that went from NY to NJ, sold it to a corporation which got a monopoly from state legislation, Gibbons made his own steamboat and ran it from NY to NJ, corporation got mad, Supreme Court says monopolies were unconstitutional because of the burden on interstate comers
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Hartford Convention-Dec. 15, 1814
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Dec. 15, 1814, Meeting of New England federalists to protest War of 1812, proposed seven constitutional amendments
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Describe the presidential administrations from 1789 to 1824 in three words or less and provide an example of what you mean.
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1. Organization, Washington was known for this, he started off many trends in the White House such as 4 year term be for it was law

2. Quasi-war- almost at war, John Adams is known for this

3. Minimalism, Jefferson was known for this,
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What were the causes of the War of 1812?
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1. Result of tention between US and Great Britain.

2. Impressments of American sailors,

3. Interference with shipping

4. Collusion with Northwest Territory Indians
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What was the basic argument between Hamilton and Jefferson over the First Bank of the United States and is their position related to their political philosophy? How?
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Jefferson- didn’t want a National Bank, says that although it was convenient it wans’t necessary
Hamilton- wanted the national bank, says that people would provide 4/5 of money for it an government would provide 1/5, same ratio in the directors
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