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| The first step towards a constitutional convention. A meeting of delegates from Massachusetts and Virginia at Washington's home of Mt. Vernon. |
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| Meeting of delegates from NY, NJ, DE, VA, and PN that called for a constitutional convention to fix the Articles |
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| the delegates at the constitutional convention who took part in creating the U.S. constitution. |
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| the system of power struggles where each branch of government can check the other branches to keep any one branch from becoming to powerful. |
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| A plan for the American government system created by James Madison for the Constitutional Convention. It called for 2 houses both elected based on population rather than state. Rejected by the smaller states. |
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| Plan for the American government created by the smaller states in reaction to the Virginia Plan stating that both houses of Congress should have an equal amount of delegates for each state. |
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| combining of the ideas in the Virginia and the New Jersey Plans of government set forth by Roger Sherman stating that one house of Congress would be proportioned to population and one would be equal representation for each state. |
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| another name for the Great Compromise, combining of the ideas in the Virginia and the New Jersey Plans of government set forth by Roger Sherman stating that one house of Congress would be proportioned to population and one would be equal representation for each state. |
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| determined how slaves would be counted for population numbers. between the Northern states and the Southern states. Stated that there would be 3 population counts for every 5 slaves. |
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| agreement betweent the North and the South stating that the South would pay off some national debts if the North would relocate the capital in the South. |
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| the result of a compromise as to whether the President would be elected by popular vote or by Congress. The Constitution holds that the President has to receive more than half of the votes in the Electoral College in order to be elected. |
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| supporters of the Constitution |
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| people who were against the Constitution. |
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| A series of articles published in a New York newspaper written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay. They supported the Constitution. They changed the mind of many New Yorkers and without it, NY would not have ratified the Constitution. |
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| The first 10 amendments to the Constitution that guaranteed American individuals certain rights that were not specified in the Constitution. |
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| after the Revolution, America was faced with serious debt from payment for artillery and man power. However, under the Articles, the national government had no way to pay it because they did not have the power to tax the people or the states. |
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| taxes on imports and exports |
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| Proclamation of Neutrality |
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| issued by George Washington stating that America would not be involved in any European War. It was in response to the French and English War at the time. |
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| treaty between Britain and the U.S. during Britian's war with France made by John Jay. However, it was favored enormously towards the British because Jay was a terrible negotiater. |
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| treaty between Spain and the U.S. made by Thomas Pickney where Spain officially recognized the U.S. border in nothern Florida and gave them access to the port at New Orleans. |
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| Spain gave America access to the port in New Orleans in Thomas Pickney's treaty in 1795 |
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| battle between the U.S. and united forces of Indian tribes that opened up the Northwest Territory to further expansion |
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| rebellion by the people in the backcountry of the U.S. against an excise tax placed on whiskey by the government in order to earn money to pay off the national debt |
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| Law that declared that land being sold had to be marked off distinctly in square shapes. |
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| Democratic-Republican Party |
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| derives from the Jeffersonian Party. They focus more on the needs of the lower working classes, the yeoman farmers. |
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| letter written by George Washington to the people just before his refusal of a third term in office as President. |
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| France sent 3 agents (referred to as X, Y, and Z) to tell America that in order for peace to be retained between their countries, the U.S. would need to pay a hefty fine just to speak with the King without a guarantee of a beneficial outcome. resulted in a fierce naval war with France. |
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| Series of laws that were meant to strengthen the Republican Party. They made the process of becoming a U.S. Citizen much longer. They also restricted the freedoms of the 1st amendment by making it illegal to write anything bad about government officials |
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| Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions |
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| political statements made by the governments of Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional. They said it was the states' right and duty to check the national government on such laws. |
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| a success for the federal government in the respect that the Presidential election ran in accordance with how the founding fathers had designed it to be. Jefferson won over Adams not by any political strategy but by winning over the Federalists peacefully |
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| the writer of the Virginia Plan and main mastermind at the Constitutional Convention. He was also good friends with George Washington and would often give Washington advice. |
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| delegate at the Constitutional Convention who wrote the Hamilton Plan, most likely as a joke. A main writer of the Federalist Papers. |
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| delegate from Pennsylvania at the Constitutional Convention who was a great supporter of Nationalism. He wrote the Constitution. |
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| George Washington's Secretary of War. Oversaw relations with the Indians and settled boundary disputes among settlers |
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| Proposed the Virginia Plan in the Constitutional Convention. He was against slavery and the slave trade and was a strong supporter of a strong central government |
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| Frenchman who was sent to America to find support for France in their war with Britain and Spain. Threatened the American Neutrality Act set forth by Washington |
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| ambassador for France and Spain. settled Jay's Treaty with Britain, which was almost completely beneficial to Britain. Also helped write the Federalist Papers |
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| delegate from MA at the Constitutional Convention. Second President of the U.S. after Washington |
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| writer of the Declaration of Independence. main supporter of the Democratic Party/Jeffersonian Party. Third President of the U.S. after Adams |
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| was the first to call for Independence from Great Britain during the Revolution. |
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| main supporter of the Anti-Federalists. strongly opposed a strong central government. Very fiery and heated in debates and speeches |
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