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| Founding fathers met to discuss the Articles of Confederation |
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| How many delegates were at the Philadelphia Convention? |
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-55 from 12 states
-none were present from Rhode Island |
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| Why didnt Rhode Island attend the Convention? |
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| -they didnt want to give up their right to veto any bill they didnt like |
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| What kind of men attended the convention? |
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-wealthy men who served in the Revolutionary War
-studied law or at least had knowledge about the war
-slave owners |
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| The two purposes of the convention |
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-do the articles need to be amended or start fresh?? START FRESH
-how do we delegate power over each state?? Every state equal |
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| Small States vs Large States |
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Virginia--two houses of govt, lower house determined by the class, upper house determined by the state representatives
-each state has representatives number by population |
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| -one house each state having the same equal number of representatives |
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-only 3/5 of the slaves in slave states were counted toward population
-states had to pay 3/5s more taxes |
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-executive branch (President of the United States)
-legislative branch (congress, elected by the people)
-judicial branch (supreme court) |
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-NO tarriffs
-trade was allowed from other nations
-govt in control of Army and Navy |
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| -made bc state wouldnt join unless freedom for individual rights was promised |
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| two states didnt join till after |
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-North Carolina
-Rhode Island (after Washington was elected |
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-didnt like that the articles were changed completely, they felt all that was needed was a revision
-believed that this would doom the independence of states |
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| Anti-Federalist famous people |
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-Patrick Henry
-Samuel Adams
-General E. Lee |
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| did the federalist party survive?? |
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| -they didnt last long but left behind the obilgation to make the bill of rights |
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| -washington used his ability to put tax on Whiskey |
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| who did the Whiskey Rebellion hurt most? |
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| -farmers bc if their crops didnt make the cut they would convert things over to Whiskey |
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| What happened in PA regarding the Whiskey Rebellion? |
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-if one didnt pay the tax they were brought here to explain why they couldnt pay the tax
-it happened here bc this was the place where taxes were being collected |
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| How did Americans respond to the Whiskey Rebellion? |
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-shoot out broke out
-threats to burn down houses
-had flags threating to break away from the constitution |
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| how did washington respond to the outbreak of Whiskey Rebellion?? |
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-he went with an army and once he was seen, everyone backed away not wanted to fight against him
-people were fined and said to be put to death, but washington spared them all |
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1st and only unaninously elected
president of the United States |
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| George Washington political stand point |
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| he never came out and said he was a federalsit but he always sided with the federalist choices |
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| Washington's president and the people opinion |
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| Washington felt that it was important for seperation but once a week he opened the president house and the people came a met with him and the first lady but no physical contact |
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| John Adams' personal life |
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-not modest but he was characterized as a monarchist
-never satisfied |
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| Adams' father's goal for him |
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| wanted him to become a minister but adams wanted to study law |
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-father of Federalist party
-the other founding fathers were jealous of him
-not modest about being smart |
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-dad fled when he was little and mother dies when he was two
-decent relative sets him up in the shipping business where he learns how business works |
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-went to college at what is now Columbia
-becomes one of Washington's most useful aides
-wants to be in charge of an army but Washington doesnt want to lose him in his office |
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| Hamilton's part in Constitutional convention |
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-only one who was foreign born
-is said that he is the reason for the no foreign born president rule |
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| -six steps to a great america |
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| Six Steps of Hamilton's Program |
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-Funding the National Debt
-Assumption of the States' Debt
-The Bank of the US
-Taxes and Tarriffs
-The Standing Army
-Restoring Friendship with Britain |
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| Funding the National Debt |
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-pay debt instead of writing it down
-pay soldiers their IOU's that they were given during the war
-washington is in favor |
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| Assuption of states' debts |
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-pay state debt in full as well
-money flow will stop going to the states individually and to the US
-debt would be covered by tax increase |
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| southerns opposed because... |
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-they had already paid their state debt but still had to pay higher taxes
-wanted to also move the capital to the south so that more people could observe southern customs |
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-wanted to house tax money in one central bank
-use this money to build industries and bribe political people
-constitution doesnt have the word bank in it so the Republican party felt they couldnt have it
-washington sides with Hamilton
-bank had a 20 year half-life |
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| Taxes and Tarriffs (Hamilton plan) |
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-whiskey rebellion is an example
-to fix the first three you must raise tax and tarriff |
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| what you do to foriegn trade |
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| reinforcment for tax and tarriffs |
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| restoring friendship with britian |
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-they made products we wanted
-but why mess things up with France when they had helped them when Britian had turned on them |
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-the treaty that was sent London to negotiate
-by the time it got there the British knew what america wanted
-americans agreed to pay for what they destroyed and slaves that had gotten free didnt have to return to the US
-Europe left american forts and sugar ports would be open again for small ships |
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| African Methodist Episcopal church (AME) |
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-african americans didnt believe that the declaration of independence was the same towards them
-slaves should be saved as well as free
with slavery |
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| •Set a 20 year period to get rid of their slaves but only in the north since the south continued |
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•Individual owners freed his individual slaves except South Carolina and Georgia
-free slaves doubled and in TN they could vote |
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•Provides for addition of future states
•Banned slavery North of the Ohio River |
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| Articles of the Confederation |
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a)Thirteen Sovereign States
b)Limited Central Power
c)The Northwest Ordinance |
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•Farmers, Dockworkers, terrorize Massachusetts
•Farmers in Massachusetts were severely hurt, they watched their houses foreclosed and themselves in debtors prison as well as the port workers
•The two unemployed groups started a rebellion lead by Daniel Shay
•No more foreclosing on houses, debtors prison, or property taxes
•They terrorized the tax collectors and started a march toward Philadelphia
•In January in Springfield, the community raised money to pay an army to stop the rebellion
•Property taxes were dropped, and a convention was advised to rewrite the articles |
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•Republican party leader
•Didn’t want a central government
•Stood for state’s rights
•Campaigned for a smaller military
•Fond of wines, went into debt buying furniture and books
•Fathered slaved children with one of his slaves, Sally Hemmings (owned by Jefferson but was brought in as a maid and to help out with his daughter |
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•Shorter and timid in public
•Valedictorian at Princeton University, but begged that he would have to make the graduation speech and was excused
•Good in debates but very bad in public speaking
•A southern like Jefferson and disliked Hamilton |
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•One of the most personally attractive
•Lady’s man up to his 80s
•Had family connections
•Running mate with Jefferson
•Murders Hamilton in illegal duel
•Returns to New York and runs for governor, and Hamilton defeats his forces and his candidate beats Burr |
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•Was invited to make national newspaper for republicans—national gazette
•Teacher but was let go several times because of things still now know today
•Was in the revolutionary war
•Hired James Calendar (the one who starts the slave girl thing with Jefferson) |
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British and Spain build imposing fort
The British stirred up issues with the Indians and stated that if they would side with them the fighting would stop
Indians burned a man and then killed 200 of the next man’s army |
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| leader of the Creek indians |
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Three new states were formed, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Vermont
Little Turtle, leader of the Indians, defeating the Americans very badly except for the Andrew Anthony Maine who went with 3000 men
When British stopped fighting the Americans so did the Spanish, not wanting to take the Americans alone. This opened the Mississippi River for American which enhanced growth |
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| if congress found a French person they will be kicked out or put in jail |
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| gives president the right to kick one out without reason |
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| forbid under prison for criticizing the laws and insulting the president illegal |
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| increased the requirements for immigrants, must stay in the same state for 14 years |
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Americans attacked French ships but neither declared war
Adams felt certain that he could do this war because he could get Washington to lead it but Washington stated he was too old and weak but to appoint Hamilton to be the leader |
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-french attack american shipping
Order ships to attack American ships
Announced that if Americans were found on British ships they were to be hung, even if they were captured |
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Jefferson wrote them
Stated that states could nullify laws they felt were not right
And could defend themselves against the federal government |
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Adams pardoned him
It seemed like everything that the Republicans said about the federalist was coming true |
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