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| Philedelphia Convention 1787 |
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| Convention created to revise the Articles of Confederation, but it turned into a convention to create the Constitution instead of to revise the article of confederation. |
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| Secratary of treasury during Washington's administration. Wrote Reports on public credit and report on manufacturing. |
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| Proposed representation by population in Congress |
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| Proposed equal representation in Congress NOT depending on size of state. |
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| Proposed our current congress layout. A bicameral (two house) system with the House of Representatives based on population and the Senate as equal representation for each state. |
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| Counted blacks as 3/5 of a person in population. |
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| Supporters of Ratification of the constitution. |
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| Opposers of ratification of the Constitution, usually due to the fact that they did not want the centeral government to have too much power. |
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| Strict vs. loose constructionist |
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strict - beleive the constitution should be used exactly as it was written
loose - believe the constitution wasn't written to exactness, and that the interpretations can change as the times change. |
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| Written by Jay, Maddison, and Hamilton. Showed pros and cons to ratification of the Constitution, but were really created to convince people to ratify the constitution. |
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| Established the structure and jurisdiction of the federal court system set up in Article III of the United States Constitution. |
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| Kentucy and Virginia Resolutions |
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Kentucky - Written by Jefferson
Virginia - Written by Madison
Declared the Alien and Sedition Acts null and void. fought for state's to have the right to declare a federal law null and void. |
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| Report on Public Credit (1790) |
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| Alexander Hamilton as Secratary of Treasury to help economy, main act- funding of national debt and assumption of the state's debts. |
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| Report on manufactures (1791) |
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| proposed a tarrif, and encouraged construction of roads and canals, and encouraged American invention and international trade to create a nation based on manufacturing |
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| French ambasader sent to the U.S. to gain help from the U.S. with the French Revolution. |
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| With Great Britain to get British troops out of the Ohio Valley, but was not very sucussful on our side and is often considered the low point of Washington's administration. |
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| Due to Hamilton's Report on Public Credit, an excise tax was put on Whiskey, causing Farmer's to rebel |
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| Washington's "Farewell Address" (1795) |
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| Warned the U.S. against ties with Europe, and advised us to stay out of their affairs. |
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| Democratic - Republican Party |
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| Jeferson and Maddison were a part of the party. believed in economy based on agriculture, strong state government, and were strict constructions. |
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| During Adam's administration, he sent men to negotiate with france, then the french demanded bribes to begin negotiations, and Adams published their reports with their names replace with letters X, Y, and Z, changing all pro-French became anti-French. |
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| Alien and Sedition Act (1798) |
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alien friends act: if we are good with an aliens country, but they speak out against the U.S., they can be deported
alien enemies act: if we are at war with an alien's home country, they can be deported.
they caused a lot of controversy. |
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| Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied in the electoral college and when jefferson won, he changed the country from federalist to democratic - republicans |
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