A | B |
Loyalists | Believed that rebelling against the King was like rebelling against God |
British troops slowed down by swaps and hills | British lost at Saratoga because |
Abigail Adams | did not support Loyalists goals |
loss of British markest | created the depression that started in 1784 |
How many amendments are in the constitution | 27 |
USA ill prepared for war of 1812 | poorly equipped Army |
Hamilton's first priority | pay off all debts |
Whiskey Rebellion | protest against federal taxes on whiskey |
Prohibited U.S. Trade w/Great Britian and France | Non-Intercourse act |
Committee of Correspondence | inform the world about British oppression |
writs of assistance | warrents issued to search for smuggled goods |
Breed's hill | battle in 1775 |
French revolutionaries stormed the | Bastille |
impressement | kidnapping of American Sailors |
Pickney's treaty | temporary right of deposit |
Great Compromise | House based on population; Senate two votes each |
Federalists | Strong central government; loose construction |
Republicans | weak central government; strict constriction |
Election of 1796 | Washington stes the precedent of two term president |
Twelfth Amendment | no longer can the second place winner become Vice-President |