| A | B |
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| Annapolis Convention | 1786 Discussed problems of articles of confederation. |
| Constitutional Convention | 1787 Convention to make Constitution |
| Hamilton | Financial plans |
| James Madison | Father of the Constitution |
| Virginia Plan | Madison's propsal for the debate of small vs. large states. Favored the large states |
| New Jersey Plan | Plan that favored small states. |
| Connecticut plan, Great Compromise | Provided for a two-house Congress. Each state would be given equal representation in the Senate, but the larger body, the House of Representatives, each state would be represented accroding to the size of its population |
| Three-fifths Compromise | Counted each slave as 3/5s of a person for the purposes of determining a state's level of taxation and representation. |
| Commercial Compromise | allowed congress to regulate interstate and foreign commerce like tariffs on foreign imports. |
| The Federalist Papers | presented reasons for believing in the practicality of each major provision of the Constitution. |
| Bill of Rights | 1791 this document was adopted. helped to pass the constitution. first ten amendments to the constitution. |
| Judiciary Act | 1789 Established Supreme Court |
| Proclamation of Neutrality | 1793 "citizen" Genet, french minister asked US to support France |
| Jay Treaty | 1794 George Washington sent this guy to convince Britain to stop seraching and seizing US ships. he brought back a treaty in which British agreed to evacuate its posts US western frontier but said nothing about British seizures of US merchant ships |
| Pinckney Treaty | 1795 Thomas Pinckney, US minister to Spain. spain agreed to open Mississippi river. |
| Battle of Fallen Timbers | 1795 US army led by General Anthony Wayne defeated Shawnee, Wyandot at this battle. The Treaty of Greenville Natives surrendered Ohio Territory |
| Whiskey Rebellion | 1794 refusal of farmers to pay federal excise tax on whiskey. washington sent 15,000 militiamen |
| Public Land Act | 1796 Procedures for dividing and selling land. |
| Democratic-Republicans | 1790s Jefferson party. Opposite Federalist Party (Hamilton). Supporters were in southern states and on western frontier. Favored protection of states' rights and strict containment of federal power. Pro-French. |
| Federalists | 1790s Led by Hamilton and supported his financial program. Loose interpretation of Constitution. Strong central government. Pro-British. Supporters were mostly northern businessmen and large landowners. |
| XYZ Affair | 1797 Adams sent a delegation to paris to negotiate witht he French government about a peaceful settlement about French seizing american merchant ships. French Ministers X, Y, and Z requested bribes oas the basis for entering negotiations. The American delegates refused. Federalist party wanted to go to war with France for this but Adams knew America's army was not strong enough for war at the moment. |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | 1798 Naturalization Act - increased number ofyears for immigrants to become US citizens. ____ Acts - President can deport aliens. ____ Act - Newspaper editors can't criticize President. |
| Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | 1799 Jefferson wrote up a document saying that each state as being part of the union has entered a contract and that they should be able to nullify any law they deem unconstitutional (like the Alien and Sedition acts) |
