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| Boundaries of the new nation | West Mississippi River, South Florida, East Atlantic Ocean, North Canada |
| What changed as colonies became a new nation? | More land, Greater social equality, Dramtically changed the government |
| This bound nation together by establishing a central government | Articles of Confederation |
| Year the Articles of Confederation was established | 1777 |
| Problems with Articles of Confederation | Very hard to agree, Had no strong branches, No way to deal with state disputes |
| When was the Northwest Ordinance established? | 1787 |
| Provided for the beginning of new states north and west of Ohio River | Northwest Ordinance |
| What did the Northwest Ordinance guarantee | Freedom of Religion, Trial by Jury, Public Education, Prohibited Slavery |
| Meeting held at Independence Hall in 1787 | Constitutional Convention |
| Wrote the U.S. Constitution | James Madison |
| Bicameral government or two legislative houses | Great Compromise |
| Congress is made up of these two entities | Senate and House of Representatives |
| Number of senators in each state | 2 |
| Number of representatives in each state | Determined by population of the state |
| Counted slaves for population but with taxation, every 3/5 slaves | Three-fifths Compromise |
| Stated that one could not levy export tariffs, No slave regulations until 1808 | The Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise |
| What was required to make an amendment to the Constitution? | A 2/3 majority of the House and a 3/4 majority of Senate must approve the change |
| Year all 13 states had ratified the Constitution | 1790 |
| This document gave assurance their rights would be protected | Bill of Rights |
| Year Bill of Rights was adopted | 1791 |
| Form of government which is controlled by its citizens through elected representatives | Federal Republic |
| Powers of the Federal Government | Maintain law and order, protect the nation in war, assure free trade, sound money |
| The three branches of government provides this | "checks and balances" |
| Voted George Washington to be first President of United States | Electors |
| Year George Washington was voted to be President | 1788 |
| Was chosen to be the first Vice-President | John Adams |
| A ceremony held when a President is sworn into office | Inauguration |
| The nation's first capital city | New York City |
| Advisors to the President | Cabinet |
| Set up the Federal court system as determined by the Constitution | Judiciary Act of 1789 |
| Made up the Federal court system | Supreme Court with a chief justice an 5 associate judges |
| Office that was set up in 1790 to promote inventions and protect inventor's rights | Patent Office |
| The only president to hold a patent | Abraham Lincoln |
| What was Abraham Lincoln's patent for? | Bouy system to help lift boats off of sand bars. |
| He was the first Secretary of the Treasury | Alexander Hamilton |
| Backing paper money with gold or silver | Gold Standard |
| He started the first Bank of the United States | Alexander Hamilton |
| Provided for the production of coins | Mint Act |
| Two political parties during Washington's first term as President | Federalists and Democratic-Republicans |
| Group that believed in loose construction, no limits to federal government power | Federalists |
| Group that believed in strict construction, power limited by constitution, states have more power | Democratic-Repulicans |
| Was created by the donation of two triangular shaped tracts of land given by Maryland & Virginia | District of Columbia |
| Designed Washington D.C. | Pierre L'Enfant |
| Completed the city of Washington D.C. after Pierre L'Enfant was fired | Benjamin Banaker |
| Elected as 2nd President in 1796 | John Adams |
| Elected as 2nd Vice-President | Thomas Jefferson |
| Year George Washington died | 1799 |
| Elected as our 3rd President | Thomas Jefferson |
| Thomas Jefferson's party | Democratic-Repulicans |
| Appointed as the Supreme Court chief justice by John Adams | John Marshall |
| Only they could establish a law was unconstitutional | Supreme Court |
