| A | B |
|---|
| articles of confederation | a loose group of states that do not have a strong central government, states had more power, it took 4 years to be approved due to the war and a land question--writeen my the continetal congress |
| power under the articles | unicameral body, they could declare war make peace sign treaties borrow money establish a postal system and deal with the indians |
| weakness of articles | where will they get an army, no power to tax, no control over interstate trade, no control ove rforiegn trade, to many states had to agree to pass something |
| land ordinance of 1785 | governments creates townships along the ohio valley townships were divided into 6m squares and were sold by block--raised money for education and the government |
| northwest ordinance of 1787 | sets up a system for pieces of land to be made into states, said that there would be 3 to 5 states in the west |
| tariffs | encourages trade with in individual states and were decided on by state governments |
| annapolis convention--1786 | was called upon to dicuss the commerce of the states decided to meet in philidelphia in 1787 |
| virginia plan | unicameral body based on the population of a state |
| new jersey plan | unicameral- 1 representative per state |
| great compromise | virgina and new jersey plan combine two houses |
| 3/5 treaty | said that every slave counted as 3/5's of a person to the population |
| commerical compromise | congress will regulate interstate and foriegn trade and wont put a tax on us exports |
| Bill of rights | not included in the original constitution but was added as the first ten ammendments |
| federalist | want a strong central government |
| federal cases | crossing borders, treason |
| funding bill | paying every certificate holder the face value of tthe certificate |
| assumption bill | taking over the debts of states |
| excise taxes | hidden tax--gasoline tabacco whiskey |
| national bank | where the federal bank deposits money |
| proclamation of neutrality | gw proclaims they are going to be neutral in response to the french revolution |
| the jay treaty | said that the british would get their troops out of the western frontier |
| pickney treaty 1795 | spain allowed america access of the miss r and new orleans and that they could store their goods there |
| strict and loose intepretation | no changin/ straying from consti. straying allowed |
| xyz affair | agents xyz try to bribe americans to pay a large sum of money to meet with talleyrand |
| alien act | gives pres the right to deport those who were considered dangerous |
| sedition act | newspapers could not criticize the pres |
| kentucky and virginia acts | nullified the alien and sedition acts in kentucky and virginia |
| louisiana purchase | the purchase of louisiana from napolean for 15 mill |
| case of marbury vs madison | under the direction of jefferson madison refuses marbury the right to be a federal judge. marbury sues, marshall grants marbury the right to be a judge |
| barbary pirates | men who harrased merchant ships in the meditteranean |
| chesapeake and leopard affair | 3 american died and others were impressed by a british ship |
| embargo act | prohibits merchant american ships from sailing to an foriegn port |
| nonintercourse act of 1809 | says they trade with every one except for britan and france |
| macons bill no2 | if britan of france will cooperate with the us the nthey will not trade with their enemy |
| war hawlks | push the war of 1812 |
