Social Studies
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- citizen grant
- A Frenchman who tried to get Americans to favor the French in their war with G.B.
- french revelution
- started in 1789. Americans became unhappy because it became so violent. We were upset over such lawlessness but happy the French now had a democracy. Reign of Terror is the Very violent time.
- northwest ordiance
- law passed by Congress (Articles of Confederation) created Ohio, Michigan, illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota. NO SLAVERY ALLOWED
- representative democracy
- gov't where the people elect representatives to the federal gov't
- whiskey rebellion
- in Western PA. Farmers thought Tax was unfair because corn whiskey (taxed) was the only product they could make without it spoiling. Gov't sent 13,000 troops to scare the angry farmers. Gov't wins.
- john adams
- 2nd President was a Federalist from Boston. Had been Vice President for G. Washington. Kept the new U.S.A. out of war.(bet.England VS France)
- neutral
- not taking sides
- northwest territory
- Located-North of the Ohio River, West of Pennsylvania,South of Canada/Great Lakes
- spain
- Spain controlled New Orleans on the Mississippi River American farmers need this port to ship farm goods.
- ratify
- To formally approve
- political party
- A group of people who hold certain beliefs about how the government should be run
- constitutional convention
- took place in Philidelphia, PA in the summer of 1787. Originally wanted to change the A of C. Then wrote a whole NEW DOCUMENT-The Constitution of the U.S.A.
- thomas jefferson
- Sec'y of state thought federal gov't should be "small"-states should have the most power. We should have small power. We should have small family farms with only some manufacturing Leader of democratic Republican party.
- bills of rights
- added to state constitution that told the rights of state citizens
- amend
- change
- articles of confederation
- the document (1777) that governed the U.S. during the revelution and after (1787)
- cabinet
- A group of advisors to the President
- republic
- A government in which the power to govern comes from the people, not a king
- alexander hamilton
- sec'y of treasure thought gov't should be "big" Large cities with manufacturing Leader of Federalist party.
- bill of rights
- The first ten amandments to the Constitution
- shays rebellition
- protested taxes in Western Mass.Rebellition pointed out how powerless the federal gov't was
- mt.vernon
- G. Washington's plantation
- impressment
- Kidnapping American sailors at sea and forcing them to work on British Ships
- the federalist papers
- written by A, Hamilton, J.Jay, and J.Madison to convince people how good the new Constitution was.
- constitution
- A set of laws governing a state or nation
- george washington
- first Pres. of U.S.A. chosen for this position const. convention