Founding of the Nation

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  1. 3. City from which the US government first ruled under the Constitution.
  2. 7. The 2nd amendment says that this type of militia is “necessary to the security of a free state”.
  3. 9. Passed in 1798 to pay for a $2million upgrade to the military.
  4. 12. An agreement between large and small states regarding how much power states would have under the US Constitution.
  5. 15. This French minister attempted to recruit and arm US privateers to join France against the British.
  6. 16. Agreement granting America the right to transport goods along the Mississippi River and to use the port of New Orleans.
  7. 17. Sent to London in 1794 to negotiate trade matters, impressment, and the hope of avoiding war with England.
  8. 20. 1799 uprising of Pennsylvania Dutch farmers in response to a federal property tax.
  9. 21. Plan to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation in Congress.
  10. 22. An agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution.
  11. 23. Resolves written by Jefferson and Madison that argued for states’ rights and strict constructionism of the Constitution.
  12. 24. Proto-political party that supported the AOC, disliked a strong national government, and pushed for a Bill of Rights.
  13. 28. Leader of the Haitian Revolution, whom Adams assisted in order to hurt Napoleon.
  14. 32. The 5th amendment defends a person from prosecution twice for the same offense.
  15. 35. The Supreme Court’s power to determine the constitutional validity of a law.
  16. 38. An armed uprising in Western M.A. in opposition to the government’s efforts to collect taxes on people and their trades.
  17. 39. Federalist judges installed by Adams on his last night in office, as a result of the Judiciary Act of 1801.
  18. 40. The most powerful branch of government, it controls the money, creates law, and has the power to remove officials in the other 2 branches.
  19. 41. Title preferred by George Washington.
  20. 42. Proto-political party that supported the Constitution, favored a strong national government, and saw the Bill of Rights as unnecessary.
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  1. 1. Law that let the president imprison/deport foreigners considered "dangerous to the US at any time.
  2. 2. Secretary of State to Washington, he did not support a BOTUS or a loose construction of the Constitution.
  3. 4. An uprising of farmers and distillers in PA in protest of Hamilton’s excise tax.
  4. 5. Belief that the federal government is a creation of the states who are the arbiters of whether the government overstepped its authority.
  5. 6. Law that made immigrants wait 14 years to become citizens.
  6. 8. Agreement ending the NW Indian Wars that led Natives to cede 2/3 of Ohio state in exchange for federal annuities.
  7. 10. Nation that held the Mississippi River during Washington’s presidency.
  8. 11. Amendment that places the President and Vice President on the same ballot.
  9. 13. Moral code of behavior and system of government in which the supreme power of the country is vested in an electorate.
  10. 14. He threw support to Jefferson in the House of Representatives, helping him to win the election of 1800.
  11. 18. Political party supporting states’ rights, a strict interpretation of the Constitution, yeomen farmers, and France.
  12. 19. Law that made it a crime to publish “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” against the government.
  13. 25. It begins with the words, “We the People”.
  14. 26. Secretary of War under Washington, appointed to create a consistent Indian policy.
  15. 27. Law that let the president imprison/deport any male citizen (over 14) of a hostile nation during war.
  16. 29. It gave Congress the power to establish lower federal courts, federal districts, and courts of appeal.
  17. 30. Monicker for the 3 emissaries who were told they must bribe the French Prime Minister in order to negotiate.
  18. 31. Drafter of the Bill of Rights and fourth president of the United States.
  19. 33. Battle during the NW Indian Wars that led to the defeat of the Miami Tribe under Anthony Wayne.
  20. 34. First 10 amendments to the Constitution, which were ratified in 1791.
  21. 36. A member of the Federalist party, he spent his presidency fighting Hamilton for control.
  22. 37. Plan to create a bicameral legislature with representation in Congress based on population.