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- 3. Meeting from May-September 1787 to discuss drafting a new form of government to make up for the shortcomings of the weak Articles of Confederation.
- 4. Jefferson and Henry. Against the US Constitution and a stronger form of government. Believe a Bill of Rights is needed to protect the rights of citizens.
- 6. The first Secretary of State, Anti-Federalist with a strict interpretation of the US Constitution who argues against creating a National Bank since its not in the US Constitution.
- 10. This document makes up for the shortcomings of the weak AOC and became the supreme law of the land. It recognizes the rights of citizens, states, and the government itself.
- 11. Hamilton, Jay, and Madison. Supporters of a strong government and the US Constitution. Believe it will make the nation run more smoothly.
- 13. Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War, recognized American Independence and granted them the Northwest Territory.
- 14. The first vice president from Massachusetts.
- 15. This is the inhumane practice of using others for forced labor. In the colonial and early American government, enslaved African Americans were forcibly used for labor often on plantations of the South.
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- 1. Divided the Northwest Territory into 3 to 5 separate territories.
- 2. The first Secretary of the Treasury, Federalist with a loose interpretation of the US Constitution who wants to create a National Bank to solve the US National Debt.
- 5. Western Massachusetts farmers try to seize an armory that showed the AOC needed to be replaced.
- 7. first government of the United States of America after independence. The articles loosely connected the thirteen colonies in a “firm league of friendship.”
- 8. The first ten amendments (changes) to the US Constitution.
- 9. Response to the excise tax on distilled spirits (Whiskey) proposed by Alexander Hamilton, who was Washington's Secretary of the Treasury in 1791.
- 12. Supreme Court Case that applied the 1st Amendment to Students in School.