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  1. 3. the Continental Army during the American Revolution
  2. 8. Madison made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers,
  3. 11. Revolution transformed economies that had been based on agriculture
  4. 16. Purchasethe United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million
  5. 17. Marshall emerged as the Federalist Party leader in Virginia and gained election as a U.S. Representative in 1798
  6. 18. Hawks initiated legislation designed to steer the United States towards war
  7. 19. Clay leader of an anti-British group of Congressmen known as the War Hawks while a U.S. Representative and Speaker of the House from 1811 to 1814
  8. 22. Financial Plan the federal assumption of state debts
  9. 23. protection or revenue purposes
  10. 24. Rebellion enforced the idea that the new government had the right to levy a particular tax that would impact citizens in all states
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  1. 1. Virtue helps people understand their ties to the community and their responsibilities within it
  2. 2. Monroe served as a member of the Congress of the Confederation from 1783 until 1786, a U.S. Senator from 1790 until 1794, Governor of Virginia from 1799 until 1802
  3. 4. Hamilton organized the National Bank, the first U. S. monetary system, the tax system, the Customs Service, and established the national debt.
  4. 5. Act closed U.S. ports to all exports and restricted imports from Britain
  5. 6. Review ability of the Court to declare a Legislative or Executive act in violation of the Constitution
  6. 7. the expression of loyalty or support for a particular region of one's country, rather than to the country as a whole
  7. 9. Washington
  8. 10. Canal transformed New York City into the nation's principal seaport and opened the interior of North America to settlement.
  9. 12. Jefferson an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States
  10. 13. and Clark xploring land that the United States had recently acquire
  11. 14. it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining its sovereignty (self-governance) over its perceived homeland to create a nation-state
  12. 15. Jay one of the framers of the Constitution, author of five of The Federalist Papers, and the first Chief Justice of the United States
  13. 20. Whitney famous invention was the cotton gin, which enabled the rapid separation of seeds from cotton fibres
  14. 21. of New Orleans hwarted a British effort to gain control of a critical American port and elevated Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson to national fame.