Articles of Confederation
One right that the federal government DID have under the AoC
right to declare war
right to declare peace
control of the postal system
international political agreements
Crisis situation/loss of control leading people to want to revise Articles of Confederation
Shays' Rebellion
John Jay was aligned with this group
Federalists
The U.S. Constitution was the first constitution to do this
What is be ratified by the people
Country that Dr. Harry taught English in before starting grad school
Russia
point of disagreement concerning the ratification of the Articles of Confederation
representation - small states insisted on equal representation per state, while larger states wanted representation based on population
type of government preferred by James Madison
republic
Though 9 states ratified the constitution, the major holdouts of NY and VA would only sign after the implicit promise of this document being added
Bill of Rights
Method Hamilton used to remedy personal debt
bankruptcy
What kind of pet does Dr. Harry have? How many?
Two cats!
Three things Shays' Rebellion was responding to
Unpayable debt
Increased taxation
No payment for soldiers who had fought in the war
Only method of debt payment permitted by the Constitution
gold
silver
Secretary of the treasury was a federalist, secretary of state was an anti-federalist
The reason many governments were implementing constitutions at the middle of the 18th century
What is the growing number of global wars, needed $ and men
Where Dr. Harry went for her undergraduate degree
Lafayette College
1787 agreement creating a single territory in the Ohio River Valley. Could be divided into 3-5 regions, each which would need a population of 60,000 people to apply for statehood
What was the Northwest Ordinance
Constitutional Convention's "solution" to the question of slavery and enslaved people
Slavery will continue, Congress cannot abolish the slave trade until after 1808 (20 years), there is still a tax on the importation of enslaved people
Hamilton's strategy for resolving states' debts
create federal bank, that would ASSUME all of the state debt
Shays' Rebellion showed the failures of the Articles of Confederation, proved to a number of elite that a stronger central government was necessary (for control)
What subject did Dr. Harry initially study in undergrad?
Chemistry
Amount of debt that the U.S. government had at the end of the Revolutionary War
What is Ben Franklin's house
Jefferson's opinion on the national bank and his reason why
Jefferson was anti-national bank, felt that since the constitution specifically did not outline a national bank, that creating a national bank was unconstitutional and it should be left to the states. Decision set precedent for whether the constitution would be interpreted broadly or narrowly
What was the general topic of Dr. Harry's PhD research?
Religion and the Cold War, diplomatic relations between the Catholic Church and the Soviet Union, Lithuanian Catholic clergy, Religion/Catholicism in the Soviet Union