This man, who believed an agrarian society of free thinking men was the best society, was considered the leader of the Anti-Federalists.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
100
This was the REIGN of time in which much TERROR was felt by French people following that country's revolution.
What is the Reign of Terror?
100
This document is a statement of fundamental rights and privileges, and was added to the United States Constitution as its first ten amendments.
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
This was the political party to which Thomas Jefferson tied his political fortunes.
What are the Democratic-Republicans?
100
This was the first "constitution" governing the Untied States after the Revolution. It was ratified in 1781 and provided for a "firm league of friendship." The legislative branch (Congress) had no power to regulate commerce or forcibly collect taxes and there was no national executive or judicial branch.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
200
Nicknamed "the Father of the Constitution," this talented politician was sent to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on May 25, 1787, where his notable contributions to the Constitution helped to convince the public to ratify it.
Who was James Madison?
200
This 1786 revolt was led by impoverished backcountry farmers, many of them Revolutionary war veterans, who were losing their farms through mortgage foreclosures and tax delinquencies in western Massachusetts. They demanded cheap paper money, lighter taxes, and a suspension of mortgage fore closures. The rebellion exposed the need for a stronger central government.
What was Shays's Rebellion?
200
This 1787 law said that once a territory was inhabited by 60,000 then congress would admit it as a state, and that slavery was prohibited in the Ohio River Valley and Great Lakes region.
What was the Northwest Ordinance?
200
A United States political party consisting of the more elite citizens of the time, they mostly lived along the eastern seaboard in the 1790's and believed in advocating a strong federal government.
Who were the Federalists?
200
This was an agreement between free and slave states, by which the total representation of slave states was decided to include slaves, but counted as "three-fifths of a person."
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
300
This New York federalist was credited with saving efforts at the Annapolis Convention to adopt a Constitution by calling upon Congress to summon a convention in Philadelphia the next year.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
300
Beginning on May 25, 1787, this meeting lasted 16 weeks, and on September 17, 1787, produced the present Constitution of the United States, which was drafted largely by James Madison.
What was the Constitutional Convention?
300
Written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison, these documents were a masterly series of articles for New York newspapers, providing insightful commentary on the scope of the U.S. Constitution.
What were the Federalist Papers?
300
This group opposed the Constitution because they believed people's rights were being taken away without a Bill of Rights. They also did not agree with annual elections and the non-existence of God in the government.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
300
This was an agreement by which larger states were conceded representation by population in the House of Representatives and the smaller states were appeased by equal representation in the Senate.
What is the Great Compromise?
400
This religious group was the first to form an antislavery society in 1775.
Who were the Quakers?
400
This was the ill-fated diplomatic bungle, in which France tried to extort $250,000 from an American delegation for the opportunity to speak with Foreign Minister Talleyrand.
What was the XYZ Affair?
400
Freethinking Thomas Jefferson and his fellow reformers guaranteed a separation of church and state in his home state, formalized in this 1786 law.
What is the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
400
This is a loose-knit group of sovereign states, each of which is free to act independently from the others.
What is a confederation?
400
This is a group chosen by the people to elect the President of the United States in every election year. This system was born alongside the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Electoral College?
500
This woman was the famous wife a one of the Framers, and can be described as an early feminist, lobbying for greater political rights and civil status.
Who was Abigail Adams?
500
This agreement between the U.S. and France, held France to annul the Franco-American alliance, and the U.S. paid damage claims to American shippers.
What was the Convention of 1800?
500
This law stated that disputed land the Old Northwest was to be equally divided into townships and sold for federal income. It also promoted education and ended confusing legal disagreements over land.
What was the Land Ordinance of 1785?
500
This was an exclusive hereditary order comprised of Continental Army officers who were ridiculed by many Americans for their pretentiousness and elitism.
What was the Society of the Cincinnati?
500
This is the legal tradition that favors broad statutory language on the assumption that laws should provide broad rules of procedure, rather than fixed guidelines to predict every possible situation.