Colonial America
New England colonies relied on this type of farming
Subsistance farming
This is the first national government in the United States
Articles of Confederation
Congress is in this branch
Legislative
This is a group of advisers to the president
Cabinet
Divide the nation
Cash cropping became popular in this region of the American colonies
Southern colonies
This event made it clear that America needed a new national constitution
Shays' Rebellion
This branch can pardon prisoners and veto laws
Executive
George Washington set many of these while he was president
Precedents
Political parties began forming in America after this person left the presidency
George Washington
This region of the American colonies had the most Scottish, Irish, and Dutch settlers
Middle colonies
This plan suggested a bicameral legislature in the US Congress
This means sharing power between federal and state governments
Federalism
This person wanted America to support France as an ally
Thomas Jefferson
This party did NOT believe in implied powers
Democratic-Republicans
These were important cash crops in the American colonies
Tobacco and rice
This compromise solved the issue of how to count enslaved people into population
3/5ths Compromise
This branch decides in laws are unconstitutional
Judicial
Henry Knox
This person was John Adam's Vice President
Thomas Jefferson
Captives from Africa went to colonies on this continent in massive amounts, as well as the American colonies
South America
Without this addition, the Constitution would never have been ratified. It outlines rights and freedoms of American people.
Bill of Rights
The Constitution was inspired by these philosophers
John Locke and Montesquieu
These THREE people wrote the Federalist Papers together
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
This party believed only the rich and well educated should be involved in politics
Federalists