Post Revolution / The Constitution
What were the results of the constitutional convention?
The Great Compromise (the Connecticut compromise) : Every state would get 2 and only 2 votes in the upper house of legislators (The Senate). Lower house (The House) would be proportional.
What was the XYZ affair
When Adams sent diplomats to end the undeclared naval war the French tried to get bribes from them before talking to America.
What was the 3/5ths compromise
The south wanted to count enslaved people for more votes so the 3/5ths compromise allowed them to 3/5ths of the enslaved as population.
What were the Alien and Sedition acts?
Alien: allowed the president to deport foreign citizens on the suspicion of anti-government acts
Sedition: Made it illegal to write, say or publish any false words against the government
The distribution of government power within a nation between a central authority and the states that make up the nation.
What is Federalism?
What was Washington’s Farewell Address and what were the warnings?
Warnings that George Washington gave to the next president. He warned against political parties, foreign party entanglements, and going into debt.
The president, congress, and supreme court are not all powerful; they have limited power. This ensures that not one branch of the government becomes too powerful because one power can “check” the other.
What are checks and balances?
What was Hamilton’s plan?
Plan to repay national debt. He wanted to repay all debt to foreign nations and repay american nations that bought bonds.
Why was there a Constitutional Convention?
Because of the articles of confederation were weak, representatives of 12 states drafted a new U.S. constitution
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
To help pay back Americans' national debt, a tax was put on the Whiskey. Led to violence in Pennsylvania and tax collectors to be run out of town.