American Revolution
Major Cause of the American Revolution
Taxes
This critical power, which was held solely by the state governments under the AOC, was the national government's biggest financial weakness.
What is the power to tax (or levy taxes)?
This group advocated for a stronger national government and supported the immediate ratification of the new Constitution.
Who are the Federalists?
This branch is headed by the President and is created by Article II.
What is the Executive Branch?
Who was the first president of the US?
George Washington
Declaration was written in what year
1776
This former Continental Army captain led the uprising of debt-ridden farmers in western Massachusetts.
Who is Daniel Shays?
Written under the pseudonym Publius, these 85 essays argued in favor of the new Constitution and included essays like Federalist No. 10 and Federalist No. 51.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This compromise settled the question of representation by creating a bicameral legislature with the House based on population and the Senate based on equality.
What is the Great Compromise (or Connecticut Compromise)?
The debate over this institution, proposed by Hamilton, centered on whether the Constitution allowed the government to create it, testing the "Necessary and Proper" Clause. Part of his plan to decrease the national debt
What is the Bank of the United States (or National Bank)?
The key battle that turned the tide of the American Revolution
Battle of Saratoga in 1777
The ultimate significance of Shays' Rebellion was that it demonstrated the fatal weakness of this existing document, leading to the call for the Constitutional Convention.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This group advocated for a weaker national government and did not support the immediate ratification of the new Constitution.
Who are antifederalists?
This agreement determined that for the purpose of representation and taxation, enslaved persons would be counted as this fraction of a person.
What is three-fifths ($3/5$)?
This collective term refers to the heads of the four original executive departments (State, Treasury, War, and Attorney General) who advised Washington.
What is the Cabinet?
Revolutionary War ended with what treaty?
Treaty of Paris
This major provision, enshrined in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, set a significant national precedent by forbidding it in the entire territory.
What is slavery (or involuntary servitude)?
The primary concern of the Anti-Federalists was that the new government would be prone to tyranny because it lacked this explicit protection for individual rights. A document was then created
What is a Bill of Rights?
This system was created as a compromise on how to elect the President, balancing election by popular vote with election by the legislature.
What is the Electoral College?
This violent uprising in western Pennsylvania in 1794 challenged the federal government's authority to enforce the excise tax.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This act required colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
Under the AOC, this was the only branch of the national government.
What is the Congress (or Legislative Branch)?
Who was a key founding father who identified as a FEDERALIST
Alexander Hamilton
This plan, supported by large states, proposed a bicameral legislature where both houses had representation based on state population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This important precedent was established when Washington chose to stay out of conflicts not involving America
What is the statement of neutrality?