Financial
What was the financial debate of the United States?
Nation had large war debt
What was Jay's Treaty?
Trade treaty with Britain that was highly unpopular because of the Revolution
How many houses are in our government? What are they?
2, House of Representatives and Senate
Who was the first president of the USA
George Washington (you better know that one)
There as a New York junior delegate
Now what I'm gonna say may sound indelicate...
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What?
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What?
1. Goes and proposes his own form of government
2. His own plan for a new form of government
Who proposed the national bank? Who rejected it?
Alexander Hamilton proposed, Thomas Jefferson rejected
What did Pinckney's Treaty include?
All lands east except Florida
How many branches of government are there? What are they?
3, legislative, executive, and judicial
Who lived in France during the war, then came back to help with the government. Hint: He hated Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
I am not ----------
Throwing away my shot
What was Alexander Hamilton's plan?
tariff, pay all debts, national bank system
What kind of legislature did the Virginia Plan call for?
Two-house, ordinary voters would vote for lower house and lower house would choose upper house
What was the Philadelphia Convention also called?
The Constitutional Convention
Who was the Secretary of Treasury when the country began?
Alexander Hamilton
Tens of thousands of people flood the streets
There are screams and church bells ringing
And as our fallen foes retreat
I hear the drinking song they're singing
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The world turned upside down
What was Hamilton's Report on Public Credit?
Federal government should assume all state debts and fund the national debt
What plan called for representation being equal among the states?
New Jersey Plan
What was Whiskey's Rebellion and what did it prove?
Farmers rebellion over a tax on whiskey, it proved the strength of the new government
Who was Secretary of War?
Henry Knox
What did the Bank of the United States do to the specie-starved American economy?
Provide stability by making loans to merchants, handling government funds, and issuing bills of credit
What did the Bill of Rights protect?
Individual citizens and safeguard fundamental personal rights
Who was the big name that lost the presidential election of 1800? Hint: He was also a part of a very famous dual we learned about
Aaron Burr