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When did the articles of Confederation get approved?
November 1777
who's idea was the Virginia Plan
James Madison
What did the Judiciary Act of 1789 create?
Federal district courts in each state and three circuit courts above them.
What was the Election of 1800 later called by Thomas Jefferson?
The Revolution of 1800
What proposal was made in 1777 under the Articles of Confederation?
To use lands west of the Appalachian Mountains for the benefit of the new nation
What did the northwest ordinance of 1787 create?
Created territories that eventually became ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin.
Who wasn’t at the constitutional convention
Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson James Madison and William Paterson
Thomas Jefferson
Who were the two leaders of the first political parties, the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans?
Alexander Hamilton led the Federalists, and Thomas Jefferson led the Democratic-Republicans.
Who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804?
Aaron Burr
In 1784, how much land was George Washington awarded after the American Revolution?
30,000 acres
What did Alexander Hamilton forged a defense for?
A new and improved constitution
Which plan was used the Virginia Plan or the New Jersey Plan?
Virginia Pla
What event in 1794 tested the federal government’s power when people protested a tax on whiskey?
The Whiskey Rebellion.
When did Jefferson officially move into the new capital in Washington City?
In 1800
What act was passed in 1790 to try to regulate peaceful and fair relations on the borderlands?
The Indian Trade and Intercourse Act
How much did the land ordinance of 1784 offer for land?
1$ per acre
What was the “supreme law of the land”?
Congressional legislation
Who invented the cotton gin in 1793, and how did it affect American agriculture?
Eli Whitney invented it, and it increased cotton production almost overnight, making Southern plantations central to the American financial system.
Who declared in 1783 that “America must be as independent in literature as in politics, as famous for arts as for military arms”?
Noah Webster
What treaty in 1795 granted the United States vast tracts of land in future states like Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan?
The Treaty of Greenville