3.7 - Articles of Confederation
Who led Shays Rebellion
Continental Army veteran Daniel Shays
What did the Three-Fifths Clause do
Allowed slaves to count as three-fifths of a person toward the state‘s population census
What did Hamilton ask Congress to do in December 1790
Issue a 25-year charter for the Bank of the United States
Who ran in the election of 1800
Thomas Jefferson and Arron Burr
What did the 1790 Indian Trade and Intercourse Act regulate
Peaceful and fair relations with the borderlands
Around when did the Continental Congress approve the Articles of Confederation
November 1777 - a decade before the Constitution and years before the end of the Revolution
What initial steps did the country take to end slavery
Putting an end to the slave trade
What did Hamilton cite Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution for
Convincing Congress and Washington to form a national bank
Who killed Alexander Hamilton in 1804
Arron Burr
Who was negatively impacted by the Articles of Confederation (using the lands west of the Appalachian mountains for the benefit of the new nation)
American Indians
What year was the Northwest Ordinance put into place
1787
What did James Madison’s Virginia Plan do
Took sovereignty away from the states and gave it to the national government; divided Congress into Senate and House of Representatives.
Which four people led Washington’s Cabinet
Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Knox, and Edmund Randolph
Where did Hamilton start construction on the nation’s capital in 1792
Between Virginia and Maryland
What did the Articles of Confederation propose using the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains for
The benefit of the new nation passed through Congress
Why did Congress look to sell the western lands
To raise revenue
What two people led to the push for a stronger national government
James Madison and Alexander Hamilton
What did the Judiciary Act of 1789 do
Crated federal district courts in each state and three circuit courts above them
Which state became the first to demand free education
Massachusetts
What did the Treaty of Greenville do
Ended the fighting and granted the United States vast tracks of land (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan)