Chapter 5
Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine collected various moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government in which work?
What is Common Sense
True or False: Most free Americans in the early republic believed that “equality” required limiting the amount of land one person could own.
False
What term is famously excluded from The Constitution until the adoption of the 13th amendment?
What is "slavery"
a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion
Who served as the tie-breaker in the election of 1800?
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
Four parliamentary measures in reaction to the Boston Tea Party that forced payment for the tea, disallowed colonial trials of British soldiers, forced their quartering in private homes, and reduced the number of elected officials in Massachusetts
What are the intolerable acts?
__________________ both ruled out direct female involvement in politics and encouraged the expansion of educational opportunities for women so that they could impart political wisdom to their sons.
What is Republican motherhood
Which party called for a strong national government that promoted economic growth and fostered friendly relationships with Great Britain in opposition to Revolutionary France.
Who are The Federalists?
a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, early in the presidency of John Adams, involving a confrontation between the United States and Republican France that led to the Quasi-War.
What was the XYZ affair?
What revolution inspired slave uprisings such as Gabriel's Rebellion?
What is the Haitian Revolution?
The battle in which America was able to prove themselves worthy of French military and financial support
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
One key difference between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution is that the ______________ mentions God while the ______________ is a completely secular document
What is the DoI, Constitution
This party was concerned that the new national government would be too powerful and threaten individual liberties. Their opposition was a major factor in the adoption of the Bill of Rights.
Who are the anti-federalists
four laws passed by Congress in 1798 to limit immigration and speech in the United States
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
The Bank of the United States was modeled after which nation?
What is Great Britain?
The _________________ was a series of legislative bodies that represented the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain and the United States during the American Revolution
What is the Continental Congress
Adam Smith’s ___________________, published in England in 1776, argued that the “invisible hand” of the free market directed economic life more effectively and fairly than governmental intervention
What is The Wealth of Nations
a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.
What are The Federalist Papers
The split of electoral votes between two candidates in the election of 1800 led to the ratification of __________
What is the 12th amendment?
Thomas Jefferson claims that the power of government derived from the “_________________”
What is "consent of the governed"
The ________________ was the first constitution of the United States, establishing the national government after the country's independence from Great Britain
What is the Articles of Confederation?
In the letter, __________ urged her husband to consider women's rights in the new American government and to "remember the ladies" in the new laws he was creating.
Who is Abigail Adams
A violent insurrection led by farmers in the Massachusetts countryside during 1786 and 1787, __________________ was brought about by a monetary debt crisis at the end of the American Revolutionary War.
What is Shays' Rebellion
The _____________ was fought between the United States and Great Britain, primarily over the impressment of American sailors by the British Navy, as well as disagreements over trade, western expansion, and Native American policy. Also known as the "second American revolution"
What is the War of 1812
The Bill of Rights implies that ____________ poses the biggest threat to individual rights and liberties
What is centralized power, the central gov, etc.