The greatest contributor to the constitution. He believed that all the power in a government flowed from the people.
Who is James Madison
100
Washington denied this in 1796
What is a third term in office
100
The compromise that settled the biggest debate during the constitutional convention.
What is The Great Compromise
100
This group believed in a strong aristocratic group of people that would help run the country.
What are the federalists
100
Two controversial acts limiting the ability of foreigners to become U.S. citizens and allowing citizens to be prosecuted for speaking of the government badly
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts
200
The president of the constitutional convention and first president of the United States of America under the constitution.
Who is George Washington
200
In this election, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron burr both tied with 73 electoral votes
What is the election of 1800
200
The first ten amendments to the constitution
What is the Bill of Rights
200
Thomas Jefferson believed that the republic should be based centered around this demographic of people
What are agrarians
200
The unofficial war that resulted from the XYZ affair
What is the Quasi war
300
The founder of the federalist party
Who is Alexander Hamilton
300
The two men who won presidency and vice-presidency in the election of 1796.
Who are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
300
This concept led to the system of “checks and balance” in the Constitution
What is the separation of powers
300
Thomas Jefferson and this man were the leaders of the republicans
Who is James Madison
300
The 1794 act making it illegal for an American to wage war against any country at peace with the United States
What is the Neutrality Act
400
The chief justice of the U.S. supreme court who negotiated a failed treaty with Britain in 1794.
Who is John Jay
400
He was the perfected president for the federalist party in 1796
Who is Thomas Pinckney
400
The only state that did not send a delegate to the constitutional convention
What is Rhode Island
400
At the time of the French revolution, this party was appalled and shocked by the acts of the French people
Who are the federalists
400
By putting an excise tax on whisky, this man’s act led to the Whisky Rebellion in 1799
Who is Alexander Hamilton
500
The first French diplomat sent to the U.S. His actions directly violated the Neutrality Act.
Who is Edmund Genet
500
In the Revolution of 1800, this city was highly crucial to the outcome
What is New York City
500
The 1789 act that provided for a supreme court of six members.
What is the judiciary act of 1789
500
These three men wrote the federalist papers
Who are James Madison, John Jay and Alexander Hamilton
500
The first departments of the executive department created by congress