Legacy of the Revolution
This event, influenced by the American Revolution, began with a storming of the Bastille; later, heads would roll.
What was the French Revolution?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
According to some Convention delegates, the Articles of Confederation needed to be replaced because it fundamentally gave too much power to these political entities.
What were the states?
This Constitutional faction was "convinced that a strong well mounted government will better suit the popular palate than one of a different complexion," according to Alexander Hamilton.
Who were the Federalists?
He sought better relations with Great Britain to avoid dragging the United States into European conflicts, but ended up laying the seeds for political parties to form.
Who was George Washington?
This foreign policy scandal sparked the French Quasi-War.
What was the XYZ Affair?
A letter from Abigail Adams to her husband John implied frustration that Revolutionary-era women were constrained to this role, in which they taught certain values within their family at home but could not vote.
What is republican motherhood?
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had only one chamber, meaning it was this type of legislature.
What is unicameral?
According to James Madison's diary of the Constitutional Convention, delegates from South Carolina argued against ending this because it would benefit Virginia over other states.
What was the importation of enslaved people from Africa?
Several Antifederalist Constitutional delegates — including Robert Yates, John Lansing, George Mason, and Elbridge Gerry — all shared this common distinction related to the Convention.
What is they attended the Convention but didn't sign the Constitution?
Anti-Federalist sentiment helped inspire western grain farmers to action in this event, which started when a federal official named Robert Johnson was tarred and feathered.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
These laws empowered the Adams' administration to deport foreigners who posed a national security risk or punish anti-government speech; in reality, they were meant to silence Jeffersonian opposition to the Federalists.
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
In 1777 and in response to the American Revolution, Vermont was the first state to legally mandate manumission, otherwise known as this policy.
What is banning slavery?
The Articles of Confederation lacked this important part of government to implement laws passed by Congress.
What is the executive branch?
Name that plan: "Resolved: therefore that the rights of suffrage in the National Legislature ought to be proportioned to the Quotas of contribution, or to the number of free inhabitants, as the one or the other rule may seem best in different cases."
What is the Virginia Plan?
This law, passed in 1787, established a procedure for governing land north of the Ohio River and admitting future states.
What was the Northwest Ordinance?
This treaty, opposed by Jefferson and Madison, was supposed to establish economic relations with Great Britain while maintaining U.S. neutrality in European military affairs; in reality, it ended up enraging France and was unpopular with the American public.
What is the Jay Treaty?
The first peaceful transition of power between political parties in American history.
What was the Revolution of 1800? Also acceptable: the Election of 1800.
In response to this event, Thomas Jefferson once wrote: "I become daily more and more convinced that all the West India islands will remain in the hands of the people of colour, and a total expulsion of the whites sooner or later take place."
What is the Haitian Revolution?
What is lack of power over interstate commerce?
Series of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay that explained the meaning and virtues of the Constitution
What are The Federalist Papers?
It was called "Sherman's Plan" but has most commonly been known by this grander title.
What is the Great Compromise?
After the Revolution, American national identity was most often expressed through these three forms of culture (must name all three).
What are art, architecture, and literature?
This conspiracy, started in 1798 by Massachusetts minister Jedidiah Morse and involving a mysterious anti-Christian organization supposedly created in the French Revolution, caused New Englanders to fear a French invasion of America.
What was the Illuminati conspiracy?
It was never mentioned in the Constitution; instead, oddly enough, early Americans used this phrase to describe a key feature of society and the economy.
What was the "peculiar institution"?
What is Shays' Rebellion?
In response to Anti-Federalist demands for this type of document, Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist 84 that such a document would be "dangerous" because "why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?"
What is a bill of rights?
What is the three-fifths compromise?
It included the assumption of state debts, loans and tariffs to stimulate the domestic economy, and the creation of a national bank.
What is Hamilton's Financial Plan?
These documents, written by Jefferson and Madison, argued that the national government’s authority was limited to the powers expressly granted by the U.S. Constitution.
What are the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?