Principles and Relations
What were two reasons American leaders struggled in their foreign policy with Great Britain, and why they began to question the Articles of Confederation?
What is the British refused to repeal the Navigation Laws, which required American goods to be shipped to Britain on British ships and also the British were stirring up Native Americans in the Ohio River Valley to distract Americans from taking British territory in Canada.
What was the purpose of The Northwest Ordinance?
What is provided a process for statehood and survey of the land (of the Ohio River Valley region)to assure it free and clear titles. The territory under the first stage would be under the control of Congress, and once it's population reached 60,000 it could apply for statehood.
What were the actions of the states after the Declaration of Independence?
What is states in New England states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Connecticut started to abolish slavery. Virginia insured religious freedom (Jefferson and Baptists in VA). Lowered landowning requirement, which produced more male voters. States in South disestablished the Church of England.
Matching: Match the framer with the nickname given to them: George Washington: a. elder statesman b. agitator c. reputation maker d. loyal opposition e. man behind the scenes f. architect g. wordsmith
What is c. reputation maker-in his Farewell Address he discussed the importance of Christian morals and also warned to stay out of making alliances with foreign governments (esp in Europe).
Matching: Match the framer with the nickname given to them: Benjamin Franklin a. elder statesman b. agitator c. reputation maker d. loyal opposition e. man behind the scenes f. architect g. wordsmith
What is a. elder statesman
What prompted Jefferson to quit Washington's cabinet on December 31, 1794?
What is Washington's stern letter that admonished Jefferson concerning his refusal to take action against the French ambassador Genet who tried to recruit Americans to serve in the French army during the French Revolution, and who also publicly insulted Washington.
The key state in ratification of the Constitution was ______________ and the last state to ratify was ________ ____________. The Constitution required 9 of the 13 states to ratify.
What is Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Delaware was the first state to ratify.
Why were the delegates in Philadelphia surprised when they came to to meet at the Confederation Congress?
What is because they all wanted to write a new Constitution and not just amend or revise the Articles of Confederation, as they thought they were all meeting for originally.
Matching: Match the framer with the nickname given to them: Alexander Hamilton a. elder statesman b. agitator c. reputation maker d. loyal opposition e. man behind the scenes f. architect g. wordsmith
What is b. agitator
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
What is an uprising by whiskey distillers in Western Pennsylvania who disliked the excise taxes and tar and feathered federal agents who came to collect the tax. Washington sent in state militia, which established the federal power in government.
What was the Connecticut Compromise?
What is it determined that members of the lower house representatives would be elected directly by the people, that the upper house Senators would be elected by state legislatures.
The __________Plan favored large population states and the __________ Plan favored smaller population states.
What is Virginia (large and based on population) and New Jersey (small)
What were "The Federalist Papers" and who were the authors of them?
What is newspaper publications that tried to strengthen the cause of ratification of the Constitution and authored by Madison, Jay, and Hamilton.
What were the difficulties with Britain, Spain and France in the 1780's?
What is Britain: Refused to repeal Navigation Laws and also Native Americans as buffer so US could not get Canadian possessions. Spain: closed lower Mississippi River to American ships. France: Demanded repayment of war loans. (the government had debt from the war and this caused inflation, which devalued the US currency-).
What was Shay's Rebellion?
What is it was an uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers that lead to Americans reconsidering the effectiveness of the Articles of Confederation, and fear the nation was sinking into chaos.
What was the compromise on slavery at the Constitutional Convention?
What is 1. Congress would not permit slavery to be abolished for 20 years and 2. a black slave would count at 3-5th of a person when apportioning seats in the national legislature (lower house).
Where was the first capital after ratification of the Constitution, and then where was it from 1790-1800, and finally where did it reside?
What is originally in New York City, then moved to Philadelphia, and finally arrived in Washington D.C.
What are the 5 principles of the US Constitution?
What is see study guide, but you need to list the term and meaning for each on test.
-limited govt
-Union
-Republicanism
-Balance of Powers
-Federalism
What states were the first to ratify the Constitution and what state's convention and actual constitution had the most influence on the federal Constitutional Convention to take place?
What is small states (Delaware was the first) followed by Georgia, and Massachusetts' Constitutional Convention had the most influence.
Amendments 13-15 are known as the _________ _____ amendments.
What is Civil War or (Civil Rights Act)
What are the five freedoms of the first amendment? (The first ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights)
What is 1. Freedom of religion, speech, press, peaceably assemble, and petition the government for a redress.