Articles of Confederation
This was the first U.S. government plan, made in 1777.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This 1787 meeting created a new U.S. government plan.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
Washington set this example by leaving office after two terms.
What is a precedent?
This party, led by Adams, wanted a strong national government.
What is the Federalist Party?
This 1797 event with French agents asking for bribes angered Americans.
What is the XYZ Affair?
Under the Articles, this group had most of the power, not the national government.
What are the states?
This Virginian became the first President under the Constitution.
Who is George Washington?
This man was Washington’s Treasury Secretary and loved banks.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This party, led by Jefferson, liked state power and farmers.
What is the Democratic-Republican Party?
These 1798 laws limited free speech and targeted immigrants.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
The Articles didn’t let the government do this to raise money.
What is collect taxes?
This compromise gave big and small states a fair deal in Congress.
What is the Great Compromise? (or Connecticut Compromise)
Washington warned against these groups dividing the nation.
What are political parties?
Federalists liked this country’s strong government style.
What is Britain?
Adams kept peace by avoiding war with this country.
What is France?
This farmer’s rebellion in 1786 showed the Articles were weak.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
These essays by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay supported the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This 1794 treaty with Britain eased tensions and opened trade.
What is Jay’s Treaty?
Democratic-Republicans supported this country’s revolution.
What is France?
This pair of states wrote resolutions against Adams’s 1798 laws.
What are Kentucky and Virginia?
The Articles only had this one branch of government, no president or courts.
What is Congress?
This part of the Constitution lists rights like free speech.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Washington stayed out of war between these two countries.
What are France and Britain?
This Virginian wrote against Adams’s laws and later became President.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This election loss in 1800 ended Adams’s presidency.
What is the Election of 1800?