Pre-Constitution
United States
United States
What are the Articles of Confederation?
What is Philadelphia?
Who is John Adams?
Who are the Federalists?
Thomas Jefferson selected this ambitious man for his VP running mate in the election of 1800
Who is Aaron Burr?
What is the Legislative?
Proposed by James Madison, this idea of government featured 3 branches of government and a bicameral legislature, where representation was determined by state population
What is the Virginia Plan?
George Washington's cabinet included this secretary of state, who would resign later and found the Democratic-Republican party
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Among Adams's biggest problems as president was dealing with France, especially after this dramatic political event in that country from 1789
What is the French Revolution?
Because it was an uncommon peaceful transfer of power between parties, Thomas Jefferson gave the election of 1800 this nickname?
What its the Revolution of 1800?
Under America's first government, this fraction of states was required to pass importation legislation in congress.
What is 9 out of 13 or 9/13?
Proposed by William Paterson, this idea of government featured 3 branches of government and a unicameral legislature, where representation was equal for each state
What is the New Jersey plan?
To fix American finances, Alexander Hamilton proposed a financial plan that included this special type of tax on imported goods
What is a tariff?
America almost went to war with France over this incident, where American diplomats were bullied by French diplomats and asked to pay a bribe
What is the XYZ Affair?
Despite Adams's losing, the election of 1800 had this result between Jefferson and Burr
What is a tie?
One achievement of America's early government was passage of this document, which outlined plans for schools, courts, and representative government in the American frontiers
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
The Great Compromise, which outlined a bicameral legislature with representation by population in one house and equal representation in the other, was adopted for the Constitution and proposed by this figure
Who is Roger Sherman?
What is Jay's Treaty?
Urged by the Federalists, the Adams administration passed these two acts, which enabled the president to remove foreign immigrants and censor newspapers
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Enraged over the destruction of his political career, Aaron Burr blamed this man and would kill him in a duel
Who is Aaron Burr?
This uprising in Massachusetts convinced the Founders that they needed to revise the national government of the United States
What is Shay's Rebellion?
To convince American citizens to ratify the Constitution, the Federalist Papers were written by a group of leading Founders, including James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and this future first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is John Jay?
This founder from Virginia served as America's first attorney general and was another one of Washington's cabinet members
Who is Edmund Randolph?
In opposition to hostile legislation from President Adams, Madison and Jefferson supported this pair of resolutions, which claimed the federal government could not restrict state governments totally
What are the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?
Ultimately, the election of 1800 had to be decided by a vote in this house of Congress
What is the House of Representatives?