Enlightenment
Enlightenment thinker who believed man was good in the State of Nature
Who is John Locke?
"Turning point" for the American revolutionaries.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Includes two-term limit, a cabinet of advisers, and State of the Union Address.
What is a precedent set by Washington?
A concession the anti-federalists required before they'd ratify the Constitution
What is a Bill of Rights?
Tax on all paper products.
What is the Stamp Act?
Wrote Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
Who is Benedict Arnold?
First Secretary of the Treasury who favored a stronger National Government.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
A system of government that has divided sovereignty between the states and national government.
What is Federalism?
What is debt?
System of economics revolving around ownership of private property and little government intervention.
What is Capitalism?
What is Lexington and Concord?
Treaty with Britain guaranteeing removal from the NW forts in exchange for full payment of debts.
What is Jay's Treaty?
Who are the Democratic-Republicans?
First attempt at colonial unity during the FI War.
What is the Albany Plan?
Argued for a Separation of Powers
Who is Montesquieu?
Winter quarters of the American's after the Battle of Saratoga.
What is Valley Forge?
Treaty with Spain securing right of deposit on the Mississippi.
What is Pickney's treaty?
Philosophy regarding the Constitution that follows "if it's not in the Constitution, it's not legal"
Strict Constructionist
Act that gave Parliament the sole and supreme right to tax the colonies.
What is the Declaratory Act?
Said "If God didn't exist, it would be necessary to create him"
Who is Voltaire?
What is Holland?
Resolution that set precedent for a state nullifying Federal law.
What are the Virginia-Kentucky Resolves?
Amendment forbidding cruel or unusual punishment.
What is the 8th amendment?
Radical revolutionary who said "Caesar had his Brutus, King Charles his Cromwell, and King George-" before being cut off with cries of treason.