Founding Documents & Government
This first governing document of the U.S. was replaced by the Constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This Massachusetts uprising showed weakness in the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
This Founding Father was the second U.S. president and avoided war with France.
Who is John Adams?
A government tax on imported goods designed to raise revenue.
What is a tariff?
Powers not directly stated in the Constitution but necessary to carry out expressed ones.
What are implied powers?
This plan favored large states with representation based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This Pennsylvania protest was sparked by a tax on alcohol.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This 1800 agreement ended the alliance between France and the U.S. peacefully.
What is the Convention of 1800?
Hamilton wanted the federal government to pay these off to strengthen credit.
What are state debts?
Someone who believes the government should only do what the Constitution specifically says.
What is a strict constructionist?
This plan favored small states with equal representation.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
This law punished those who criticized the U.S. government during Adams’ presidency.
What is the Sedition Act?
This author of Federalist No. 10 argued for a large republic to control factions.
Who is James Madison?
This 1785 law set up the sale of western lands to raise revenue.
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785?
This law written by Jefferson declared no person should be forced to support a religion.
What is the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
This compromise created a two-house Congress.
What is the Great Compromise?
This compromise counted part of the enslaved population for representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This Virginian led the Democratic-Republican opposition to Hamilton.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This early meeting in Philadelphia declared independence in 1776.
What is the Continental Congress?
These groups formed in the 1790s around leaders like Hamilton and Jefferson.
What is the emergence of political parties?
This amendment says powers not given to the federal government go to the states.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
This early meeting in Philadelphia declared independence in 1776.
What is the Continental Congress?
He proposed the first national bank and a plan to pay state debts.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The movement to end slavery in the U.S.
What is abolition?
This European uprising divided Americans—some supported liberty, others feared chaos.
What is the impact of the French Revolution?