The American Revolutionary War
Foreign country whose military and financial support most contributed to the American victory.
What is France?
The Articles created a government that was basically a ________ of sovereign states.
What is a confederation?
These essays were written to persuade Americans to ratify the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
Political leader whose economic program aimed to establish national credit and stability.
This amendment reserves powers not delegated to the federal government to states/people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
Major American victory that convinced France to formally ally with the colonies.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Under the Articles, Congress could NOT do this key thing to raise revenue.
What is levying taxes?
The compromise that created representation based on both population and equality of states.
What is the Great (CT) Compromise?
Jefferson believed this group to be the "backbone" of American society.
Who are farmers?
The first amendment protects this freedom.
What is freedom of expression?
Ideological document that argued governments derive power from the consent of the governed.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This uprising revealed economic frustration and weaknesses within the Articles in the late 1780s.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
Five states agreed to ratify the constitution after being promised this would be added later on.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This tax included in Hamilton's program helped spark protest.
What is a tax on distilled liquor?
"Remember the Ladies" was written by this First Lady.
Who is Abigail Adams?
After the Revolution, the idea women should raise virtuous citizens was known as this.
What is Republican motherhood?
Hamilton argued that under the Articles, Congressional laws were basically just this.
What are recommendations?
The goal of this institution was to insulate the presidency from the popular will.
What is the Electoral College?
This party was most likely to support the principles of the 10th Amendment.
Who are the Democratic-Republicans?
The purpose of the sedition acts was to limit this freedom found in the bill of rights.
What is freedom of expression?
Why France aided the colonies: not out of democracy, but for this reason?
What is to weaken the British empire?
According to Hamilton, the biggest weakness of the Articles was that Congress could request for men and money but had no power to enforce them on this group?
Who are the people?
The 3/5s Compromise determined how enslaved people would be counted for these TWO things.
What is taxation AND representation purposes.
Jefferson's warning against "political intolerance" refers to backlash from this policy of John Adams.
What are the Alien & Sedition Acts?
The 9th and 10th amendments are both examples of this kind of rights.
What are negative rights?