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Final Exam #2
Review
Term | Definition |
---|---|
committees of response | established for communication between the colonies |
Sam Adams Paul Revere | leaders, sons of liberty |
Common Sense | Thomas Paine, pamphlet time to declare independence |
Olive Branch Petition | attempt at peace with Britain after Lexington and Concord |
Battle of Bunker Hill | American victory over British June 1775 |
Battle of Saratoga | turning point American Revolution, France comes to help |
Yorkstown | Gen. Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington |
George Washington | command the continental army (1st President of U.S) |
Treaty of Paris | Ended the American Rev. (France, Paris) |
Article of Confederation | 1st U.S constitution, every state was equal no matter what the population, Congress had no power no tax |
Shay's Rebellion | Daniel Shays rebels against taxes/ Massachusetts |
Constitutional of Convection of 1787 | Alexander Hamilton, May September 17 |
New Jersey Plan | Favor small states, each state equal no matter what their population |
Virginia Plan | Favors large states, representation in congress based on population |
Connecticut Plan/ Great Compromise | Two House Legislature Bicameral, House of Representative (Population) |
3/5 Compromise | South could count 3/5 of their slaves asd population |
Federalists | Alexander Hamilton, loose construction /interpretation of the constitution |
Anti- Federalists | Thomas Jefferson, strict interpretation, (Republican) |
Bills of Rights | 1st 1o amendments protects your freedom from the government, 2nd amendment Bills Of Rights |
Northwest Ordinance | (1787) plan to admit new states |
Democratic- Republicans | Thomas Jefferson, Strict interpretation of the constitution |
Thomas Jefferson | Sec. of the State Dem- Republican |
Judiciary Act of 1789 | created the Federal Court system |
Hamilton's Economic Plan | Protective tariff (tax on imports), American Business, Excise Tax on Whiskey producer, National Bank, Assumption of State (Debts) |
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