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goverment flashcards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| articals of confederation | first constitution of the us written after revoulutanary war |
| weakness of articals of confedreation | no common currency no executive or judical branch each state 1 vote no tax or trade policies weak federal goverment |
| geroge washsington | established the federal court system bill of rights added to the constitution and planned capital dc |
| john adams | 2 party political system emerged during his predisy |
| thomas jefferson | doubled the size of usa with lousiana purchase |
| james maddison | president during the war of 1812 wich caused europe to gain new respect for us |
| james monroe | issued the monroe doctoren warning europe to leave west hemisphere alone |
| constitution | replaced the articalsm of confederation |
| the great comprise | dicied how many votes each state would have |
| whats the bill of rights | equals virgina declaration of rights and virgina statue of religouse freedom |
| seperation of powers | three branches of goverment legislativje executive and judical |
| bill of rights | jemes madison wrote it about 10 admendments to contitutuin written guarntee for individual rights |
| benjamin beenker | helped washington plan the capital in washington dc |