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Stufflet APUSH U3P2
Unit 3--Part 2--APUSH
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Federalists | political party that desired strong federal government and tariffs to protect US industry; led by Hamilton |
| Democratic-Republicans (Anti-Federalists) | political party that feared strong federal government; led by Jefferson |
| Proclamation of Neutrality | under George Washington, this said the US would not take sides in the French Revolutionary Wars |
| Jay’s Treaty | treaty with Great Britain that said Brits would remove troops from NW Territories and wouldn't interfere with US shipping |
| Pinckney Treaty | treaty with Spain that said Spain would recognize US neutrality, end Spanish claims to Mississippi territory, draw a border with Florida, give the US access to Mississippi River and New Orleans |
| Battle of Fallen Timbers | after this, the Ohio River Valley Indians gave up claims to Ohio River Valley; opened Indiana to settlement |
| Whiskey Rebellion | first challenge to federal power after the Constitution was written; collapsed in face of federal power |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | under Adams, these laws said "dangerous" foreigners could be deported and that it was illegal to criticize the President |
| Kentucky Resolves and Virginia Resolves | laws that nullified (cancelled) the Alien and Sedition Acts in those states |
| impressment | term that refers to British policy of seizing American ships and forcing US sailors to help British fight its enemies |
| Northwest Ordinance | law that established a process by which new states above the Ohio River would be admitted to the Union |
| Articles of Confederation | outlined the first form of the US government; unicameral legislature |
| Shays' Rebellion | this convinced many Founding Fathers that a stronger federal government was necessary; took place in Massachusetts in 1786 |
| Great Compromise | solved the problem of representation; created a House of Representatives and a Senate |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | was a result of slave states wanting to count their slaves in their population so they could increase their representation in the House of Representatives |
| Electoral College | system to elect the President; favored the small states and slave states |
| Thomas Jefferson | leader of the Democratic-Republicans; favored a smaller federal government |
| Alexander Hamilton | leader of the Federalists; favored a larger federal government |
| Federalist 51 | essay in which Madison outlined a system of separation of powers and checks and balances |
| Bill of Rights | added to Constitution to satisfy the Anti-Federalists; protects individual rights from abuse by a strong government |
| 10th Amendment | says all powers not outlined in the Constitution for the federal government are reserved for the individual states |
| Article 6 | example of religious toleration in Constitution; says no "religious test" is required to hold office |
| federalism | system in which power is divided between the federal and state governments |
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