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USI.7 Study Guide

New Nation/Westward Expansion

TermDefinition
George Washington 1st President President of the Constitutional Convention
John Adams 2nd President 1797-1801 Two party system
Thomas Jefferson 3rd President wrote the Declaration of Independence Sent Lewis and Clark Purchased Louisiana Territory from France
James Monroe 5th President Wrote Monroe Doctrine
James Madison 4th President during War of 1812 Father of the Constitution
Benjamin Banneker helped design the nation's capital (Washington DC)
Lewis and Clark Explored land West of the Mississippi River
Constitutional Convention The meeting that set up the US Constitution State delegates met in Philadelphia in 1787
US Constitution Three branches of government Includes the Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation weak national government no power to collect taxes no executive or judicial branch each state could print its own currency one vote per state
Louisiana Territory Purchased by Thomas Jefferson in 1803
Legislative Branch Congress; makes laws
Executive Branch President; enforces laws
Judicial Branch Supreme Court; interprets laws
First 5 Presidents George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe (All from VA EXCEPT John Adams)
The Great Compromise Two house legislature; one house where every state gets the same, one house where representatives are given based on the population of the state
Bill of Rights First 10 amendments to the Constitution; Ratified while George Washington was President; Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Press
Virginia Declaration of Rights Written by George Mason
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom Written by Thomas Jefferson
War of 1812 War between US and England; during James Madison's presidency
Monroe Doctrine Warned European Nations not to interfere with the West
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