SS test 11/19
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- Mt. Veron
- G. Washington plantation in VA on the potomac river
- amend
- change
- neutral
- not taking sides
- Daniel Shays/shays rebellion
- protested taxes in west mass. rebellion pointed out how weak the federal gov't was
- politcal party
- a group of people who hold certain beliefs about how a gov't should be run
- Citizen Gene't
- a Frenchman who tried to get Amer. to favor the french in their war with GB
- articles of confederation
- the document that governed the US during and after the revolution
- Spain
- controlled new Orleans on the miss. riv. amer. farmers need this port to ship goods
- the federalist papers
- written by a hamilton j johnson j madison to convince people how good the new const. is
- French revolution
- started in 1789 amer. unhappy because it became so violent we were upset over such lawlessness but happy the french now had a reign of terror is this very violent
- rebublic
- a gon't in which the power to govern comes from the people
- northwest ordinance
- law passed by congresscreated Ohio Illinous Michagan Wisconsin Minnesota no slavery allowed
- George Washington
- first pres. of USA chosen by delegates
- constitution
- A set of laws governing a state
- cabinet
- a group of advertisers to the president
- constitution convention
- took place in philadelphia in the summer of 1787 orginallly wanted to change A of C then wrote a whole new document
- northwest territory
- north of the Ohio river, east of the Mississippi river, west of Pennesylvania, and south of Canada
- bill of rights
- the first 10 amendments to the consitution
- Alexander Hamilton
- sec'y of treasurey thought gov't should be big cities with manufacturing
- bills of rights
- added to state const. that told the rights of the citizens
- ratify
- to formally approve
- respresentive democracy
- gov't where people elect representives to the federal gov't
- impressment
- kidnapping amer.sailor at sea and forcing them work on Brit. ship
- Thomas Jefferson
- sec'y of state thought gov't should be small and have little manufacturing
- John Adams
- 2nd pres. federalist from boston had been VP for g washington kept the new USA out of war
- whiskey rebellion
- in westen PA farmers thought tax was unfair because corn whiskey was the only product they could make without it spoiling gov't sent 13,000 soldiers to scare the farmers gov't WON!