APUSH PERIOD 3 SHORT

Which was NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation

• No chief executive
• all states needed to approve amendments
• Congress could not tax or regulate trade
• Survey, organize, and set up a process for the development of new states. 

What was the outcome of Pickney's Treaty?

• Canada and the US agreed to a mutual disarmament
• The United States could now trade at New Orleans 
• British left the forts in the Northwest
• Native Americans were banned from the Midwest

The Judiciary Act of 1789-

• created the federal court system 
• established the principal of judicial review
• Designated the Supreme Court to hear issues w/fed gov't
• Established the Attorney General

What did the Northwest ordinance do? 

• prohibited the extension of slavery in the NW territory
• settled the land dispute between Canada and US
• Ended British control over the Ohio Valley
• Prevented slavery north of 36-30 north latitude

The Great Compromise-

• established the executive branch
• established the judicial branch
• established two houses in the legislative branch
• stated slaves would be counted as 3/5 of the population

According to the Proclamation of 1763-

• colonial militiamen were required to put down rebellion
• Colonial paper could not be printed
• Contact between colonists and Indians were illegal
• settlers could not cross the Appalachian Mountains

What was a consequence of the French and Indian War?

• American colonists began to resist control from England
• colonists feared yet another involvement in a war
• Britain gave up Canda
• Iroquois Confederacy fell apart

The Stamp Act Congress was significant because it-

• demonstrated the colonists were loyal to England
• Repealed the Stamp Act
• Led directly to the 1st Continental Congress
• Marked an important step toward the unity of the colonies 

Election of 1800 illustrated what?

• The Constitution needed to be reformed
• US could peacefully transfer power from political parties 
• There was NO need for a two party system
• Washington was no longer a hero

 Alexander Hamilton believe in a-

• Loose interpretation of the Constitution 
• Strict interpretation of the Constitution