American 1.7 (1)

The first constitution (government) of the United States

• Articles of Confederation

• Contstitution

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

A group of federal leaders who are meant to advise the President

• Cabinet

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• VA and KY Resolves

• Bill of Rights

Created the National Bank, first Secretary of the Treasury

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• John Adams

4th President of the United States, Father of the Constitution, President during the War of 1812

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• John Adams

Taking sailors from their ships and forcing them into foreign service

• Selective Service

• Impressment

• Draft

• Volunteer

One of Washington’s most important precedents was the:

• Selection of a Vice President

• Formation of a Cabinet

• Neutrality in Foreign Affairs

• Ending of the Supreme Court

One major reason Alexander Hamilton proposed a national bank was to

• Improve the economic position of the United States government.

• Help state governments collect taxes.

• Make loans available to owners of small farms.

• Reduce foreign investment in the United States.

The Virginia Plan proposed at the constitutional convention would have:

• Created an executive branch with three co-presidents

• Created a bicameral legislature with representation based on population

• Created a one house legislature dominated by large states

• Created a one house legislature with equal votes for all states

The Three-Fifths Compromise

• Abolished slavery in the North

• Outlawed the slave trade while allowing slavery to continue in the South

• Guaranteed the freedom of any enslaved person who moved to the North

• Was how slaves were counted for taxation and representation

The Barbary Wars were

• A series of frontier clashes between the U.S. & Britain over Canadian territory.

• A series of battles between Little Turtle and the American army after the Treaty of Paris.

• An undeclared war fought at sea between the United States and France in the late 18th century.

• A series of conflicts against North African pirates engaged in piracy.