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History 108
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Undergraduate 1
11/07/2010

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Benjamin Rush
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founding father; founded Dickinson College; also strongly opposed Washington
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Alexander Hamilton
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first secretary of treasury; started the federalists party
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Alexander Hamilton
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first secretary of treasury; started the federalists party
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George Washington
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First united states president; commander of continental army
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Shay's Rebelion
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Shay lead farmers against Indians
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Neutrality Proclamation
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declared us neutral in the war between france and great britain
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3/5ths compromise
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made every black slave count as 3/5ths of a person for population counts
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Jefferson
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Started jeffersonian republican party; 3rd president of the united states
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Alien & Sedition Acts
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4 bills passed during the Quasi War
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Jay Treaty
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Treaty that helped solve many problems left over from the Revolution
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AYZ affair
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strained relations between france and US and lead to the Quasi war
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Lewis and Clark
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first expedition on land to the pacific coast
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manumission
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act of freeing a slave
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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over taxes on banks chartered outside of maryland. Seen to target the US Bank
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Andrew Jackson
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7th president; his views shaped modern democrats
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Hartford Convention
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New England's opposition of the war reached discussion of session
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Bladensburg Races
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disorganized and hasty retreat of American soldiers during the Battle of Bladensburg
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"corrupt bargain"
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basically refers to corrupt presidential elections particularly jacksons elections
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Trail of Tears
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relocation of Indians from their native homes to modern day Oklahoma
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Red Sticks
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English term for a faction of Creek Indians
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