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inherited Mnt Vernon
elected to the house of burgesses
delegate to second continental congress
chosen to command continental army
president of the constitutional convention |
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| only multi-day presidential election in U.S. history |
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| used to ask congress to pass specific laws |
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set up rules for thehouse of reps and senate
set up commities
senate 26 members
house of reps - 65 members |
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| the first continental congress |
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| created to supreme court and the federal court system |
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| 1st chief justice of the supreme court |
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| in england there were two parties |
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whigs - opposed the king
torles- supported the king |
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| supported ratification, supported stronger state governments |
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| against ratification - supported stronger state govts |
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| introduces a plan to try to get the countries finances in order - that lead to the formation of political parties |
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| opposed Hamiltons plan supported stronger state govts. |
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| tax on imported goods- two kinds |
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| low tax- designed to bring in money - keepd price of foreign goods about the same as american goods |
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| very high tariff- designed to "protect" American goods from competition- makes foreign goods much more expensive - so people dont buy them- Gov't doesnt bring in much revenue |
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- largest importer of goods to america
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| had factories - they wanted a protective tariff |
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| opposed the tariff - would make gods more expensive -didnt benefit them- worried england would retalliate with a tariff on cotton and or cotton |
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| tax on manufactured products - hamilton put one on whiskey - mostly produced in the South |
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| Alexander Hamilton and John Adams |
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| Thomas Jefferson and James Madison |
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| General "Mad" Anthony Wayne |
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| leads an expedition and defeats a coalition of tribes of the Battle of Fallen Timbers |
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| Americans pay $20,000 to tribes- they give up claims on Ohio and parts of Illinois. Once Native Americans leave-settlers move in. New sates get added. |
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| Hamilton created an excise tax on whiskey-hurt whiskey producers and damaged the local communtiy |
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| The French Revolution becomes radical and America stays.... |
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| neutral-federalists wanted to support England-Dem reps wanted to support France |
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| "Citizen" Gevet (Charles Gevet) |
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| gives letters of Marque to U.S. ships - letters legalizing attacks on British ships. |
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| British promise to evacuate Canadian forts-promise to allow American goods in their ports-would not promise to stop inciting Native Americans would not promise to stop impassing sailors |
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| set the boundaries between Georgia and Spanish Florida- set boundaries of the U.S. territory of the Mississippi River- allowed U.S. to gain access to new colonies |
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| Washington decides to step down after his second term |
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| written by Hamilton-appeared in the newspaper-said to stay out of alliances and wars-to not have political parties and to think of yourself and eachother as Americans not Federalists or dem-reps ore Northerners or Southerners. |
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| first election with two candidates-federalist John Adams-Dem-Rep Thomas Jefferson- Results: Admas president and Jefferson VP |
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| Tallyrand refuses to meeat with American ambassadors - sends three french officials to demand a bribe - 10 million to Frnace and 250,000 for Tallyrand |
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| Gave president power to deport any dangerous aliens - non-citizen president of the U.S. |
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| president could arrest anyone for saying or printing anything damaging or false or malicious about the president, congress, or the government |
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| becomes leader of France-releases US from 1778 treaty - US promises not to pursue any claims from the quasi war and the war ends |
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| electors designate a vote for president and a vote for VP |
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