THE CONSTITUTION. They were mostly wealthy and opposed anarchy. They supported the Constitution.

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THE CONSTITUTION

Transcript of THE CONSTITUTION. They were mostly wealthy and opposed anarchy. They supported the Constitution.

THE CONSTITUTION

• They were mostly wealthy and opposed anarchy.

• They supported the Constitution.

Federalists

• They were mostly commoners who were afraid of strong central government and being taken advantage of.

• They did not want the new Constitution because it would infringe upon state rights.

Anti-federalists

• One of the main opponents of the Constitution, he worked against its ratification in Virginia.

Patrick Henry

• (1736-1799)

• He was opposed to the Constitution until the Bill of Rights was added, and then he supported it.

Sam Adams

• He opposed the Constitution because it didn’t protect individual rights.

• His opposition led to the inclusion of the Bill of Rights.

George Mason

• __ farmers opposed the Constitution because they felt it protected trade more than agriculture, but it became the 6th state to ratify.

Massachusetts

• It was opposed to the Constitution.• The Federalist Papers were published there to

gain support for it.

New York

• These 2 states would not ratify until the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution.

Virginia and New York

• This collection of essays explained the importance of a strong central government.

• It was published to convince New York to ratify the Constitution.

The Federalist Papers

• Authors of the Federalist Papers.

Jay, Hamilton, Madison

• This essay from the Federalist Papers proposed setting up a republic to solve the problems of a large democracy (anarchy, rise of factions which disregard public good).

"The Federalist #10"

• The first ten amendments to the Constitution, which guarantee basic individual rights.

Bill of Rights

• 1791

• He established many of the presidential traditions, including limiting a president's tenure to two terms.

• He was against political parties and strove for political balance in government by appointing political adversaries to government positions.

George Washington

• The first Vice-President• He had little say in Washington’s administration.

John Adams

• Created the federal court system• It allowed the president to create federal courts

and to appoint judges.

Judiciary Act, 1789

• A leading Federalist, he supported industry and strong central government.

• First Secretary of the Treasury • He created the National Bank and managed to

pay off the U.S.’s early debts through tariffs and the excise tax on whiskey.

Alexander Hamilton

• A leading Democratic-Republican, he was Secretary of State

• He opposed Hamilton’s ideas. • Washington tended to side with Hamilton, so this

man resigned.

Thomas Jefferson

• He had served as Secretary of War under the Articles of Confederation.

• He stayed on in that capacity as part of Washington’s cabinet.

Henry Knox

• He submitted the Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention.

• He succeeded Jefferson as Sec. of State.• In 1795 he resigned from office after being

falsely accused of receiving money from France to influence Washington’s administration against Great Britain.

Edmund Randolph

• Designed to pay off the U.S.’s war debts and stabilize the economy.

• Programs included the creation of the National Bank, the establishment of the U.S.’s credit rate, increased tariffs, and an excise tax on whiskey.

• The federal government should assume debts incurred by the states during the war.

Hamilton’s Program

• Designed to raise revenue for the federal government.

• It resulted in a government surplus.

Tariff of 1789

• It would save the government’s surplus money until it was needed.

• It would also stabilize the currency.

Bank of the U.S.

• Taxes placed on manufactured products. • The one on whiskey helped raise revenue for

Hamilton’s program.

Excise taxes

• A document submitted to Congress, which set up an economic policy to encourage industry.

Report on Manufactures

• Section 8 of Article I contains a long list of powers specifically granted to Congress.

Implied powers

• Congress shall also have the power "to make all laws which shall be _ for carrying into execution the foregoing powers."

• Sometimes referred to as the "elastic" clause because it can be "stretched" to include almost any other power that Congress might try to assert.

Necessary and proper clause

• This allows the government to do anything which the Constitution does not specifically forbid it from doing.

• It was Hamilton’s idea.

Loose interpretation

• This forbids the government from doing anything except what the Constitution specifically empowers it to do.

• It was Jefferson’s idea.

Strict interpretation

• The South was angry that the whole country was assuming state debts incurred primarily in the North.

• As part of the Compromise Plan adopted at the Constitutional Convention, the South agreed to assume in return for __.

Washington D.C. moved South

• Set the length of time which immigrants must live in the U.S. in order to become legal citizens.

Residence Act

• Architects of Washington, D.C.

Pierre L’Enfant & Benjamin Banneker

• In 1794, farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against Hamilton's excise tax, and several federal officers were killed.

• The army put down the rebellion. • The incident showed that the new government

under the Constitution could react swiftly and effectively to such a problem.

Whiskey Rebellion

• This warned against the dangers of political parties and foreign alliances.

Washington’s Farewell Address

• The first true election. • Adams was a Federalist, and Jefferson was a

Democratic-Republican.

Election of 1796

• After the western land claims were settled, __, __, & __ were added to the United States under the Constitution.

Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee

• The first two political parties.

Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

• The leading __ were Alexander Hamilton and John Adams.

Federalists

• The leading __ were Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.

Democratic-Republicans

• __programs were the National Bank and taxes to support the growth of industry.

• They wanted loose interpretation.• They believed the wealthy elite should lead. • They believed in a strong central government.• They believed in a standing army.

Federalists

• The __ opposed these programs, favoring state banks and little industry.

• They promoted an agrarian program.• They wanted strict interpretation.• They believed the citizen farmer should lead.• They wanted a weaker central government.• They believed a standing military invited trouble.

Democratic-Republicans

• __ supported Britain.

Federalists

• Democratic-Republicans felt that __ was the U.S.’s most important ally.

France

• A secret society formed by officers of the Continental Army.

• They were scorned & ridiculed by Americans.

Society of Cincinnati

• Clubs which met for discussion, designed to keep alive the philosophies of the American Revolution.

• They were sometimes called Jacobean clubs because they also supported the French Revolution.

Democratic societies

• These consist of four laws passed by the Federalist Congress and signed by President Adams in 1798.

• Meant to silence Democrat-Republicans.

Alien and Sedition Acts

• Increased the waiting period for an immigrant to become a citizen from 5 to 14 years.

Naturalization Act

• Empowered the president to arrest and deport dangerous aliens.

Alien Act

• Allowed for the arrest and deportation of citizens of countries at war with the US.

Alien Enemy Act

• Made it illegal to publish defamatory statements about the federal government or its officials.

Sedition Act

• The first 3 Alien Acts were aimed at __ & __ immigrants, who were considered subversives.

French and Irish

• The Sedition Act was an attempt to stifle __ opposition, although only 25 people were ever arrested, and only 10 convicted, under the law.

Democratic-Republican

• Written anonymously by Jefferson and Madison in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts.

• They declared that states could nullify federal laws that the states considered unconstitutional.

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

• Expressed in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions.

• It said that states could nullify federal laws.

Nullification

• Democratic-Republicans Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr defeated Federalist John Adams, but tied with each other.

• The final decision went the House of Representatives.

• Jefferson was finally chosen as president. Burr became vice-president.

Election of 1800

• The Election of 1800 led to the __, which requires the president and vice-president of the same party to run on the same ticket.

12th Amendment

• Jefferson’s election changed the direction of the government from Federalist to Democratic- Republican.

• It was one of the first peaceful exchanges of power in history.

Revolution of 1800

• Declared that the US would avoid foreign alliances.

Jefferson’s Inaugural Address

• A series of religious revivals starting in 1801, based on Methodism and Baptism.

• Stressed a religious philosophy of salvation through good deeds and tolerance for all Protestant sects.

• The revivals attracted women, Blacks, and Native Americans.

Second Great Awakening

• American painter, most famous for painting the portrait of Washington which was copied for the one dollar bill.

Gilbert Stuart

• (1755-1828)

• An American naturalist painter. • He also painted Washington as a young man.

Charles Wilson Peale

• (1741-1827)

• France aided the U.S. in the American Revolution, and the U.S. agreed to aid France if the need ever arose.

• Although France could have used American aid during the French Revolution, the U.S. didn’t do anything to help.

French Alliance of 1778

• The second great democratic revolution. • The U.S. did nothing to aid either side.• Jefferson applauded the revolution, although he

considered the violence extreme.• The people overthrew the king and his

government, and then instituted a series of unsuccessful democratic governments until Napoleon took over as dictator in 1799.

French Revolution