The+Constitutional+Period

** September 17, 1787 **Key People** - established the 1st Bank of the US. - secretary of treasury for George Washington. || - Militia officer - Commander in cheif in the Revolutionary War || - 1st president of the US. - Warned against political parties. || - Delegate for Massachusetts at the Constitution Convention. || - Vice president to George Washington - President from 1797-1801 || - Organized thecommittee of correspondence. || - Elected president in 1840 || - Anti-Federalist || - Advocated rebellion against England || - Lawyer || - Drafted the Declaration of Independence - 1st secretary of state - President from 1801-1809 || - Democratic Republican || - Coauthor of the Federalist Papers - President from 1809-1816 || - Lawyer - Democratic Republican || - Elected president in 1816 - Bolstered the Federal government - Supported internal improvements - Monroe Doctrine (warned European powers against interfering the Western Hemisphere) || media type="custom" key="6217945"
 * The Constitutional Period
 * The Constitution: ****established a government that shared power between the national government and the state government, protected the rights' of states and provided a system for orderly change through amendments that Constitute itself. **
 * **Alexander Hamilton** || -New York lawyer || - wrote the Federalist Papers to promote the Constitution.
 * **George Washington ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Virginia planter
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**John Adams** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Boston lawyer
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Samuel Adams ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Boston businessman || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Political activist
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">William Henry Harrison ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Governor of the Indiana Territory || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Defeated the NW Confederacy at the Battle of Tippacanoe
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Patrick Henry ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Radical
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Andrew Jackson** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Hero of the War of 1812 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Became president in 1829 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**John Jay** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- 1st cheif justice of the Supreme Court || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Coauthor of the Federalist Papers ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Thomas Jefferson** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Virginia planter
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">James Madison ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Virginia Federalist
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**James Monroe** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Virginia Officer

- Strict constructionists and advocates of states' rights, became the Democratic Party. || [|Bill of Rights] [|Articles of Confederation] Sources: ** [] <span style="background-color: #d75677; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">**Major Debates at the Constitutional Convention** <span style="background-color: #d75677; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Foreign Policies?**
 * <span style="background-color: #d75677; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Key Terms **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Alien Acts** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Group of acts passed in 1798 that restricted the freedom of foreigners. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Anti-Federalists** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Group that strongly opposed radification against the Constitution. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Articles of Confederation** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The 1st US Constitution which failed. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Bill of Rights** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1st tem amendments to the Constitution to guarantee basic freedoms and liberties. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Constitutional Convention** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1789 -meeting in Philadelphia in which delegates from 12 states met to revise to Articles of Confederation which resulted in the Constitution. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Democratic Republicans ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Successors of the Anti-Federalists led by Thomas Jefferson.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Federalists** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Supported radification of the Constitution & a strong central government. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Great Compromise** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Agreement between the large & small states to create a bicameral government. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Virginia & Kentucky Resolution ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Resolutions by Thomas Jefferson & James Madison, declared that individual states had the right to nullify unconstitutional acts of Congress. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Three-Fifth Clause** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Slaves counted for 3/5 of a person. ||
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 * Slavery: whether or not to abolish it or even include it in the Constitution.
 * Bicameral legislature or unicameral government.
 * Whether to base representation in congress on state populations or have equal representation for each state.
 * Branches of government.
 * <span style="color: #d75677; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">No foreign policies since the nation was fresh and did not get involved in foreign affairs. Too complex to do anything before forming a united government.

**The Articles of Confederation** -The Articles were last ratified in March 1781
 * The Articles established a central government that consisted of just one body, a congress. Each state was given one vote, with at least nine votes out of 13 requiered to pass important laws. To amend the Articles, a unanimous vote was required.
 * Cogress has the power to wage war, make treaties, send diplomatic representatives, and borrow money.

-Winning the war, treaty of peace with Britain. -Land Ordinance of 1785 -Northwest Ordinance of 1787
 * Accomplishments **

-**Central government was very weak. -Congress had no taxing power and could only request that the states donate money for national needs. -National debt as increasing and rebellions occured.
 * Why it didn't work.......

Source: AMSCO <span style="color: #d75677; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: right;">- Saikhnaa B, Christine N, Lily C, Silvia O.