The Carlisle Riots-Federalists Who Supported The Constitution Gathered To Fire A
The Carlisle Riots-Federalists Who Supported The Constitution Gathered To Fire A
The Carlisle Riots-Federalists Who Supported The Constitution Gathered To Fire A
Period 7
1. The Carlisle riots- federalists who supported the constitution gathered to fire a
cannon celebrating its ratification but the antifederalists attacked them.
5. The Power of Sympathy- the first novel written in the united stated. By
William Hill Brown. Intended as a warning to young women.
7. Life Of Washington- by Mason Locke Weems, the most popular book of the era.
the one where Washington cuts down the cherry tree.
8. Gilbert Stuart, Charles Wilson Peale, and John Trumbull- American artists
11. Judith Sargent Murray- chief theorist of womens education in the early
republic. She argued that women and men have equal intellectual capabilities.
12. Abigail Adams- wrote a letter to her husband implying that women wanted the
right to vote.
13. Revolutionary ideology versus slavery- slaves and their masters alike
began to see the irony in the fact that we were mad at Britain for enslaving us.
14. the first emancipation- the gradual abolition of slavery in the north.
Vermont in 1777, Massachusettes in 1780 and the rest of the northern states up
until 84.
15. The Brown Fellowship Society- a society formed by mulattos which provided
insurance coverage for its members, financed a school, and helped to support
orphans.
16. The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church- church formed by freed
black slaves.
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17. Benjamin Banneker- A black genius who sent some of his works to Jefferson in
order to convince him that blacks were not intellectually inferior.
19. The Articles of Confederation- did not give the national government the
ability to raise revenue effectively or to enforce a uniform commercial policy. It
could conduct foreign affairs, regulate indian trade, and value coins.
20. Articles Four and Five of the 1783 Treaty of Paris- article four promised
payment of prewar debt and five recommended that states allow loyalists to recover
their confiscated property. They arose considerable opposition.
21. The treaties of Fort Stanwix and Hopewell- we negotiated treaties with
people who turned out to be imposter Indian chiefs so the treaties did not count.
22. The Northwest Ordinances- outlined the process by which land by the great
lakes could be sold to settlers and how the governments could be organized.
23. Little Turtle- leader of the Miami confederacy which made the greatest defeat
in US history.
24. The Battle of Fallen Timbers- General Anthony Wayne defeated the
confederacy.
25. The Treaty of Greensville- The US got the right to settle Ohio and the Indians
finally got American recognition to their rights of the soil.
26. The Annapolis Convention- only five people showed up so it was moved to
Pennsylvania
27. Shays Rebellion- farmers rebelled because they felt like the government was
disrespecting their rights.
29. James Madison- youthful scholar and polititian. Father of the constitution. 4 th
president of the US.
30. Vices of the Political System of the United States- Madison listed the
flaws that he saw in the current structure of the government.
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31. The principle of checks and balances- not one branch can have total power.
They all get a say.
32. The Virginia Plan//The New Jersey Plan- the Virginia plan called for a
bicameral legislature with the upper house elected by the lower and both
representative of population. The New Jersey Plan called for a unicameral congress
where each state had an equal vote but congress could tax. A combination of both
was accepted.
37. Letters of a Federal Farmer- said that some rights should be protected,
namely: freedom of the press and religion, trial by jury, and guarantees against
unreasonable searches.
38. The Federalist- a political tract that explained the reasoning behind the
constitution and promised to add a bill of rights. It helped to win the federalist-
antifederalist battle.