POLITICAL CULTURES CH 7

Founding Fathers

Key Terms  Northwest Land Ordinance  United Indian Nations Council  Five “Civilized” Tribes *  Shays’ Rebellion / Daniel Shays  Whiskey Rebellion  Richard Allen / African Methodist Episcopal Church  Articles of Confederation  Philadelphia Convention of 1787  Virginia Plan  New Jersey Plan *  Three-fifths compromise  Constitution / Bill of Rights  ratification  Adam Smith / Laissez-faire economics  Federalists  Anti-Federalists  Democratic-Republican Party  George Washington  James Madison / The Federalist Papers  Alexander Hamilton  Aaron Burr  John Adams  Thomas Jefferson  XYZ Affair  Yazoo Land Fraud *  French Revolution  Neutrality Act  Alien and Sedition Acts  Election of 1800

Questions to Consider  What challenges did the new nation face in the immediate aftermath of the Revolutionary War? What do the uprisings by farmers and debtors tell us about the social and economic divisions in the early Republic?  What were the main issues dividing Federalists and Anti-Federalists? Who were the proponents of each side? How do these view points reflect our current political party system?

If You’re Curious...  A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution by Carol Berkin  The Federalist Papers by James Madison  Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy by Annette Gordon-Reed