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The U.S. Constitution Convention – 1787 Ratified – 1789 Bill of Rights – 1791 New Jersey Plan Virginia Plan (James Madison) – Checks/Balances Slavery – 3/5s compromise, ended slave trade in 1807. Opposition – Anti-Federalists Support – Federalists – Madison, Hamilton, John Jay
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Washington/Adams Washington shaped the early government Cabinet Jefferson (State), Hamilton (Treasury) Jefferson/Madison – strict constructionists Development of political parties (Federalists/Jeffersonian-Republicans) Jay’s Treaty(1794) Washington’s Farewell Address
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Whiskey Rebellion Alien/Sedition Acts Virginia/Kentucky Resolutions XYZ Affair Hamilton’s economic plan National Bank Assumption
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The Jeffersonian Republic “Revolution of 1800” Strict interpretation of the Constitution Reduction of the role of the federal gov. Reality forced him to moderate these goals. Reforms – cut national debt, reduced army John Marshall Marbury v. Madison Louisiana Purchase – ran contrary to T.J.’s principles
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Embargo Act (1807) – “peaceable coercion” Relations between the U.S./Europe worsened.
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Transportation National Road (1811-1818) Erie Canal (1825) 1830s – thousands of miles of canals 1830s/40s – Became apparent that canals were unprofitable. 1850s – steamships Railroads – first built in 1830s, took off after the Civil War. Highway Act of 1956
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Jacksonian Democracy 1824 – John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, “Corrupt Bargain” Election of 1828 – new era of mass democracy Rise of the democratic party Spoils System Indian Removal (Trail of Tears) Worcester v. Georgia Nullification Crisis (Tariff of Abominations) Bank War Whigs
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