Land Ordinance of 1785 - Sold farmland to settlers very cheap in the West (Ohio Valley), Virginia Plan - Popular with large state & based on population, New Jersey Plan - Popular with small states with equal representation, 3/5 Compromise - Said only part of the slave population should count, Great Compromise - Proposed by Connecticut; both sides approved, Legislative Branch - Contains Congress; makes bills (laws), Executive Branch - Contains President & Cabinet; enforces laws, Judicial Branch - Contains Supreme Court, ensures laws are Constitutional, Federalists - Liked strong nat'l gov't, nat'l bank, Loose Constructionists, Anti-Federalists - Liked state government, did not want nat'l bank, Strict Constructionists, Bill of Rights - 1st 10 Amendments; Anti-Federalists wanted this, Alexander Hamilton - 1st Secretary of the Treasury, Thomas Jefferson - 1st Secretary of State, John Jay - 1st Chief of the Supreme Court, Washington D.C. - North-South tensions were relived by moving the capitol more South to here, French Revolution - This exploded in 1789, Jacobins - These radicals took over the French Gov't; started Reign of Terror, Proclamation of Neutrality - Washington issued this in response to French-British War, Jay's Treaty - Negotiation between Great Britain & America following the Revolutionary War, Pinckney's Treaty - Negotiations between Spain & America after Revolutionary War, Whiskey Rebellion - Where Pennsylvania farmers disagreed with Hamilton's taxes, Northwest Conflict - Problems with Little Turtle leading to Battle of Fallen Timbers and Treaty of Greenville, XYZ Affair - Adams sent delegation; 3 French demanded bribes, Alien & Sedition Acts - Adams said foreigners who speak against office holders could be thrown in jail, Quasi War - Undeclared naval conflict between America & France, Midnight Judges - Adams judges appointed in last minutes of Presidency, Marbury vs. Madison - Said the Supreme Court ruled that the Madison did not have to deliver Adams’ appointments, Louisiana Purchase - More than doubled the size of the U.S., Lewis & Clark Expedition - Reached the Pacific Ocean and mapped and surveyed much territory along the way, Sacagawea - GREATLY aided Lewis & Clark with Indian troubles on their expedition,

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