Chapter 7 Study Guide
Constitution powers delegated to the states: powers reserved for federal government,
Anti-Federalists
Federalist papers: arguments made by James Madison, writers,
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
Great Compromise
Bill of Rights
Initial numbers of the House of Representatives
Ratification process for the Constitution
Electoral college
James Winthrop, argument
History of the American Revolution by David Ramsey
Federalism
Slave trade, Constitution
Definition of prohibited
Slavery, Constitution
Shays’ Rebellion
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of tyrants”
Checks against presidential power in Constitution
“father of the Constitution”
Attributes of the new nation
Somerset case
Characteristics of the Articles of Confederation
Constitution, powers of the Congress
States created from the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
3/5th clause
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 prohibited
Southern states’ reaction to the Constitution’s provisions regarding slavery
Features of Constitution
Thomas Jefferson’s beliefs regarding African-Americans
Nationalist’s concerns for the state of the republic under the Articles of Confederation
Key principles of the Bill of Rights
Naturalization Act of 1790
Notes on the State of Virginia writer
Significant differences between Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Federalist thinkers
Powers of national government under Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation, policies for the west
Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794
Treaty of Greenville
Banner of the Society of Pewterers, thoughts on the Constitution
US government policy regarding Native Americans in the 1790s
African-Americans, early years of the republic
Annuity system, US government, certain Indian tribes
Hector St. John Crevecoeur’s Letters from an American Farmer
Congressional powers under the Articles of Confederation
Powers of Congress under the Articles of Confederation
Post American Revolution, Congressional justification for some Indians forfeiture of land rights
Accomplishments of Congress regarding Native Americans under the Articles of Confederation
View of settlers moving west across the Appalachians in the 1780s
Characteristics of settlers in western areas such as Tennessee and Kentucky
Characteristics of those who attended the Constitutional Convention
Proposal of Alexander Hamilton at the Constitutional Convention
Qualifications for suffrage in Constitution
Reason House of Representatives only had 65 members
State with largest free black population in 1790
State with largest slave population in 1790
State with largest African-American population in 1790
States that voted against ratification
Characteristics of Northwest Ordinance 1787
Negotiators of Treaty of Paris 1783
Powers of state under Articles of Confederation
Battle with costliest loss of human life by Army fighting Native Americans
Rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights initially applied only to
Define secular
Supporters of the Articles of Confederation
James Madison
Two prominent men not at Constitutional Convention