May 14th 2020
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Test Day Resources: Be sure to get acquainted with the reference resources available for you on test day. You can find this collection on this landing page
Aftermath of the Revolution - The Critical Period 1783 -1789The Articles of Confederation satisfy our Revolutionary leaders desire to have popular majority to lead without obstacle, but this new government contributes to a wide array of foreign and domestic problems in the years following the war.
New definition of liberty
Passing the torch (Sam Adams vs. Alexander Hamilton)
Thinking continentally
Rewriting State Constitutions
Desire to revise Articles of Confederation
America's First Constitution – “A Rope of Sand”
The Articles of Confederation, reflecting republican fears of both centralized power and excessive popular influence, leads to conflicts among the states that threaten the existence of the young nation.
No executive leadership
No national court system
One State, One Vote
No power to TAX
Northwest Ordinance (1787)
Shays’ Rebellion (1787)
A Brilliant Solution - Compromises at the Constitutional Convention [1787]
A series of compromises helps create the world's most enduring constitution.
James Madison
Great Compromise
Three-Fifth's Compromise
Slave Trade Compromise
Electoral College
Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution [1787-1788]
The ratification debate, waged in the newspapers, through pamphlets, and on the floor of the state conventions, leads to heated arguments about our new government's structure and function.
New Hampshire
Federalists
The Federalists Papers
Anti-Federalists
Bill of Rights
Launching the New Ship of State – The Washington Presidency [1789]
A series of key polices and precedents under George Washington provides a legacy of leadership for the young nation.
Washington's Cabinet
Hamilton's Financial Plan [B.E.F.A.T]
Loose vs. Strict Interpretation
Compromise of 1790
Whiskey Rebellion (1794)
The Birth of Political Parities [1789-1793]
Disputes over in general and Hamilton's Financial plan and Washington's Neutrality Proclamation fuel the intellectual debates responsible the first political parties.
Federalists (Hamilton)
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Democratic Republican (Jefferson)
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Strong Federal Government
Manufacturing interests Aligned with Britain in foreign policy
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State's Rights Agrarian Interests Aligned with France in foreign policy
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