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History ch.7
History questions and answers
Question | Answer |
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Federalist Era | An etirely new goverment and procedures for operating had to be established |
Thomas Jefferson | Signed Declaration of Independencde;bought Luisiana Purchase |
John Adams | Part of Committee to Draft the Declaration of Independence; XYZ Affair; tried to create peace between Great Britain and France |
Alexander Hamilton | First seceratary of the Treasury |
Constitutional Convention | hosted in NY by John Adams(?) to try and create a new goverment and where the Constitution of the US was signed by its supporters |
Bill of Rights | first 10 amendments to the constitution and are the main tenants of American life. |
George Washington | First president and was a general in the military; Our American figure |
Daniel Shays | Led the Shay rebellion by trying to save his farm from being confiscated by the goverment collectors by using force. |
President Advisers | THe president's advisers would be people such as the presidential cabinate, house of Reps. and the Senate |
3 branches og Goverment | judical(decides what each law actually means), legislative(makes laws), executive(approves laws) |
Purpose of Consitution | First, it establishes and limits the powers of the federal government. Second, it sets forth our rights as individual citizens in the United States of America. |