1. What was the Land Ordinance of 1785?law passed by Congress that allowed the sales of land in the Northwest Territory and set up standards for land sale that became precedents. Among them was the idea of selling mile-square sections of land.
2. What was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787? For the large territory lying between the great lakes and the Ohio river, the congress passed an ordinance(Law) that set the rules for creating new states. The northwest Ordinance granted limited self-government to the development territory and prohibited slavery in the region
3. Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation:
a. Each state had only one vote
b. amendments needed all 13 states
c. Congress could not levy taxes
d. Congress could not control interstate or foreign trade
e. No executive or judicial branch
4. Brief Explanation of the Whiskey Rebellion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwenAlLvbFY
5. Why did Jefferson and Madison want to focus strictly on states rights when Hamilton makes a proposition about the U.S. Bank? This is more a debate on how to interpret the Constitution. Jefferson and Madison believe in a "strict interpretation" of the Constitution - this means that the Federal Government can only act on the powers that are explicitly stated in the document. (hint: National Bank is not in there) Hamilton and the Federalists rely on a "loose interpretation" of the Constitution, stating that the necessary and proper clause/implied powers allows for the Federal Government to create the National Bank
6. What was Hamilton's reasoning for attempting to acquire a national debt? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=notJuFGXQ9w
7. Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom: pushes for separation of Church and State. Financial support and church attendance is voluntary.
8. Context surrounding Jay's Treaty?: The United States had taken issue with the fact that the British still had troops in the Old Northwest Territory and were infringing upon their rights to freedom of the seas as a neutral nation (with the impressment of their sailors)
9. Strengths of Articles of Confederation:
a.To declare war and make peace.
b To coin and borrow money
c To detail with foreign countries and sign treaties
d To operate post offices
10. Didn't the Sedition Act infringe on the freedom of speech? Ask Jefferson or Madison? Yes - hence the VA/KY Resolutions Ask a Federalist? No
11. Differences between Federalists and Democratic Republicans: http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/chart.feddr.pdf
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