constitution study guide

Constitution Study Guide I. Key Concepts: • The Enlightenment • Conditions l eading to the Constitution • sovereignty and power • federalism • characteristics of the Constitution • financial is sues of th e new coun try II. Terms , Brinkley, p. 159-172 Alexander Hamilton James Madis on Role of George Washington Edmund Randolph Virginia Plan William Paterson and the New Jersey Plan Grand Compromise Baron de Montesquieu David Hume Federalists and Anti-Federalists Federalist papers Bill of Rights The Treaty process Republicans “enlightened few” Hamilton’s fiscal policies “Report on Manufactures” Assumption bill Brinkley, p. 172-178 Whiskey Rebellion “nation within a nation” Citizen Genet Jay’s Treaty Pinckney’s Treaty Election of 1796 XYZ Affair Quasi War Alien and Sedition Acts IV. Broad understandings 1 To what extent did the Constitut ion create a framework for fr eedom and liberty? Who was left out of the Founders vision for the U.S.? 2 How did the str ucture of the Constitut ion create limited government and a check on the power of government? web sites: U. S. Founding Documents - http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/ Text and scanned versions of the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and the Federalist Papers. Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsdhome.html

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Constitution Study Guide

I. Key Concepts:

• The Enlightenment• Conditions leading to the Constitution• sovereignty and power• federalism• characteristics of the Constitution• financial issues of the new country

II. Terms , Brinkley, p. 159-172Alexander Hamilton James MadisonRole of George WashingtonEdmund RandolphVirginia Plan

William Paterson and the New Jersey Plan Grand CompromiseBaron de MontesquieuDavid HumeFederalists and Anti-FederalistsFederalist papersBill of RightsThe Treaty processRepublicans

“enlightened few”Hamilton’s fiscal policies“Report on Manufactures”Assumption bill

Brinkley, p. 172-178Whiskey Rebellion

“nation within a nation”Citizen Genet Jay’s TreatyPinckney’s TreatyElection of 1796XYZ AffairQuasi WarAlien and Sedition Acts

IV. Broad understandings

1 To what extent did the Constitution create a framework for freedom and liberty?

Who was left out of the Founders vision for the U.S.?

2 How did the structure of the Constitution create limited government and a check onthe power of government?

web sites:U. S. Founding Documents - http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/

Text and scanned versions of the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and the

Federalist Papers.

Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention,

1774-1789 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsdhome.html