history

Who wrote Common Sense?

Thomas Paine

what countries were involved in the XYZ affair?

US and France

What was the first cabinet and who served in it?

secretary of state~thomas jefferson secretary of the treasury~alex hamilton secretary of war~henry knox attorney general~edmund randolph

What system maintains the separation of powers?

system of checks and balances

who wrote the virgina and kentucky resolutions?

thomas jefferson

were the alien and sedition acts true to american ideals?

No, they were used to stop foreign people not how America gives: -To make it harder for immigrants to get into the US - Alien Act Sedition Act - was to impose jail time and fines for anyone lying about the government. Many Federalist were afraid France was going to overthrow the U.S. -People were jailed/deported -Went against the first amendment (speech)

What group was for the Bill of Rights?

anti-federalists

why did the antifederalists insist upon the inclusion of a bill of rights in the constitution? what problems with the constitution did the bill of rights solve?

antifederalists felt they would keep the federal government from getting too powerful and protect the states and indicidual rights. federalists had faith in the rich governing fairly where the democratic-republicans did not. the bill of rights would protect the rights of a wider range of people.

What country supported the Patriots to win the American Revolution?

france

What battle was the first fighting between the redcoats and the minutemen?

lexington