The model for many of the delegates to the constitution was the
Roman Republic
As president George Washington
Was careful not to exceed the powers given him by the constitution
The politician who sought to preserve America as a nation of minimal government and small independent farmers is
Thomas Jefferson
How did Presidnet George Washington exercise his presidential power? Did he use it to advance partisan interests? Did he use it to pressure the legistlature? Did he attept to follow the constitutionally defined power closely or did he seek to expland that power beyond its intended limits? What was his view of setting precedents for his successors? (pg 154)
He attempted to follow the constitutionally defined power closely
The policy whereby Britain forced people to serve in its navy. The impressment of sailors-even American citizens - on neutral vessels during the Napoleonic Wars outraged Americans and was a major cuase of the War of 1812.
Impressment
Marbury v Madison supreme court ruled
Declared the judiciary act of 1789 unconstitutional and established the precedent of judicial review
What consisted of the North african arab states of morocco, algiers, tunis and tripoli and for decades seized vessels all of the mediterranean and held crews and passengers for ransom.
Barbary pirates
The episode which immediately prompted the Embargo Act was the ___ attack on the Chesapeake by the Leopard.
Under Jay's Treaty, ___ agreed to abandon its military posts in the American Northwest.
-Great Britain
How was slavery a sectional issue before 1820? most white Americans saw slavery as mainly a local issue.
In Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall cleverly established the power of the Supreme Court to ___ invalidate federal laws held to be in conflict with the Constitution.
As created by the constitution, in what way does the office of president represent a rejection of the Framers' past ideas and experiences? (pg 148)
*The