determined that each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of apportioning taxes and representation "large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral congress measure enacted by the virginia legislature prohibiting state support for religious institutions and recognizing freedom of worship

1. three-fifths compromise

determined that each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of apportioning taxes and representation

2. virginia plan

"large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral congress

3. virginia statute for religious freedom

measure enacted by the virginia legislature prohibiting state support for religious institutions and recognizing freedom of worship. served as a model for the religion clause of the first amendment to the constitution

4. alien laws

acts passed by a federalist congress raising the residency requirement for citizenship to 14 years and granting the president the power to deport dangerous foreigners in times of peace

5. assumption

transfer of debt from one party to another. in order to strengthen the union, the federal government assumed states' Revolutionary war debts in 1790, thereby tying the interests of wealthy lenders with hose of the national government

6. bank of the united states

chartered by congress as part of alexander hamilton's financial program, the bank printed paper money and served as a depository for treasury funds. it drew opposition from jeffersonian republicans, who argued that the bank was unconstitutional

7. bill of rights

popular terms for the first 10 amendments to the US constitution. the amendments secure key rights for individuals and reserve the to states all powers not explicitly delegated or prohibited by the constitution

8. convention of 1800

agreement to formally dissolve the US's treaty with france, originally signed during the Revolutionary war. the difficulties posed by america's peacetime alliance with france contributed to americans' long-standing opposition to entangling alliances with foreign powers

9. excise tax

tax on good produced domestically

10. battle of fallen timbers

decisive battle between the Miami confederacy and the US army