HW for 2/3/10

Please read pages 172-178, and take reading notes.
If you prefer having questions to help guide your notes, you may consider the following:

1. What were the reasons for the Whiskey Rebellion? Who was it aimed at particularly?
2. How did Washington's reaction to the Whiskey Rebellion underscore the difference between the Constitution and the Articles of Confederation?
3. How did the government under the Constitution guarantee that people on the frontier would be loyal to it? What was the impact on Native Americans?
4. What diplomatic problems did the French Revolution and the war that followed pose for the United States? How did Washington and Congress deal with this problem?
5. What were the circumstances that sent John Jay to England? What were the results of his mission?
6. How did Jay's Treaty affect American relations with Spain?
7. Why was John Adams selected as the Federalist candidate in 1796?
8. What circumstances led to an administration with a Federalist president and a Republican vice president?
9. What caused the "quasi-war" with France during the Adams administration? What was the result of this struggle?
10. How did the Federalists attempt to silence those who opposed the undeclared war, and what groups did these attempts most affect?
11. What gave rise to the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions? What attitude toward the nature of the federal government did these Resolutions reveal?
12. What were the key issues in the 1800 presidential election? Why is it called the "Revolution of 1800?"