A.   The successful overthrow of French colonizers meant that Napoleon had to personally pay each enslaved person reparations totally $250,00 in today's money to each person. He was then forced to sell the Louisiana Purchase to the US so that he could afford to pay these reparations.

B.   Historians disagree regarding these events, but some believe that Napoleon felt that he had personally been defeated when French colonizers were overthrown and he desired to build his power-base from then on only in France.

C.   South Carolina passed a new slave code in 1740 known as the Negro Act of 1740, which imposed new limits on enslave peoples' behavior. This meant that many of them moved into regions like the Louisiana Purchase, which led Napoleon to sell it.

D.   Since black enslaved people in the French colony of Haiti had successfully overthrown the brutal plantation regime, Napoleon could no longer hope to restore the empire lost with France's defeat in the French and Indian War. His vision of the area as the source for food for Haiti had failed.

A.   Republicanism requires its citizens to cultivate virtuous behavior. Landowners were advantaged while non-landowners were not.

B.   Republicanism required strong borders. Lawyers were advantaged and teachers were not.

C.   Republicanism required a political party. Non-educated women were advantaged and well-educated women were not.

D.   Republicanism required voting. Men were advantaged and all poor people were not.

A.   Legal independence; She could not vote or buy property.

B.   Coverture; She could not conduct business or buy/sell property.

C.   Feme covert; She could not sell property or get a divorce.

D.   Feme Cover; She could not start a cover band or listen to punk rock music.

A.   They opposed the 1787 Constitution because it was written in haste and kept in old laws that were outdated from England. The solution was editing the document and sending it out to each state for a 3/4ths vote approval.

B.   They opposed the 1787 Constitution because it gave too many rights to the poor. The solution was the 1st Amendment.

C.   They opposed the 1787 Constitution because it was written by a woman who was the wife of a senator. Since he openly gave her credit, the solution was that they redrafted the document a year later and said the new creator was an editor known by the name of Joseph III.

D.   They opposed the 1787 Constitution because it seemed a dangerous concentration of centralized power that threatened the rights and liberties of ordinary citizens. The solution was the Bill of Rights.

A.   Adams feared tyranny with only one group in power. The three separate branches of government are the executive, legislative, and judicial.

B.   We have checks and balances plus three separate branches of government? Does Adams know?

C.   Adams wanted to keep things as they were in England. NYC, Washington DC, and Philadelphia are the three branches of government.

D.   Adams feared tyranny of the majority. The three branches of government are Congress, Courts, and the US Treasury.