chapter 10 (us)
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- tariffs
- taxes imposed on nonimportant goods such as whiskey to raise money for the fed gov
- strict vs loose construction
- this side said that the constitution should be followed less closely; the other said anything not in the constitution is alloted to states
- john marshall
- future chief justice who was one of the diplomats that was sent to france
- Washington's farewell address
- only printed in pprs; advised against any longterm alliances w other countries
- Cabinet
- not provided for in the constitution; gwash created one of tjeff as secretary of state, henry knox as secr of war, and alexander hamilton as sec of treasury
- George Washington
- 1st president; unanimously voted by electoral college; commanded with his strength of character
- Federalists
- alexander hamilton; strong c gov, pwr to rich; trickle down, debt good; supported by urban, wealthy, coastal; supported britain
- Franco-American Alliance
- alliance formed during revolutionary war that the americans sidestepped in french rev bc they were too weak to fight
- Assumption of State Debt
- plan by hamilton meant to tie the states more securely to fed gov; created huge national debt
- Bill of Rights
- first ten amendments to the constitution to satisfy antifederalists limits freedoms gov can take away
- Napolean Bonaparte
- comes to pwr in France & is not interested in war w US so allows Jadams to get out of it
- Judiciary Act of 1789
- act that organized the supreme court/judicial system, later declared unconstitutional in Marburry vs Madison
- Two Term Washington
- precedent that washington set when he stepped down from office after this amount of terms
- Battle of Fallen Timbers
- battle were americans led by mad anthony wayne beat the miami indians that were given firepwr by british
- VA and KY resolutions
- written by thomas jefferson and ? opposing alien and sedition laws; eventually become gov in these 2 states
- whiskey rebellion
- 1794; hamilton imposes taxes on whiskey to pay off debt; makes backcountry whiskey ppl angry, gwash sends 13000 men & crushes rebellion
- bank of the united states
- what hamilton proposed to create a national currency, take on the debts, etc. not in constitution but used elastic clause
- Henry Knox
- secretary of war
- necesary and proper clause
- also elastic clause; said that anything not put in the constitution but is deemed necessary and proper can be done
- Nullification
- when someone refuses to obey a law
- talleyrand
- minister of france who origianally requests 250,000 just for a meeting, is embarrassed in return
- Amendments
- added in two ways: 2/3s vote of the states or 2/3s vote of congress
- Alien and Sedition Laws
- raised residency requirement from 5 to 14 yrs; pres could deport anyone deemed a threat in peace, put in jail in times of war
- impressment
- when other countries attack ships and take sailors and force them to work for their own navy
- Citizen Genet
- man who came to america to try to drum up support for french, eventually kicked out of america by gwash
- French Revolution
- originally made americans excited/proud bc french were following them; later embarrassed when war got ugly
- District of Columbia
- capital of us on potomac river in va; put here to get va to give their debts to the fed gov
- Convention of 1800
- the meeting that avoided war with france
- Election of 1796
- between jadams and tjeff; really close but john adams wins
- "national blessing"
- hamilton thought that national debt was this
- Thomas Jefferson
- secretary of state; francophile,agricultural, leader of the democratic republicans who later became president
- General Mad Anthony Wayne
- leader of army that defeated the miamis that were aided by British on canadian border in the battle of fallen timbers
- John Jay/ Jay's Treaty
- cheif justice of supreme court, sent to england to make treaty to keep brits from attacking our ships, fails & only gets brits to agree to pay us back
- Alexander Hamilton
- sec of treasury; leader of the federalists, created bank & public debt (gov take debt 4 all states), trickle down
- Democratic republicans
- tjeff; small c gov, educated citizens to rul; n0 national bank, agriculture; mid to lower class, west and south, rural; supported france
- XYZ affair
- when diplomats arrive in paris are made to pay 250000$, refuse to pay; embarrassing for french
- John Adams
- president in 1796; sends diplos to france (XYZ); avoids war with france|
- French Seizure of American Ships
- start attacking american ships bc of jay's treaty & americans attempts at forming an alliance w britain
- Marseillaise
- french revolutionary song
- Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
- proclamation by washington saying that we werent going to aid the french in their revolution
- "High Federalists"
- the faction of the federalist party that was for a war w france
- Pinckney's Treaty
- treaty made by americans with spain bc of fear of an alliance w france; free navigation on mississippi, more fA