Mr H chapter 10
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- Precedent
- an action or decision that serves as an example for later
- George Washington
- 1st president of the United States
- Loose Construction of the Constitution
- the government can take reasonable actions that the Constitution does not specifically forbid
- Privateers
- private ships allowed by its country to attack its enemies
- Judiciary Act of 1789
- Created a Federal Court System with three levels
- Anthony Wayne
- General who was put in charge of the U.S. Army's frontier forces
- Jay's Treaty
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-U.S. agreed to pay debts that occurred before the revolution
-British would abandon forts on the northwestern frontier
-Small U.S. merchant ships were allowed to trade certain goods in the Caribbean - Whiskey Rebellion
- the name of the uprising led by farmers who were upset over a new tax on this type of alcohol
- Speculators
- people who buy items at very low prices in hope that the value will rise
- Bonds
- certificates that represent money owed
- Edmond Genet
- France's new representative to the United States
- Electoral College
- A system of electing the president where electors represent the popular vote of their state
- Strict Construction of the Constitution
- The belief that federal government should only do what the Constitution specifically says it can do
- Little Turtle
- American Indian Leader from the Miami Nation
- Political Parties
- groups that help elect government officials and shape policies
- Democratic-Republican Party
- wanted to limit the power of the federal government
- Treaty of Greenville
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-Gave the U.S. access to the American Indian lands in the Northwest Territory
-American Indians received $20,000 in goods and acknowledgment of their claim to the lands they still held - Martha Washington
- The 1st first lady
- Thomas Pinckney
- U.S. Ambassador in Washington's administration
- National Debt
- the amount of money owed by a country to its lenders
- Bank of the United States
- a national bank that was created to help offer economic stability
- French Revolution
- The French people overthrew their monarchy and created a republican government
- Battle of Fallen Timbers
- The U.S. led by General Anthony Wayne won a major victory against the American Indians at this battle
- Thomas Jefferson
- The most important enemies of Hamilton's financial ideas
- Alexander Hamilton
- George Washington's Secretary of the Treasury
- Protective tariff
- a tax on imported goods designed to help American Companies
- Neutrality Proclamation
- The United States would not take sides with countries at war in Europe
- XYZ affair
- the French wanted bribes to pay for the right to negotiate with them over concerns about privateers
- Pinckney's Treaty
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-Spain agreed to change Florida's border
-reopened the Port of New Orleans
-US gained the right of deposit - John Jay
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who was sent to Britain by Washington to try to avert war
- Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
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-stated that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional
-state governments had the right to ignore laws that they believed were unconstitutional - Right of Deposit
- this right would allow American boats to transfer their goods at New Orleans without paying fees on their cargo
- Federalist Party
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-wanted to make the federal government stronger
-wanted to promote industry and trade - Alien and Sedition Acts
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-allowed the president to have foreign residents removed from the country
-citizens could not write, utter, or publish any hostile words towards the government