History chap 8 part 2
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27 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 John Jay | United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829) |
| Bank of The U.S. | The central bank of the nation designed to facilitate the issuance of a stable national currency and to provide a convenient means of exchange for the people. The bank was responsible for providing the nation economic stability. |
| Strict Constitution | belief that the government should not do anything that the constitution does not specifically say it can do |
| loose construction | belief that the government can do anything that the constitution does not prohibit |
| Edmund Genet | French diplomat, hoped to persuade Americans to honor their 1778 military alliance with France |
| Franco-American Alliance | Alliance between france and the americas o that americans could fight the british with french support, also trade agreements |
| Neutrality of 1793 | issued by Washington. It assured that the United States intended to pursue "a conduct friendly and impartial towards the belligerent powers" while continuing to do business with all sides (Britain, France, Spain). |
| Indian intercourse Act | These were several acts passed by the United States Congress regulating commerce between American Indians and non-Indians and restricting travel by non-Indians onto Indian land. It regulated relations between Indians living on Indian land and non-Indians, this final act identified an area known as "Indian country". |
| Chief Little Turtle | war chief for the shawnees, delewares and other indian peoples confederated with the miamis. in fall of 1790 he lured an american expedory force into the confederacy's stronghold in ohio and mauled them. |
| Arthur St. Clair | Beaten by Little Turtle; worst defeat ever by Indians |
| Fort Miami | where the warriors had retreated tp after wayne had crushed the indians, but the gates were closed. British fort in the Maumee Valley, west of Lake Erie, well within American territory |
| Anthony Wayne | American general who defeated the Native Americans at the Battle of Fallen Timbers |
| Battle of Fallen Timbers | The U.S. Army defeated the Native Americans under Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket and ended Native American hopes of keeping their land that lay north of the Ohio River |
| Treaty of Greenville | This treaty between the Americans and the Native Americans. In exchange for some goods, the Indians gave the United States territory in Ohio. Anthony Wayne was the American representative. |
| Jay's Treaty | Britain promised to pay for damages done to US ships; the US promised to pay debts they owed to the British before the Revolutionary War |
| Pinckney's Treaty | agreement between the united states and spain that changed floridas border and made it easier for american ships to use the port of new orleans |
| Washington's Farewell Adress | the US should avoid all foreign entanglements (alliances) and remain neutral and isolated |
| Democratic-republican party | Supported the local Gov. to stop strong central Gov., also supported, sympathetic to the french revolution and hated british. |
| Election of 1796 | The person with the most electoral votes, John Adams, became President and the person with the second most electoral votes, Thomas Jefferson, became Vice President. A problem from this situation was that Adams and Jefferson belonged to different political parties, so political tensions were strong in the Executive Branch. In modern elections, presidential candidates choose their vice presidential candidates to run with them, so the situation in 1796 could not occur. |
| XYZ Affair | An insult to the American delegation when they were supposed to be meeting French foreign minister, Talleyrand, but instead they were sent 3 officials Adams called "X,Y, and Z" that demanded $250,000 as a bribe to see Talleyrand. |
| Naturalization Act | 1798, (JA) Act that increased the time to become a US citizen from 5 to 14 years |
| The Alien Act | The president could expel any foreigner from the country if he thought the foreigner was dangerous to the country |
| The sedition Act | speaking, writing, or publishing criticism of the government was considered treason |
| Albert Gallatin | He was an American politician, diplomat, and Secretary of the Treasury. He was responsible for balancing the budget, which let America purchase the Louisiana territory from France. |
| Virginia-kentucky resolution | Passes by the Kentucky and virginia legislatures and said that the federal Gov.'s laws invalid in their states |
| John Singleton Copley | American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815) |
| Gilbert Stuart | He made George Washington look perfect and spectacular in his paintings. He idealized him. He was also an ex-patriot who spent his whole life in Europe. |
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