SS vocab 2
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Bank of US | ![]() a national bank set up by Congress, to hold deposits and to issue paper money |
Neutrality Proclamation | the United States would not support either side in the war and Americans could not aid either Britain or France |
Jays Treaty | aggrement to stop british attacks on american merchant ships and settle other differences between the 2 nations |
Pinckneys 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(31N) |
Whiskeys Rebellion | a 1794 protest against the governments tax on whiskey, which was valueable to the livelihood of backcountry farmers |
George Washington | Virginian, patriot, general, and president. Lived at Mount Vernon. Led the Revolutionary Army in the fight for independence. First President of the United States. |
Alexander Hamilton | United States statesman and leader of the Federalists |
Thomas Jefferson | He was a delegate from Virginia at the Second Continental Congress and wrote the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the third President of the United States. |
Precendent | act or decision that sets an example for others to follow |
National Debt | the amount of money a national government owes to other governments or its people |
Loose construction | the federal government can take reasonable actions that the Constitution does not specifically forbid |
Strict construction | way of interpreting the Constitution that allows the federal government to take only those actions the Constitution specifically says it can take |
Neutral | one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute |
Judiciary Act of 1789 | legislation passed by congress that created the federal court system |
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