| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Federalists | Political Party that supported a Strong Federal Government, supporters of the U.S. constitution |
| Jeffersonian - Republicans | Opposition Party to the Federalists that believed in protecting civil liberties and rights of the people |
| Proclamation of Neutrality | President Washington's response to the French revolution was to stay neutral |
| Washington's Farewell Address | President Washington warned that both entangling alliances and political parties were not good. |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | Repressive laws passed by the Federalists to keep immigrants from voting democratic -republican and also to silence newspapers from criticizing the Federalist governments. |
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | Established a Supreme Court with one chief justice and five associate justices. |
| Genet Affair | Washington objected to this French ministers plan to hire American Privateers to fight on the high seas for France and against England. |
| Jay's Treaty | Britain agreed to remove soldiers from the Forts on the Great Lakes, but the agreement said nothing about impressment . |
| Pinckney's Treaty | A popular agreement between the U.S. and Spain that allowed the U.S. right of deposit in New Orleans and set the Florida boundary at the 31 parallel. |
| Whiskey Rebellion | Western Farmers in Pennsylvania refused to pay an excise tax. 15,ooo State Militias were federalized and sent west to put down the bloodless rebellion. |
| XYZ Affair | American Diplomats sent to France in late 1790's were told to pay a bribe to see the French Foreign Minister. Adam's responded " Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute" |
| Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | Jefferson and Madison responded to the Alien and Sedition acts with these documents that declared them unconstitutional and stated that the states could nullify federal laws that were unconstitutional. |
| An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution | Historians Mary and Charles Beard said the framers of the Constitution were chiefly motivated by their own economic interests in preserving their wealth and property. |
| Hamilton's Financial Plan | Economic decisions to get the U.S. on stable economic grounds through assumption of state debts, a tariff, a U.S. Bank and an excise tax on Whiskey. |
| "loose vs. strict interpretation of the Constitution | The Political parties, as well as Hamilton and Jefferson , argued over use of the implied powers of the constitution (elastic clause). |
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