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First Amendment: Basic principle the Republicans thought the Alien and Sedition Acts violated.
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High Federalists: Tem used to describe Hamilton and some of his more extreme followers during the Adams administration
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impressment: Removing sailors form American ships by British naval officers. It was the most important problem between Britain and the United States and led to the War of 1812.
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judicial review: Supreme Court's power of practice to rule on the constitutionality of congressional acts.
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midnight judges: New judicial officials appointed by President Adams just before he left office. They were all embers of the Federalist party.
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peaceful coercion: What Jefferson hoped to use to keep the United States out of a war with Britain and to ensure respect of American neutrality rights
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red sticks: Creeks who joined Tecumseh's Confederacy and fought on the side of Britain on the southern frontier.
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Sedition Act: Congressional act that set jail terms and fines for persons convicted of advocating disobedience to the federal law or who wrote, printed, or spoke "false, scandalous, and malicious statements against the government of the United States"
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tariff: Chief source of income of the federal government when it first was established
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Twelfth Amendment: Separated voting in electoral college for president and vice president.
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War Hawks: Group of young congressmen who were primarily Republicans from the South and West, strong nationalists, and more than willing to declare war on Britain.
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whiskey rebels: group along the frontier who refused to pay the excise tax and launched a direct challenge to federal authority
