| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Eli Whitney | invented the cotton gin - revolutionizing the southern economy |
| Revenue Act of 1789 | act dealing with accumulated debt by placing a 5% tariff on all imports |
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | legislation enacted by Congress that set up the Supreme court and local courts |
| Chisholm v. Georgia | case allowing states to be sued by citizens of other states - later rejected by 11th ammendmant |
| Hamilton's Financial Plan | 1. assumption of state debt 2. national bank 3. encourage industry |
| Whiskey Rebellion | when groups of men protested a specific tax by harassing collecters - they were shut down by militamen |
| Federalists | political group who wanted a loose interpretation and was pro-bank |
| Democratic-Republicans | political group who wanted a strict interpretation and was anti-bank |
| Citizen Genet | French representative who came to America who came to America to gain support for French Rev - Washington received him neutraly |
| Democratic-Republican societies | groups that formed to support French Rev - they thought they were protecting people from immoral rulers |
| Jay's Treaty | treaty avoiding war with England by having England leave American forts and pay pre-war debt back to investors |
| Pinckney Treaty | treaty with Spain allowing navigation rights on the Mississippi river - an economic stimulus for the South |
| Election of 1796 | election between Adams and Jefferson resulting in Adams as Pres and Jefferson as vp |
| XYZ Affair | incident when Americans were asked to pay fee to French before negotiations about ships could begin |
| Quasi War | undeclared war with French in which Americans fought French ships trying to take over their ships |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | act passed by Adams in an effort to crush DR opposition - laws targeted immigrants and freedom of speech |
| Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | documents adopted by state legislatures questioning A+S acts and saying states can question constitutionality of laws |
| Convention of 1800 | formally ends Quasi War and alliance with France |
| Indian Trade and Intercourse Act | plan proposed by Knox that promised government support and supplies to Indians |
| Handsome Lake | Seneca man who relied on his visions to lead him to preserve original Indian culture |
| Gabriel's Rebellion | planned slave revolt that was discovered before it started |
| Tripoli War | war with a Barbary state concerning America's refusal to pay a fee to pass through the Mediterranean |
| midnight appointments | Adam's 15 new judgeships made just hours away from the ending of his term |
| Samuel Chase | a supreme court justice who was impeached for supporting A+S acts; set precedent that politics could not cause impeachment |
| John Marshall | chief justice who kept judiciary branch federalist |
| judicial review | power established by Marshall giving court right to declare legislative or executive acts unconstitutional |
| Marbury v. Madison | case where TJ refused to certify one of Adams' appointments but court said no power to issue writ of mandamus |
| grassroots electioneering | new style of campaigning that reached out beyond cities |
| Hamilton-Burr Duel | event following longstanding personal dispute between two politicians - led to death of one |
| Prophet and Tecumseh | Shawnee brothers who led a NA revolution preaching religion and fighting - created pan-Indian towns |
| Treaty of Fort Wayne | treaty where Indians ceded 2.5 million acres of land |
| impressment | when British ships would stop American ships and capture British deserters |
| Chesapeake Affair | event where American ship refused impressment - led to nationalism and will to fight British |
| Embargo Act | act stopping all US exports; led to extreme smuggling |
| Non-Intercourse Act | act that opened trade to all nations except France and Britain - said it would resume trade with either if they stopped impressment |
| Macon's Bill 2 | resumed trade with France and Britain, but said that if one stopped violating rights it would stop trade with the other |
| Waltham system | system copying British textile system in Britain - set up factories and boarding houses |
| war hawks | DR's elected to Congress in 1810 who really wanted war with Britain |
| Mr. Madison's War | war with Britain over trading rights - Americans hoped to gain Canadian land in this war |
| Old Ironsides | name of the great American ship USS Constitution |
| Battle of New Orleans | last battle in the War of 1812 where Americans won |
| William Henry Harrison | led successful land campaign in war - taking Detroit and then moving into Canada |
| Andrew Jackson | American general who fought and won Battle of New Orleans |
| Treaty of Ghent | treaty ending War of 1812 - did not address any issues of the war and it was issued before Battle of New Orleans |
| Hartford Convention | meeting that dealt final blow to Federalists because they talked about secession and complained about war |
| Republican Nationalist Program | 1. national bank 2. transportation 3. protective tariff |
| Era of Good Feelings | time period where US was mainly a one-party country |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | court case declaring laws to hinder national entities unconstitutional |
| Dartmouth College v. Woodward | court case saying a private entity can predate a State and therefore keep control of itself |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | court case allowing government to license new enterprises even if they violate monopoly rights |
| Rush-Bagot Treaty | treaty between US and Britain agreeing to limit naval forces on the great lakes |
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