History Ch.6
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Electoral collage | A group of people selected from each state to cast votes in presidential elections. |
| Martha Washington | - George Washington's wife and first lady. |
| Precedent | An action or decision that later serves as an example. |
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | Legislation passed by congress that created the federal court system. |
| Alexander Hamilton | Secretary of the treasury Wrote the federalists papers was a federalists was the secretary of treasury in Washington's cabinet developed the bank of The U.S died in a duel. |
| National debt | the total amount of money owed by a country to its leaders. |
| Bonds | a certificate that represents money the government has borrowed from private citizens. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Secretary of state Wrote the declaration was against Hamilton third president of the U.S secretary of state in Washington's cabinet. |
| Loose construction | a way of interpreting the constitution that allows the federal government to take actions that the Constitution does not specifically forbid it from taking. |
| Strict construction | a way of interpreting the constitution that allows the federal government to take only those actions the Constitution specifically says it can take. |
| french revolution | French rebellion that began in 1789 in which the French people overthrew the monarchy and made their country a republic. |
| Neutrality proclamation | A statement made by president George Washington that the United Sates would not side with any of the nations at war in Europe following the French Revolution. |
| Privateers | a private ship authorized by its nation to attack any enemies |
| Jay's treaty | An agreement negotiated by John jay to work out problems between Britain and the United States over northwestern lands, British seizure of U.S ships, and U.S debt owed to the British. |
| Pinckney's treaty | An agreement between the United States and Spain the changed Florida's boarder and made it easier for American Ships to use the port of New Orleans. |
| Little turtle | Commanded the Miami. |
| Battle of fallen timbers | A battle between U.S. troops and an Indian confederation that ended Indian efforts to halt white settlements in the Northwest Territory |
| Treaty of Greenville | An agreement between Native American confederation and the U.S government that gave the United States Indian Lands in the Northwest Territory and guaranteed that the U.S. citizens could safely travel through the region. |
| Whiskey rebellion | A protest of small farmers in Pennsylvania against new taxes on whiskey. |
| Political parties | A group of people who organize to help elect government officials and influence government policies. |
| Federalist's party | A political party created in the 1790s and influenced by Alexander Hamilton that wanted to strengthen the federal government and promote industry and trade. |
| Democratic-Republican Party | A political party founded in the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and other leaders who wanted to preserve the power of the state governments and promote agricultural. |
| XYZ affair | An incident in which French agents attempted to get bribe and loans from U.S. diplomats in exchange for an agreement that French privateers would no longer attack American ships; it led to undeclared navel war between the two countries. |
| Alien Sedition Acts | Laws passed by federalists-dominated Congress aimed at protecting the government from treasonous ideas, actions, and people. |
| Kentucky and Virginia Resolution | - Republican documents that argued that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional. |
| speculators | people who buy items at low prices in the hope that the value will rise. |
| bank of the united states | the country's first national bank |
| George Washington | first president |
| John Adams | second president |
| Henry Knox | secretary of war |
| Edmund Rudolph | attorny general |
| cabinet | a group of the presidents advisors |
| tariff | a tax placed or foreign goods |
| farewell address | the letter the president writes as he leaves office gives advice etc.. |
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