| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Whiskey Rebellion | Armed uprising in 1794 by farmers in western Pennsylvania who attempted to prevent the collection of the excise tax on whiskey |
| Washington's Precedents | Washington warned against foreign alliances, He said that a divided party system would seperate the countries and he was a federalist so he believed in many of their same principles |
| Marbury vs. Madison | Supreme Court decision of 1803 that created the precedent of judicial review of ruling as unconstitutional part of the Judiciary Act of 1789 |
| Lewis and Clark | The Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Expedition (1803–1806), headed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, was the first American overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back. The Lewis and Clark expedition was only the second 'official' transcontinental crossing of North America north of Mexico by a person not of the indigenous peoples of the Americas |
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