| Term | Definition |
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| Jay treaty | angered france |
| France | attacked seized American ships |
| Napoleon | overthrows French government and solves XYZ affair |
| Naturalization acts | citizen had to be here for 14 years instead of five to be a citizen |
| Alien Act | gave the president power to arrest or deport aliens considered to be dangerous to the US |
| Sedition Act | made it ok for arrests to citizens who criticized the government |
| Naturalization , Alien, & Sedition Acts | made it difficult for aliens to become citizens, limited critism of government, checked French influence |
| National protests | happened cause of acts (natural, Alien, Sedition) |
| Violated the 1st Amendment | The Sedition Act |
| Virgina and kentucky resolutions | made by Jefferson and madison becasue of the natural, Alien, Sedition acts |
| made the natural, Alien, Sedition acts void | Virginia-Kentucky Resolution |
| Election 1800 | Jefferson wins to Adams, known as the rejection to the rich and well born |
| Who made it so Jefferson made it over Burr | Hamilton's support |
| 12th Amendment | providing for the casting of separate ballots for President and Vice President |
| Why did Burr shoot Hamilton in a duel | because he thought Hamilton caused him the election |
| Whiskey Rebellion | Hamilton taxed liquor- federalists used force |
| Hamilton and Adams | party rivalries within the federalist party |
| REpublican Party | effective organized |
| Good things the Federalists did | national bank, established power of national government, maintaince peace with and respect with foreign nations |
| National Gazette... | favored Jefferson |
| US Gazette... | favored Hamilton |
| Jefferson was in what party? | Democratic- Republican |
| National Debt | The amount of money a national government owes to other governments. |
| Neutrality | A position of not taking sides in a war. |
| States' Rights | Rights and powers independent of the federal government that are reserved for the states by the Constitution; the belief that states' rights supersede federal rights and law. |
| Sedition | Activities aimed at weakening established government. |
| Unconstitutional | Not agreeing or consistent with the Constitution. |
| Implied Powers | Powers not specifically mentioned in the Constitution. |
| Alien | An immigrant living in a country in which he or she is not a citizen. |
| Partisan | Favoring one side of an issue. |
| Impressment | Forcing peope into service, as in the navy. |
| Speculator | Person who risks money in order to make a large profit. |
| Tariff | A tax on imports or exports. |
| Precedent | A tradition. |
| Nullify | To cancel or make ineffective |
| Caucus | A meeting held by a political party to choose their party's candidate for president or decide policy. |
| Cabinet | A group of avisers to the president. |
| Bond | A note issued by the government, which promises to pay off a loan with intrest. |
| Preamble | The introduction to a formal document, espcially the Constitution. |
| Domestic Tranquility | Maintaining peace within the nation. |
| Popular Sovereignty | Political theory that government is subject to the will of the people. |
| Republicanism | Favoring a republic, or representative democracy, as the best form of government. |
| Federalism | The sharing of power between federal and state governments. |
| Enumerated Powers | Powers belonging only to the federal government. |
| Implied Powers | Powers that are not specifically meantioned in the Constitution. |
| Amendment | An addition to a formal document such as the Constitution. |
| Judicial Reveiw | The right of the Supreme Court to deternie if a law violates the Constitution. |
| Impeach | To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office. |
| Constituents | People that members of Congress represents. |
| Due Process of Law | Idea that the government must follow procedures established by law and guaranteed by the constitution. |
| Citizen | A person who owes loyalty to and is entitled to the protection of a state or nation. |
| Naturalization | To grant full citizenship to a forigner. |
| Ammendment | An addition to a formal document such as the Constitution. |
| Ordinance | A law or regulation. |
| Article | A part of a document, such as the Constitution, that deals with a single subject. |
| Republic | A government in which in which citizens rule through elected representatives. |
| Executive Branch | The branch of government, headed by the president, that carries out the nation's laws and polocies. |
| Compromise | Agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants. |
| Electoral College | A special group of voters selected by their state legislature to vote for the president and vice president. |
| Petition | A formal request. |
| Federalists | Supporters of the Constitution. |
| Legislative Branch | The branch of government that makes the nation's laws. |
| Checks and Balances | The system in which each branch of government has a chack n the other two branches so that no branch becomes too powerful. |
| Federalism | The sharing of power between federal and state government. |
| Depression | A period of low economic income activity and wide-spread unemployment. |
| Judicial Branch | The branch of government, including the federal court system, that interprets the nation's laws. |
| Enlightenment | Movement durring the 1700s that dpread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society. |
| Constitution | A formal plan of government. |
| Patriot | American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American Independence was won. |
| Deserter | A soildier who ran away. |
| Loyalists | American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed war for independence. |
| Neutral | Taking no side in conflict. |
| Blockade | Cut off an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies or people from coming in or going out; to close off a country's port. |
| Privateer | Armed private ship. |
| Mercenary | Paid soldier who serves in the army of a forigen country. |
| Guerrilla Warfare | Hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war, fighting by small bands of warriors using tatics such as sudden ambushes. |
| Recruit | To enlist soildiers in the army. |
| Ratitfy | To give official approval to. |
| Desert | To leave the army without permission. |
| Ambush | A surprise attack. |
| Inflation | A continuous rise of goods and services. |
| Preamble | The introduction to a formal document, especially the Constitution. |
| Petition | A formal request. |
| Loyallists | American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and oposed war for independence. |
| Minutemen | Companies of civilaian soldiers who boasted tht they were ready to to fight in a minute's notice. |
| Milita | A group of civilian soldiers trained to fight in emergies. |
| Resolution | A formal expression of opinion. |
| Revenue | Incoming money |
| Boycott | To refuse to buy items from a particular country. |
| Propaganda | Ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion. |
| National Bank | Set up by Hamilton, it gave the government a place to keep money. Two million was put up by the government and eight million by investors. |
| Tariffs | A tax put on imported goods. |
| George Washington | The first president of the United States. He wanted the United States to stay neutral. |
| Cabinet | George Washington set up the the practice of the president having a group of advisers. |
| Knox, Hamilton, Jefferson | Members of George Washington's cabinet. They were all old friends of his. |
| Battle of Fallen Timbers | The Americans beat an a group of Native Americans, and discovered they were using weapons given them by the British. |
| Treaty of Greenville | This treaty between the Americans and the Native Americans. In exchange for some goods, the Indians gave the United States territory in Ohio. Anthony Wayne was the American representative. |
| War Bonds | In order to increase funding the military, the United States sold these. |
| James Madison | While originally a Federalist, he did not like how they abused their power and joined the Republicans. |
| James Monroe | A Republican, he was ambassador to France under Jefferson, and was against the treaties with the British and then the Spanish. |
| Whiskey Rebellion | In response to Hamilton's excise tax, farmers in Pennsylvania marched on Pittsburgh. Washington called up 15,000 militia and personally led them against the rebellion. His reputation caused the rebels to disband without incident. |
| Republicans | This party was made in response to the Federalists. The leader was Thomas Jefferson. They were pro-French, pro-agrarian, and wanted a strict construction, They wanted the states to be the most powerful. |
| Federalists | They were the first party, led by Alexander Hamilton. They wanted a strong national government and a loose construction. They were pro-British and wanted capitalism. |
| Commercial Society | An economy based on trade and industry. |
| French Revolution | Peasants in France rose up against the monarchy and overthrew it. The government that was put in its place, however, was tyrannical. |
| Jay's Treaty | This treaty gave Britain most favored nation status from America while Britain pulled its forts out of American territory and set up a system to look at the commandeering of American ships by the British. This treaty averted war and showed that the USA had gained respect from Europe with their Constitution. |
| Pinckney's Treaty | A treaty between Spain and America that fixed the border with Florida, allowed Americans to traverse the Mississippi and keep products in New Orleans without paying an extra fee. |
| George Washington's Farewell Address | Written primarily by Alexander Hamilton, the speech called for American isolation and condemned political parties and president to only serve two terms |
| John Adams | The second President of the United States. He was a federalist, but he was his own man. |
| 12th Amendment | It eliminated the possibility for members of opposing political parties being president and vice president. |
| Quasi-War | A state of undeclared hostility between France and America that was fought at sea. It was over the aftermath of Jay's Treaty and the refusal of the United States to repay their debts to the old French Government. |
| Talleyrand | He was a Prime Minister for France. He was able to survive the turbulent times in France because he was so skilled and did not care who he served. |
| XYZ Affair | When a delegation of Americans arrived in France, they were approached by three French officials who demanded bribes simply to begin the talks. The Americans refused, and the uproar created in America almost brought the country to war. |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | backfired and made public opinion of the Federalists decrease drastically. |
| Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | Responses to the Alien and Sedition Acts that said that the states withheld the right to nullify laws of Congress that they found unconstitutional. |
| Matthew Lyons | He was the first person imprisoned for Sedtion. His Newspaper criticized Adams for his handling of the situation with France, and he was imprisoned. |
| Revolution of 1800 | Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic Republicans unseated the incumbent Federalist party. It was the first time in a western government where a change in the ruling power had occurred so radically, peacefully, and without bloodshed. |
| Aaron Burr | He was a Democratic Republican who was Jefferson's VP. He was angry at losing to Jefferson in 1800 and so did not conduct the trial of Samuel Chase in the way that Jefferson wanted. He killed Alexander Hamilton |
| Judiciary Act of 1801 | minimized the number of Supreme Court justices that Jefferson could appoint, and created more places for Federalist judges and less for Democratic Republicans. |
| Midnight Judges | Judges who were appointed by John Adams at the very end of his presidency. |
| Marbury v. Madison | A court case decided by John Marshall that said the judicial branch had the right of judicial review |
| Judicial Review | The right of the Supreme Court to rule whether or not a law is constitutional. |
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