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| 446141634 | Henry Knox | Secretary of War in George Washington's cabinet | |
| 446141635 | Edmund Randolph | Attorney General in George Washington's cabinet | |
| 446141636 | Judiciary Act (1789) | Established a Supreme Court with one chief justice and five associate justices; provided for a system of 13 district courts and 3 courts of appeal | |
| 446170330 | Federal Courts | supreme court; others made by congress but with less power and determine number of justices making up Supreme Court | |
| 446170331 | Supreme Court | only federal court in Constitution and Judiciary Act of 1789 estabalished that court with one chief justice and five associate justices | |
| 446170332 | National Debt | Jefferson/Supporters agreed to Hamilton to pay off the national debt at face value and assume payments of war debts of the states | |
| 446141637 | infant industries | In Alexander Hamilton's Financial Program, these newly developing businesses needed to be protected from foreign competition in the form of tariffs on imported goods | |
| 446170333 | National Bank | Washington supported Hamilton on issue to propose bank and it was voted into law (Bank of U.S) privately owned and the federal govt. could print paper currency and use federal deposits to stimulate business | |
| 446170334 | Tariffs; excise taxes | excise taxes to raise enough revenue to pay government's debts | |
| 446170335 | French Revolution | ... | |
| 446141638 | Proclamation of Neutrality (1793) | Issued by George Washington, this document stated that the United States would remain neutral in the French Revolution (1793); Thomas Jefferson resigned from the cabinet because of this order | |
| 446141639 | "Citizen" Edmond Genet | French minister to the United States who appealed directly to the American people to support the French cause, breaking all rules of diplomacy. The US government asked the French to remove the diplomat, but he chose to remain in the US and married and became a citizen | |
| 446141640 | Jay Treaty (1794) | Treaty negotiated by John Jay with the British in which the British agreed to evacuate its posts on the US western frontier, the US originally wanted Britain to stop seizing US ships and impressing (forcing into an army) American sailors (1794) | |
| 446141641 | Pinckney Treaty (1795) | Treaty negotiated by Thomas Pinckney, US minister to Spain, in which Spain agreed to open the lower Mississipi River and New Orleans to American trade. Spain also accepted that Florida's northern boundary should be at the 31st parallel instead of north of that line (1795) | |
| 446141642 | right of deposit | Granted by Spain to America so that Americnas could transfer cargo in New Orleans without paying duties to the Spanish government | |
| 446141643 | Battle of Fallen Timbers | In 1794, the US army led by General Anthony Wayne defeated the Shawnee, Wyandot, and other Native American people in this battle | |
| 446141644 | Whisky Rebellion (1794) | A group of farmers in western Pennsylvania refused to pay the federal excise tax on whiskey and attacked the revenue collectors. George Washington then federalized 15000 militia men and the rebellion peacefully collaspsed. This showed the ability of the government to deal with problems, in contrast to the Articles of Confederation and Shay's rebellion | |
| 446141645 | Public Land Act (1796) | Established orderly procedures for dividing and selling federal lands at reasonable prices (1796) | |
| 446170336 | Federalist era | Federal government gained control of land in West and sold them making states such as Vermont (1791) Kentucky (1792) Tennessee (1796) | |
| 446141646 | Democratic-Republican party | Supporters of this party were mostly found in southern states and on the western frontier, favored protection of states' rights, and wanted federal power constrained | |
| 446170337 | Political Parties | debates between Federalist and Anti-Federalists in 1787-1788 were first indication of two-party system of American politics | |
| 446141647 | Washington's farewell address | Written by Washington as a final message to the people: 1. Don't get involved in European affairs 2. Don't make "permanant alliances" in foreign affairs 3. Don't form political parties 4. Avoid sectionalism | |
| 446170338 | "Permanent Alliances" | one of the things that Washington warned Americans to make this with foreign affairs | |
| 446141648 | two-term tradition | Although not mentioned in the Constitution, Washington stepped down after two terms of office, and every other president after him did the same until FDR in 1940 | |
| 446141649 | John Adams | 2nd President of the United States (1796 to 1800) Foreign Issues: XYZ Affair Domestic Issues: Alien and Sedition Acts, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | |
| 446141650 | XYZ Affair | Americans were angered when French diplomats demanded bribes from US ministers to allow negotiations to begin | |
| 446141651 | Alien and Sedition Acts | Composed of: Naturalization Act (increased from 5 to 14 number of years to become a citizen of US) Alien Acts (president has a right to deport any dangerous aliens and to detain enemy aliens in time of war) Sedition Acts (made it illegal for newspapers to criticize the president) | |
| 446141652 | Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | Both Kentucky and Virginia issued these in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, saying that the states had entered into a compact in creating the federal government and if a federal law broke that contract, the states could declare it null and void | |
| 446141653 | Revolution of 1800 | Power peacefully passed from the Federalists to the Democrat-Republicans in the Election of 1800. This showed promise for the new government of the US |
