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| 7672802613 | Knox | Washington's first Sec. of Defense |  | 0 |
| 7672804964 | Hamilton | First Sec. of Treasury |  | 1 |
| 7672807382 | Jefferson | First Sec. of State |  | 2 |
| 7672811048 | Shay's | Rebellion that demonstrated the weakness of the Articles of Confederation. |  | 3 |
| 7672814260 | Whiskey | Back country farmers uprising over an excise tax. |  | 4 |
| 7672829392 | Democratic Republican | Jefferson's political party |  | 5 |
| 7672832988 | Federalists | Hamilton's political party |  | 6 |
| 7672837279 | Reign of Terror | French Revolution period of violence and slaughter. |  | 7 |
| 7672842831 | Jay's | Treaty that didn't accomplish any of the goals it sought to achieve. |  | 8 |
| 7672850523 | BEFAT | Hamilton's financial plan to establish our nation's credit. |  | 9 |
| 7672873506 | Precedent | The standard. First time done. |  | 10 |
| 7672880234 | New York City | The new nation's first capital city. |  | 11 |
| 7672885267 | Bill of Rights | Promise kept. Added by the first congress immediately. |  | 12 |
| 7672899944 | Bill of Rights | Safeguard some of the most precious American principles |  | 13 |
| 7672904457 | John Jay | First Supreme Court Chief Justice |  | 14 |
| 7672908840 | Fund at Par | Federal government would pay off its debts at face value. |  | 15 |
| 7672921511 | Democratic Republicans | Political party that favored the French Revolution and France over Great Britain. |  | 16 |
| 7672932205 | Cardinal | Term referring to a standard fundamental policy. |  | 17 |
| 7672945369 | Neutrality | Washington's proclamation stating the new nation wouldn't be taking sides in the French/British conflict. |  | 18 |
| 7672956029 | Citizen Genet | French representative who was very brash and eventually replaced at Washington's request. |  | 19 |
| 7672966747 | Isolation | The idea, approved by Washington, that our nation should remain unencumbered by foreign alliances or obligations. |  | 20 |
| 7672985683 | Battle of Fallen Timbers | Battle General "Mad Anthony" Wayne routed the Miamis. |  | 21 |
| 7672995523 | Treaty of Greenville | Native American confederacy gave up vast tracts of the Old Northwest, including most of present-day Indiana and Ohio. |  | 22 |
| 7673012411 | Impressment | British action that enraged Americans. Forced servitude. |  | 23 |
| 7678058768 | Loose | Interprets the "intent" of the constitution, not literally (word for word) |  | 24 |
| 7678069801 | strict | Jefferson's interpretation of the Constitution |  | 25 |
| 7678080429 | Tariff | A tax on imported goods. |  | 26 |
| 7678087787 | Bank of the United States (B.U.S.) | Desired by Hamilton. Financial institution that would regulate the new nation's currency. |  | 27 |
| 7678103786 | Excise | A tax on domestically produced goods. | | 28 |
| 7678110977 | Article I, Section VIII | Necessary and Proper Clause (aka: Elastic Clause) location in the Constitution |  | 29 |
| 7678133935 | loyal opposition | Nickname given to the political party out of power. Traditionally plays the invaluable role of the balance wheel on the machinery of government. |  | 30 |
| 7678152669 | guillotine | Device used to execute Queen Marie Antoinette. |  | 31 |
| 7678170112 | Great Britain | Great Britain or France: Which of these countries was favored by the Federalist? |  | 32 |
| 7678190911 | Pinckney's | Between Spain and the U.S., this treaty granted the Americans virtually everything demanded, including free navigation of the Mississippi, the right of deposit at New Orleans and the large disputed territory of western Florida. |  | 33 |
| 7678215222 | Hamilton | He wasn't the Federalist candidate for president after Washington's retirement because he was very unpopular. |  | 34 |
| 7678226648 | John Adams | He was the Federalist presidential candidate in 1796 and won the presidency by defeating the Democratic Republican, Thomas Jefferson. |  | 35 |
| 7678240779 | New England | Section of the country that propelled John Adams to his 1796 presidential victory. |  | 36 |
| 7678253842 | High Federalists | This faction of the Federalist party, led by Hamilton, favored war and worked against President Adams. |  | 37 |
| 7678269562 | Franco American | Jay's Treaty infuriated this country. They further assailed Jay's Treaty as a flagrant violation of the ________________ _______________________ Treaty of 1778. |  | 38 |
| 7678290213 | XYZ | Three French go-betweens, who demanded concessions including a large loan and payment of a bribe for the privilege of merely talking with the French Foreign Minister. |  | 39 |
| 7678313980 | Talleyrand | Last name of the French Foreign Minister. |  | 40 |
| 7678317583 | XYZ Affair | Sent a wave of war hysteria through the United States. |  | 41 |
| 7678330993 | Marine Corp | This military group was reestablished after the XYZ Affair as a direct result of the insult incurred by the U.S. by the French government. |  | 42 |
| 7678372740 | Napoleon | Ambitious Frenchman who seized dictatorial power in France. He wanted to end conflict in the New World to focus his attention on Europe. |  | 43 |
| 7678395248 | Convention of 1800 | Memorable treaty signed in France. It annulled the French/American marriage of convenience. |  | 44 |
| 7678420499 | Alien Laws | Raised the residence requirements for aliens who desired to become citizens from 5 years to 14 years. |  | 45 |
| 7678430047 | Sedition | This Act was a slap in the face to two priceless freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution by the Bill of Rights (speech and press) |  | 46 |
| 7678454907 | Kentucky and Virginia | Two states who refused to follow the Alien and Sedition Acts |  | 47 |
| 7678474866 | John Jay | Famously said: "Those who own the country ought to govern it." |  | 48 |
