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| 5884646180 | Amendment I | Freedom of religion, speech or press, assembly, and petition. | 0 | |
| 5884646181 | Amendment II | Right to bear arms (for militia). | 1 | |
| 5884646182 | Amendment III | Soldiers can't be housed in civilian homes during peacetime. | 2 | |
| 5884646183 | Amendment IV | No unreasonable searches; all searched require warrants. | 3 | |
| 5884646184 | Amendment V | Right to refuse to speak during a civil trial; No Double Jeopardy. | 4 | |
| 5884646185 | Amendment VI | Right to a speedy and public trial. | 5 | |
| 5884646186 | Amendment VII | Right to trial by jury when sums exceed $20. | 6 | |
| 5884646187 | Amendment VIII | No excessive bails and/or fines. | 7 | |
| 5884646188 | Amendment IX | Other rights not enumerated are also in effect. | 8 | |
| 5884646189 | Amendment X | Unlisted powers belong to the state. | 9 | |
| 5884646190 | American Population in 1789 | 90% rural, 5% living west of the Appalachians | 10 | |
| 5884646191 | George Washington | Elected as the first president in 1789 by the Electoral College. Took his oath of office on April 20, 1789 on a balcony overlooking Wall Street. | 11 | |
| 5884646192 | Secretary of State in 1789 | Thomas Jefferson | 12 | |
| 5884646193 | Secretary of the Treasury in 1789 | Alexander Hamilton | 13 | |
| 5884646194 | Secretary of War in 1789 | Henry Knox | 14 | |
| 5884646195 | The Judiciary Act of 1789 | Created effective federal courts. | 15 | |
| 5884646196 | First Chief Justice of the U.S. | John Jay | 16 | |
| 5884646197 | Alexander Hamilton | Born in British W Indies, loyalty questioned because of it. Urged federal government to pay its debts of $54 million, plus interest, and debts of the states of $21.5 million. | 17 | |
| 5884646198 | Funding at Par | Paying at face value, plus interest. | 18 | |
| 5884646199 | National Debt at... | $75 billion. Hamilton not worried; the more the gov owed, the more people would care about what happened to the nation. | 19 | |
| 5884646200 | Hamilton proposed a national treasury. | Modeled after the Bank of England. For the use of the federal gov as a major stockholder, to circulate cash to stimulate businesses, to store excess money, and to print money that was worth something. Opposed by Jefferson as unconstitutional. | 20 | |
| 5884646201 | Hamilton's Views | • What was not forbidden in the Constitution is permitted. • A bank was "necessary and proper." • "loose interpretation" of the Constitution | 21 | |
| 5884646202 | Jefferson's Views | • What was not permitted was forbidden. • A bank should be a state-controlled item • "strict interpretation" of the Constitution | 22 | |
| 5884646203 | Hamilton won dispute. | Washington signed the bank measure into law. | 23 | |
| 5884646204 | The Bank of the United States | Created by Congress in 1791; chartered for 20 years. Located in Philadelphia. | 24 | |
| 5884646205 | Whiskey Rebellion | In 1794, in western Pennsylvania. Farmers revolted against Hamilton's excise tax; liquor and alcohol often used as money, cried "taxation without representation," claimed to be singled out to be taxed. Washington sent army of 13,000 troops, rebels scattered before arrival - strong government. | 25 | |
| 5884646206 | Two parties emerged. | The Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans and the Hamiltonian Federalists. | 26 | |
| 5884646207 | The French Revolution | France declared war on Austria. Jeffersonians in favor of France, Hamiltonians in favor of Brits. Washington issued the Neutrality Proclamation. | 27 | |
| 5884646208 | The Neutrality Proclamation (1793) | Proclaimed U.S.'s official neutrality and warned Americans to stay out of the issue and be impartial. | 28 | |
| 5884646209 | Edmond Genêt | A representative to the U.S. Wrongly believed that Washington's Neutrality of Proclamation didn't truly reflect the feelings of Americans. Equipped privateers to plunder British ships and to invade Spanish Florida and British Canada. Threatened to appeal over the head of Washington to soverign voters - basically kicked out of the U.S. | 29 | |
| 5884646210 | The Treaty of Greenville (1795) | Indians ceded their vast tract in the Ohio country to the Americans after winning the Battle of Fallen Timbers, where they learned Britain had been supplying their guns to Indians. | 30 | |
| 5884646211 | Jay's Treaty | Washington sent John Jay to England to negotiate, sabotaged by Hamilton, who secretly gave Brit's the details of American's bargaining style. Results: Britain would repay the lost money from recent impressments, America would have to pay off of its pre-Revolutionary War debts to Britain. Southerners mad they will pay while the Northerners will be paid. | 31 | |
| 5884646212 | Impressment | Merchant ship seizures | 32 | |
| 5884646213 | Pinckney Treaty of 1795 with Spain | Gave Americans free navigation of the Mississippi and large disputed territory of north Florida. | 33 | |
| 5884646214 | Washington's Farewell Address | Warned against political parties and against building permanent alliances with foreign nations. | 34 | |
| 5884646215 | John Adams | Second U.S. President who won against Thomas Jefferson. | 35 | |
| 5884646216 | XYZ Affair | John Adams sent three envoys to France, where they were approached by three agents, "X," "Y," and "Z," who demanded 32 million florins and a $250,000 bribe for talking to Talleyrand. Envoys returned to America without accepting the deal and America remained neutral. | 36 | |
| 5884646217 | End of 1778 Alliance | Three American envoys met with Napoleon and signed a treaty that ended their alliance once Americans paid the claims of it's shippers' as alimony. | 37 | |
| 5884646218 | Alien Laws | Federalists scorned poor people. Raised residence requirements for aliens who wanted to become citizens from five to fourteen. This violated America's open-door hospitality and speedy assimilation. | 38 | |
| 5884646219 | The Sedition Act | provided that anyone who impeded the policies of the gov or falsely defamed its officials would be liable to heavy fine and imprisonment; it was aimed at newspaper editors and JDR's. | 39 | |
| 5884646220 | Matthew Lyon | A man imprisoned to four months in jail for writing ill things about President John Adams. | 40 | |
| 5884646221 | Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | Madison and Jefferson wrote a series of legislation. Set out to kill the Sedition and Alien Laws. Stressed the "compact theory," the states reserve the right to nullify federal laws. Adopted by Virginia and Kentucky only. | 41 | |
| 5884646222 | Federalists vs Democratic-Republicans | Federalists: wanted a strong gov ruled by educated aristocrats, were merchants, manufacturers, and shippers along the Atlantic seaboard, mostly pro-British and recognized foreign trade was key. Democratic-Republicans: led by Thomas Jefferson (a great leader), wanted weaker central gov, mostly pro-French and farmers, desired rule by informed classes, emphasized national debt had to be paid off, insisted on no privileges for upper class | 42 |
