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| unanimously drafted as president by the Electoral College; traveled from Mt Vernon to NYC | ||
| Secretary of State for Washington | ||
| Secretary of the Treasury for Washington; "Father of the National Debt"; set out to correct the economic problems and favor the wealthier groups | ||
| Secretary of War for Washington | ||
| the first ten drafted amendments | ||
| certain rights that were not specified in the Bill of Rights were protected | ||
| organized the Supreme Court, w/ a chief justice, 5 associates, and the Attorney General | ||
| first chief justice | ||
| Wanted the states to to erase these rivalries. should have one economy. They're all together for his plan for the economy. | ||
| Virginia wanted this to be on the Potomac River; received it when Congress assumed their debts | ||
| believed Constitution should be interpreted should be interpreted literally | ||
| the part of the Constitution that permits Congress to make any laws "necessary and proper" to carrying out its powers | ||
| broad interpretation of the Constitution | ||
| chartered for 20 years; in Philadelphia; capital of $10 million, established in 1791 as part of the system proposed by Hamilton to launch the new government on a sound economic basis | ||
| Amendment stating that the powers not delegated to the federal gov. are reserved to the states | ||
| in Pennsylvania in 1794; homespun pioneers saw it as a burden on an economic necessity | ||
| Backcountry farmers who made their living raising corn and selling it in liquid form; led Whiskey Rebellion | ||
| The French people overthrew the king and his government, and then instituted a series of unsuccessful democratic governments until Napoleon took over as dictator in 1799. | ||
| in 1793; declared government's official neutrality and warned American citizens to be impartial towards both camps | ||
| 30 year old rep. of the French Republic, undertook to fit out privateers and take advantage of Franco-American alliance | ||
| battle between American and native American forces in 1794 over Ohio Territory that led to the defeat of the Native Americans | ||
| led the Americans in the Battle of Fallen Timbers | ||
| the Indians abandon the British and cede claims to Ohio country | ||
| British promise to evacuate posts on U.S. soil; to pay for damages for the recent seizure of ships; U.S. will pay pre-Revolutionary accounts | ||
| Americans get everything (Mississippi, Florida) from Spain | ||
| given by Washington; advises the avoidance of "permanent alliances" | ||
| successor of Washington as President; "His Rotundity"; no appeal to the masses | ||
| French demanded money for Adams' men to speak to him; didn't want war w/ U.S. | ||
| Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by John Adams | ||
| France agreed to grant a separation from the Franco-American alliance; U.S. agreed to pay damage claim of U.S. shippers | ||
| president empowered to deport dangerous foreigners in time of peace and imprison them in time of war | ||
| provided that anyone who impeded the policies of government or falsely defamed its officials would be liable to heavy fine or imprisonment | ||
| put in jail for 4 months for spitting in a Federalist's face | ||
| written by Madison and Jefferson; stressed that the natl gov. was the agent of the states, the compact theory; states were the final judges | ||
| advocated rule by the "best people"; distrusted full blown democracy; wanted to protect the wealthy; protection of private enterprise; pro-British | ||
| appealed to middle class and underprivileged; demanded a weak central regime; bulk of power held by states; no privileges for certain classes; rule of the people; free speech; pro-French | ||
| it meant that the federal government would pay off its debts at face value with interest | ||
| the act of taking possession of or power over something | ||
| powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution | ||
| a government tax on imports or exports | ||
| concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land | ||
| a tax on the production or sale of a good | ||
| The political theory on which Jefferson and Madison based their antifederalist resolutions declaring that the thirteen sovereign states had created the Constitution | ||
| the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress | ||
| persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers | ||
| incident of the late 1790s in which French secret agents demanded a bribe and a loan to France in lieu of negotiating a dispute over the Jay Treaty and other issues | ||
| in a presidential race, highly competitive states in which both major party candidates stand a good chance of winning the state's electoral votes | ||
| Washington's Attorney General | ||
| in context of assuming state debt means that the feds pay off their debts at face value, plus accumulated interest, which was then an enormous total of $54 million | ||
| taking up the responsibility of paying the states' debts | ||
| certificates that represent money the government has borrowed from private citizens | ||
| taxes on foreign imported goods | ||
| a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) | ||
| relatively high tax to raise revenue and discourage consuption of a socially undesirable product | ||
| current Secretary of State | ||
| current Secretary of Defense | ||
| current Secretary of Homeland Security | ||
| current Attorney General | ||
| current Secretary of the Treasury |
