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| 3145927236 | George Washington | Washington unanimously made president. Did not want the position Took office on April 30, 1789, after a parade following him to NYC Established a cabinet (heads of departments) |  | 0 |
| 3145927237 | Thomas Jefferson | Secretary of State |  | 1 |
| 3145927238 | Alexander Hamilton | Secretary of the Treasury |  | 2 |
| 3145927239 | Henry Knox | Secretary of War |  | 3 |
| 3145927240 | How are amendments proposed? | -2/3 of states call convention -2/3 vote in both houses of congress | 4 | |
| 3145927241 | James Madison | For fear of the narrow Federalist victory becoming undone drafted the Bill of Rights himself |  | 5 |
| 3145927242 | Amendment I | Freedom of religion, speech or press, assembly, and petition. | 6 | |
| 3145927243 | Amendment II | Right to bear arms (for militia). | 7 | |
| 3145927244 | Amendment III | Soldiers can't be housed in civilian homes during peacetime. | 8 | |
| 3145927245 | Amendment IV | No unreasonable searches; all searches require warrants. | 9 | |
| 3145927246 | Amendment V | Right to refuse to speak during a civil trial; No Double Jeopardy. | 10 | |
| 3145927247 | Amendment VI | Right to a speedy and public trial. | 11 | |
| 3145927248 | Amendment VII | Right to trial by jury when the sum exceeds $20. | 12 | |
| 3145927249 | Amendment VIII | No cruel or unusual punishment. | 13 | |
| 3145927250 | Amendment IX | Other rights not enumerated are also in effect. ("People's Rights" Amendment) | 14 | |
| 3145927251 | Amendment X | Unlisted powers belong to the state. ("States' Rights" Amendment) | 15 | |
| 3145927252 | Judiciary Act of 1789 | act that organized the Supreme Court, with a Chief Justice and five associates, as well as federal district and circuit courts, and established the office of the attorney general |  | 16 |
| 3145927253 | Hamilton's Five Point Plan | 1 Best way to establish government is debt (other Countries have stake in the USA) 2 Federal Gov. assumes all state debt (States have a stake in the USA) 3 Congress Charters National Bank 4 Adopt protective tariff 5 Excise tax on whiskey |  | 17 |
| 3145927254 | Strict Construction | way of interpreting the Constitution that allows the federal government to take only those actions the Constitution specifically says it can take (Jefferson) |  | 18 |
| 3145927255 | Loose Construction | Belief that the government can do anything the constitution does not prohibit (Hamilton) |  | 19 |
| 3145927256 | Bank of the United States | Proposed by Alexander Hamilton as the basis of his economic plan. He proposed a powerful private institution, in which the government was the major stockholder. This would be a way to collect and amass the various taxes collected. It would also provide a strong and stable national currency. Jefferson vehemently opposed the bank; he thought it was un-constitutional. nevertheless, it was created. This issue brought about the issue of implied powers. It also helped start political parties, this being one of the major issues of the day. |  | 20 |
| 3145927257 | Whiskey Rebellion | In 1794, farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey, and several federal officers were killed in the riots caused by their attempts to serve arrest warrants on the offenders. In October, 1794, the army, led by Washington, put down the rebellion. The incident showed that the new government under the Constitution could react swiftly and effectively to such a problem, in contrast to the inability of the government under the Articles of Confederation to deal with Shay's Rebellion. |  | 21 |
| 3145927258 | Jeffersonian Democratic - Republicans | Anti-Federalists in favor of strict limits on national power; liked the Bill of Rights |  | 22 |
| 3145927259 | Hamiltonian Federalists | thought rich educated people should lead nation; wanted strong federal government; wanted to encourage manufacturing and trade; supported loose interpretation of constitution |  | 23 |
| 3145927260 | Franco-American Alliance of 1778 | Agreement by France to fund American military aids and loans to American colonies. France wanted to piss of Britain basically. (Jeffersonians wanted to honor the alliance during the French Revolution while the Hamiltonians did not) |  | 24 |
| 3145927261 | Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 | Proclamation declaring the US would not take part in the conflict between France and Britain and would remain impartial to both sides. |  | 25 |
| 3145927262 | Edmont Genêt | representative of the French that came to the US to gain troops for France under the Franco-American Alliance. Thought Neutrality Proclamation was not the true will of the people. Was sent back to France by the US government |  | 26 |
| 3145927263 | Why did Americans not aid the French during the French Revolution? | -they would not benefit from the war -French did not call for their aid -the Americans were better off not helping as this would have caused the Yankees to cut off goods to the French West Indies | 27 | |
| 3145927264 | Jay's Treaty | Treaty signed in 1794 between the U.S. And Britain in which the British said they would remove the chain of posts on US soil. Would pay damages for seizures of American Ships but did not promise to stop or to stop giving Native Americans weapons. Forced the U.S. to pay back debts |  | 28 |
| 3145927265 | Pinckney's Treaty of 1795 | Treaty with Spain; granted the Americans virtually everything they demanded, including free navigation of the Mississippi and the large disputed territory north of Florida. |  | 29 |
| 3145927266 | Washington's Farewell Address | Washington retired from President after 2 years. In address warned against the dangers of permanent alliances and political parties. |  | 30 |
| 3145927267 | Election of 1796 | The person with the most electoral votes, John Adams, became President and the person with the second most electoral votes, Thomas Jefferson, became Vice President. A problem from this situation was that Adams and Jefferson belonged to different political parties, so political tensions were strong in the Executive Branch. |  | 31 |
| 3145927268 | XYZ Affair | An insult to the American delegation when they were supposed to be meeting French foreign minister, Talleyrand, but instead they were sent 3 officials Adams called "X,Y, and Z" that demanded $250,000 as a bribe to see Talleyrand. |  | 32 |
| 3145927269 | Quasi-War with France | After the XYZ affair Americans wanted to go to war with the French. War preparations began. Navy established. Marine corps reestablished. Fighting confined to the sea (1798-1800) US captured 80 armed French vessels, lost 100 US merchant ships. |  | 33 |
| 3145927270 | Convention of 1800 | France did not want to fight the US, already fighting Britain. Made agreement which freed America from its alliance with France, forgave French $20 million in damages and resulted in Adams' losing a second term as president (should be praised for avoiding war and laying the path for the US to buy the Louisiana territory) |  | 34 |
| 3145927271 | Alien Act | increased the years it took an immigrant to become a citizen from 5 to 14 years and the power of the President to deport or imprison any dangerous alien. |  | 35 |
| 3145927272 | Sedition Act | Made it a crime to criticize the government or government officials. Opponents claimed that it violated citizens' rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press, guaranteed by the First Amendment. |  | 36 |
| 3145927273 | The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | Passed by the Virginia and the Kentucky legislatures; written by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, the resolutions advanced the state-compact theory of the Constitution. Virginia's resolution called on the federal courts to protect free speech. Jefferson's draft for Kentucky stated that a state could nullify federal law, but this was deleted (were later used by the South to nullify and eventually secede from the union) |  | 37 |
| 3145927274 | Federalists | -Focused on industry -Favored stronger central government -Pro-British; example of Industrial Country [Economic Reasons (trade and help)] -Rule by educated aristocrats -Loose Construction -Thought Bank of the U.S. was constitutional (Elastic Clause) |  | 38 |
| 3145927275 | Democratic Republicans | -Focused on agriculture -Favored weaker central government -Pro-French; only other democracy, band together against monarchies (political reasons) -Rule by common people -Loose Construction -Thought Bank of the U.S. was *un*constitutional (10th Amendment) |  | 39 |
