20 definitions that i used to study for my Social Studies test
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| signed by thomas jefferson in 1807 - stop export of all american goods and american ships from sailing for foreign ports | ||
| group made up of the heads of the executive departments that advises the US president | ||
| a government tax on imports or exports | ||
| 1792-1816. Formed by Alexander Hamilton, Controlled the government until 1801. wanted strong federal government. Opposed by Democratic Republicans. | ||
| Founded by Thomas Jefferson, this party favored states rights and opposed the Federalist Party. | ||
| the ceremony in which the President officially takes the oath of office | ||
| 1794 protest over a tax on liqur made and sold in the US | ||
| 1794- British and U.S. agreed that British trade with Americans and the British leave northwest territory written by John Jay | ||
| United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states | ||
| a war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France | ||
| 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 | ||
| treaty that ended the war of 1812 | ||
| the right of the Supreme Court to determine if a law violates the Constitution | ||
| total sum of money a government owes | ||
| 1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France. Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US. | ||
| to counter; make unimportant | ||
| an economic principal based on the belief that government should not interfere with business. | ||
| United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812. The poem later became the Star Spangled Banner. | ||
| An army officer who led an expedition into the southern part of the Louisiana Territory | ||
| law passed in 1830 that forced many Native American nations to move west of the Mississippi River |
