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1st president of US
Who is George Washington
100
Jefferson preferred farmers, Hamilton preferred...
What are merchants and businessmen?
100
statement saying the US wont take sides with Europeans at war
What is the Neutrality Proclamation?
100
first two official political parties
What are the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans?
100
French king executed by the guillotine during the French Revolution
Who is King Louis XVI?
200
where people are selected by a party to vote for a candidate, presidents are officially chosen by this group of people who tend to vote the way the people do
What is the electoral college?
200
Hamilton liked the idea of "protective" tariffs...why?
What is he wanted to put a tax on foreign goods coming into the country, which would make them more expensive than American goods
200
treaty between US and England in which British give up their forts on the western frontier
What is the Jay Treaty?
200
Who wins the election of 1796 to become the 2nd president and who becomes the next vice president
Who are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?
200
name for a private ship hired to attack a country-France hired Americans to attack British ships
What is a privateer?
300
the capital of the US was moved from New York City to this city in 1791
What is Philadelphia?
300
strict construction of the Constitution is what
What is the idea that the government should only do what the Constitution says, Jefferson favored this idea
300
treaty giving the US most of the Native lands in the Northwest Territory
What is the Treaty of Greenville?
300
event in which French would only speak with American diplomats for a $250,000 bribe and a $12 million loan
What is the XYZ Affair?
300
treaty in which Spain reopened New Orleans to trade and established a latitude line with the US government
What is the Pinckney Treaty?
400
What did the Judiciary Act of 1789 accomplish?
What is set up federal district and circuit (appeals) courts
400
loose construction of the Constitution is what
What is the idea that the government can do things not specifically mentioned in the Constitution, Hamilton favored this idea?
400
event in which 13,000 farmers refused to pay taxes on whiskey and marched to Pennsylvania, ran away when Washington came
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
400
name two powers granted to the government by the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
What is the power to deport immigrants and fine/imprison anyone who spoke out against the government?
400
battle in 1794 in which Native forces were defeated by General Wayne
What is the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
500
name the first Secretary of Treasury and Secretary of State
Who are Hamilton and Jefferson?
500
name of the man who shot and mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804
Who is Aaron Burr?
500
Washington's message to Americans about paying off debt, staying neutral, and peace for all Americans
What is his Farewell Address?
500
name the two states that fought against the Alien and Sedition Acts saying they were unconstitutional, the states fight against the federal government
What are Kentucky and Virginia in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?
500
French diplomat who encouraged Americans to become privateers and fight British, he angered Washington