The First Presidency
First Ten Amendments to the Constitution.
The Bill of Rights.
Lending money to the government to be paid back plus interest.
Bond.
Rebellion in Pennsylvania in 1794.
The Whiskey Rebellion.
What did Washington warn against in his farewell address?
Political parties; factions.
Who was Adams' vice president?
Thomas Jefferson.
Who did Washington typically side with?
Hamilton.
A tax on imports.
Tariff.
Handed over the entirety of the Ohio territory to the Americans.
Treaty of Greenville.
What are implied powers?
Powers not directly given to the government, not directly forbidden.
French try to bribe American ambassadors.
XYZ Affair.
Precedents of the big man himself.
Two terms, creation of the cabinet, setting up the court system, addition of the Bill of Rights.
Jefferson and Madison called Hamilton's bank this.
Unconstitutional.
Washington declared this to the world in 1793 to avoid war.
Proclamation of Neutrality.
Strong government; allies of Britain; mostly northerners and rich southerners; industry and banking.
Federalists.
Made it legal to remove or imprison immigrants.
Alien Act.
First Chief Justice of the United States.
John Jay.
Washington's financial planner.
Alexander Hamilton.
Why was Jay's Treaty a failure?
It did not deal with impressment.
Weak government; allies of France; mostly poor southerners; favored agriculture.
Democratic-Republicans.
Makes it illegal to criticize the government.
Sedition Act.
Hamilton convinced southerners to approve of his national bank by moving this closer to them.
The capital; Washington, D.C.
Hamilton's financial plan.
Why is Pinckney's Treaty so important?
Access to the Mississippi.
Who wins the election of 1796?
Adams; the Federalists.
The idea states have all powers not listed to the federal government in the Constitution.
States rights.