Vocabulary
Money owed by the United States
What is National debt
Legislative, Judicial, and Executive
What is Branches of Government
freedom of Speech, Press, Religion, petition, assembly
What is 1st Amendment
Farmers lashed out against feathered tax collectors
What is Whiskey Rebellion
Set of rules that US citizens must follow
What is Constitution
certificates of debt that carries a promise to buy back the bonds at a higher price
What are Bonds
How the first ever President was elected
What is Electoral College
Police Officers need this to search someone's property
what is a Warrant
Gave the United States claim to most indian lands in the Northwest territory
What is Treaty of Greenville
How Americans determine the next US President
What is Vote
body of electors who represent the peoples vote in choosing the President
What is the Electoral College
created the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Gives criminals a fair trial with a lawyer
What is 6th Amendment
A rebellion of french people against their king in 1789
What is French Revolution
Amount of money that citizens must pay to the government
What is Taxes
an action or decision that later serves as an example
What is a Precedent?
Thought it was important to have A US bank
Who is Alexander Hamilton
Denies Cruel and unusual punishment
what is 8th Amendment
Created 3 levels of federal courts and defined their powers and relationship to state courts
What is Judiciary Act of 1789
What are citizens required to do and if they are broken then they will go to prison
people who buy items at low prices in hopes that the value will rise and they can sell items for a profit.
What are Speculators?
Was the first, First Lady of the United States
Who is Martha Washington or George Washington's wife
The right to bear arms
What is The 2nd Amendment
settled the disputes that had arisen between the United States and Great Britain in the early 1790's
What is Jays Treaty
How you become a US Citizen
What is Naturalization