Policies & Power
The DIVISION of the government into three branches
SEPARATION of power
An uprising of back country farmers angry over what they believed to be an unfair tax on LIQUOR
Whiskey Rebellion
Which principle of the U.S. Constitution is reflected below?
"He [the President] shall have power, with ADVICE and CONSENT of the Senate, . . . make treaties, provided that TWO-THIRDS of the senators CONCUR"
Checks and balances
Popular Sovereignty
A document that stated that the U.S. would NOT get INVOLVED in the wars between European countries.
NEUTRALITY Proclamation
(Excerpt)
Colonists had been VIOLATING what BRITISH POLICY for some time?Mercantilism
(Economic system that controlled colonies' trade)
This describes that the National government can only do what the CONSTITUTION SAYS it can do
Limited government
A published SPEECH in which Washington urged the U.S. to remain neutral in foreign affairs
Farewell ADDRESS
Why was the decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803) important?
Because it ESTABLISHED the SUPREME COURT'S POWER to judge the CONSTITUTIONALITY of laws
The division of power BETWEEN the NATIONAL and STATE governments
Federalism
Protests written by Jefferson and Madison AGAINST the Alien and Sedition Acts which they believed to be unjust and unconstitutional
Virginia and Kentucky Revolutions
(Excerpt)
James Madison and George Washington disagreed about what?
The NECESSITY of political parties
Describes when American citizen ELECT representatives to CARRY OUT THEIR WILL
Republicanism
Laws passed in 1798 that controlled foreigners in the United States and also made it a crime to speak, write, or publish any materials of scandalous nature AGAINST the government
Alien & Sedition Acts