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inauguration
Formal ceremony starting a president’s term
Federalist Party
Political party led by Alexander Hamilton; believed in a strong central government
Proclamation of Neutrality
President Washington’s declaration that the United States would pursue a policy of friendliness toward both France and Britain and would not involve itself in their conflict
who were the two people going against each other
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
who did France declare war on in 1793
Britain
cabinet
A president’s group of advisers
Democratic-Republican Party
Political party led by Thomas Jefferson; believed in stronger state governments
Edmond-Charles Genêt
He rejected titles of nobility and referred to himself simply as Citizen Genêt
how did Alexander Hamilton want to make money
he wanted tariff and taxes
Marquis de Lafayette sent what to George Washington
The key to the Bastille, a French Prison
tariff
A tax on imported goods
Whiskey Rebellion
Protest against excise taxes on whiskey; quelled by George Washington’s forces
impressment
Act of forcing captured American sailors to serve in the British navy
how did Thomas Jefferson want to make money
he wanted a national bank
Washington issued what proclamation
Proclamation of Neutrality
excise tax
Tax paid on the manufacture or sale of certain goods and services within a country
John Jay
who had helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris in 1783 and was one of the authors of the Federalist Papers, as the first chief justice.
Jay Treaty
Unpopular treaty by John Jay in which the United States agreed to limit trade with France and to arrange payment of debts still owed to British banks and citizens from before the War for Independence; treaty in which Britain agreed to abandon its forts in the Northwest, pay the United States for ships seized, and open some ports in the British West Indies to American trade
what was Hamilton’s party
Federalist Party
What did angry British sailors do
They abandoned their ships for American ships
national bank
A place to hold tax revenue and to handle the nation’s financial dealings
Fallen Timbers
Battle near modern-day Toledo, Ohio, where Anthony Wayne’s force defeated a band of Indians who were then forced to abandon their claim to about half of Ohio
what was Jefferson’s party
Democratic-Republican Party
what treaty barely received the two-thirds vote required in the Senate
Jay Treaty