8.1
oversaw post offices and post roads
postmaster general
tax on a product produced, sold, and consumed within the home country
excise tax
George Washington's speech upon retiring from the Presidency
Farewell Address
Jefferson's running mate for the election of 1800
Aaron Burr
overthrew the Directory in France
Napoleon Bonaparte
First secretary of state
Thomas Jefferson
provided coinage of gold, silver, and copper
Mint Act of 1792
1796
Key spokesman of for the Republican party
Thomas Jefferson
diplomatic affair where three unofficial representatives of the French Directory identified as X, Y, and Z made several demands, including a bribe, as a prerequisite to negotiation
XYZ Affair
First chief justice of the Supreme Court
John Jay
First secretary of treasury
Alexander Hamilton
fifteenth state
three-man peace commission
Charles C. Pinckney, John Marshall, Elbridge Gerry
made it a crime to hinder the enforcement of any law or to instigate a riot or insurrection
Sedition act
The council of the president
The Cabinet
Amount of foreign debt in early America
$12 million
king of France during 1754-1793
Louis XVI
used to build up American sea power
Department of the Navy
powers that the individual states possess rather than the federal government
states' rights
The nation's temporary capital
New York
Amount of money that the early government owed to American investors
$40 million
settled the disputed boundary between Spanish West Florida and the US
Pinckney Treaty
Vice president for the election of 1796
Aaron Burr
called for the creation of 16 new federal judgeships and a number of new positions for marshals, clerks, and attorneys
Judiciary Act of 1801