Section 1 & 2
How many people lived in the United States in 1790?
4 Million
As a teenager, who helped run a shipping company in the British West Indies before moving to the American colonies for education? He later married into a wealthy New York family and practiced law, serving as Washington's aide and delegate to four Continental Congresses.
Alexander Hamilton
What is the name of a body of electors that represent the people's vote in the election of presidents?
Electoral College
The storming of the Bastille was one of the first acts of what?
French Revolution
On what day did Godoy agreed to sign the Pinckney’s Treaty?
October 1795
What are groups that help elect people and shape policies?
Political parties
What is the name given to the belief that mothers played an essential part in raising their children to be decent citizens?
Republican Motherhood
How much did the United States owe in Revolutionary War expenses at the time?
$25 million
Today, we know that presidents hold cabinet meetings with their senior advisers; this practice began during Washington's administration and became widespread by what year?
1792
On when was the beheading of King Louis XVI?
January 1793
Which treaty settled the border and trade disputes with Spain?
Pinckney’s Treaty
What party wanted a strong federal government and supported industry and trade?
Federalist Party
What was the name of George Washington's wife, who later became the first First Lady?
Martha Washington
What was the name of the author who believed that women should have a larger role in the new nation and advocated Republican Motherhood?
Judith Sargent Murray
What term refers to the federal government's ability to conduct reasonable activities that the Constitution does not expressly prohibit?
Loose Construction
What stated that the U.S. would not take sides with any European countries that were at war?
Neutrality Proclamation
In 1790, a Native American alliance under the command of who?
Little Turtle
The Federalists chose which 2 people as candidates for leaders?
John Adams and Thomas Pinckney
Who did the people regard as an honest, competent, and stable leader, a Revolutionary hero known for his ability to motivate and manage the army, with many feeling he should be the first President of the United States?
George Washington
Who became George Washington's Vice President?
John Adams
In 1792, 24 stockbrokers struck an agreement under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street; this agreement laid the groundwork for what subsequently became known as what?
New York Stock Exchange
Who was France’s new representative to the United States?
Edmond Genet
President Washington gave command of the army in the West to who?
Anthony Wayne
What party wanted to limit the federal government’s power?
Democratic-Republican Party
Which area opposed to assist the federal government in repaying other states' debts?
The South
In February 1791, Congress approved the charter for the country's first national bank. The bank contributed significantly to the stability of the United States' economy. What was the name of the bank?
Bank of the United States
What is the name given to people who acquire products at low costs in the belief that the value will grow and they will be able to sell the items for profit?
Speculators
Who were the people controlling private ships hired by a country to attack its enemies.
Privateers
Native Americans fought Wayne’s troops and were defeated in which Battle?
Battle of Fallen Timbers
The Democratic-Republican Party chose which 2 people as their candidates.
Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr
What is the name for taxes that raise the prices of foreign products?
Protective Tariffs
Who established departments in the executive branch to address various areas of national policy?
The First Congress
During that time period, how much did the United States owe foreign countries?
$11.7 million
Who was the Chief Justice sent to London to work out a compromise?
John Jay
Native American leaders signed the Treaty of Greenville when?
August 1795
Who had the challenging task of following Washington as president all the time?
John Adams
What is the belief that the federal government should only do what the Constitution clearly allows?
Strict Construction
What is the name given to debt certificates with the pledge to buy back bonds at an increased price?
Bonds
Who strongly encouraged George Washington to run for President of the United States, as quoted as stating, "Of all men, you are the best fitted to fill that office"?
Gouverneur Morris
When was Jay's Treaty signed by both sides?
November 1794
which treaty gave the United States to claim most of Indian lands in the Northwest Territory?
Treaty of Greenville
What event was the French's demand for a bribe came to be called.
XYZ affair
Where did the national capital relocate for ten years beginning in 1791?
Philadelphia
Which city served as the United States' first capital, embodying the spirit of the new nation?
New York City
What is the name for an action or choice that is later used as an example?
Precedent
What treaty did the U.S. and British sigh that would settled the disputes that had arisen between them?
Jay’s Treaty
Congress passed a tax to raise money to help pay the federal debt on what?
American-made whiskey
In 1798, the Federalist-controlled Congress passed four laws together called what?
Alien and Sedition Acts
During that time, how much did the United States owe its citizens?
$40.4 million
George Washington chose a permanent location for the capital on the Potomac River that comprised parts of Maryland and Virginia. The terrain was comprised of marshes and farmland. What will this site eventually be known as?
Washington D.C.
What legislation established three levels of federal courts, defined their powers and relationships with state courts, and established federal district courts and circuit courts of appeals?
Judiciary Act of 1789
Spain closed the port of what place to the U.S. trade in 1784.
New Orleans
Farmers lashed out against the tax on whiskey. Protesters refused to pay the tax, and they even tarred and feathered tax collectors. What was this known as?
Whiskey Rebellion
What act forbade anyone from publishing or voicing criticism of the federal government? (this is one of the most controversial act to be passed)
Sedition Act
What is the name given to money owing by the US?
National Debt
Alexander Hamilton believed that the United States should develop a coin-making facility so that it could begin issuing its own currency. What did it become known for?
National Mint
Many people who had participated in the Revolution, the establishment of the Articles of Confederation, and the formulation of the Constitution remained in positions of power after the Constitution was ratified. For their notable contributions to the country's formation, what were they known as?
Founding Fathers
What spanish minister tried to delay reaching an agreement, hoping that Pinckney would sign a treaty that favored the Spanish.
Manuel de Godoy
An army of about 13,000 men approached western Pennsylvania to end the whiskey rebellion when?
November 1794
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison wrote what that was passed by the Kentucky legislature in 1798 and in Virginia in 1799?
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions