Ch. 7 Exam Flashcards
Precedent
An action that later serves as an example
When was George Washington elected president?
1789
List GWs precedents
Voluntarily stepped down after two terms
Heads of executive departments report directly to him
Referred legal questions to the attorney general
What are cabinet members?
Department heads who advise the president
What dis the Judiciary act of 1789 create?
It created three levels of federal courts and defined powers and relationships to the state courts
Associate Justices (then)
5
Associate justices (now)
8
Start of the French Revolution
1789
Washington reelected
1792
France and England go to war
1793
John Jay’s Treaty
1794
Whiskey Rebellion
1794
Thomas Pinckney’s Treaty
1795
John Adams is elected president
1796
XYZ affair
1798
Alien and Sedition Acts
1798
John Adams Treaty with France
1798
Thomas Jefferson is elected president
1800
Neutral
Unbiased, not favoring either side in a conflict
Privateers
Private ships hired by a country to attack it’s enemies
Right of deposit
A right that would allow American boats to transfer goods in New Orleans without paying cargo fees
What was GWs plan towards the war between France and Great Britain?
Neutrality Proclamation
What reasons did GWs advisors give for supporting France?
They had supported the US during the revolutionary war
What reasons did GWs advisors give for supporting England?
Hoped to strengthen trading ties.
What were the major results of Jay’s treaty?
Settled disputes between US and GB
GB would pay damages on seized US ships and abandon their forts on the NW frontier
US agreed to pay debts to GB
What were the major results of Pinckney’s Treaty?
Settled the border and trade disputes with Spain
Spain agreed to recognize the US southern boundary
Reopened port at New Orleans
Gave right of deposit
What were some causes of the conflict between the US and GB in the NW territory.
Americans continued to settle the NW territory despite Native American protests. The British supplied the Native Americans with guns so they would go to war with the Americans
Where did (Mad) Anthony Wayne’s forces defeat Native American forces on August 20, 1794?
Fallen Timbers
What did GW fear about the Whiskey Rebellion?
The rebels threatened the federal governments authority and congress could tax.
How did GW feel about political groups?
Disagreements between political groups weakened government.
Bonds
Certificates promising to repay a loan with interest by a certain date.
Speculators
People who buy something at a risk with the hopes of making a future profit
Assume
Take over
Implied powers
Congress can pass any law that helps it to carry out its duties
Edmund Genet
New French minister to US/ encourages Americans to seize British merchant ships
Impressment
Forcing a person to serve in the armed forces
Virginia/Kentucky Resolutions
Written by Thomas Jefferson
Argued states could nullify (overrule) federal law if it violated the Constitution
