Chapter 8 Flashcards
the nation’s temporary capital
NYC
first secretary of state
Thomas Jefferson
first secretary of the treasury
Alexander Hamilton
secretary of way
Henry Knox
attorney general
Edmund Randolph
postmaster general
Samuel Osgood
became and established tradition by the time Washington left office
President’s Cabinet
set up the federal court system
Judiciary Act of 1789
the first chief justice of the Supreme Court
John Jay
was tasked with the rebuilding of the nation’s financial structure
Alexander Hamilton
three types of debt
foreign
state
domestic
the foreign debt
$12 million
domestic debt
$40 million
state debt
$21 million
the Bank of the united States was chartered for ______ years with a capital stock of $________________
20 years
$10 million
paper money that could be issued by the bank which would be payable on demand, in gold and silver coin
bank notes
name for the strict interpretation of the Constitution which Jefferson argued for
strict construction
name for loose interpretation of the Constitution which Hamilton argued for
loose construction
the first tariff was primarily to raise
revenue
tariffs high enough to discourage the importation of certain products and thereby to aid the development of AMerican manufacturing
protective tariffs
a tax on a product produced, sold, and consumed within the home country
excise tax
a system based on tens
decimal system
established a mint and provided for the coinage of gold, silver, and copper
Mint Act of 1792
stood for loose construction of the Constitution
Federalists
stood for strict construction of the Constitution
Democratic Republicans
won the election of 1792
Washington
the absolute monarchy of who was overthrown and the upper class lost their privileged political position in france
Louis XVI
an old fort in Paris which French revolutionaries stormed
Bastille
where guillotine reigned supreme
Reign of Terror
who believed that the violent stage of the revolution was inevitable but that it would pass and that respect human dignity would triumph in France
Jefferson
Washngton was in favor of the revolution
FALSE
French diplomat sent to America to enlist aid
Citizen Edmond Genet
what in Britian did the most damage
British fleet
American sailors were _____________ into the British navy on the charge that they were really English
impressed
Washington was convinced that war with England could be prevented and sent ________________________ to negotiate a treaty with the British
John Jay
terms of the Jay Treaty
England would…
1. abandon her fort in American territory by June
1, 1796
2. submit to arbitration disputed boundaries and liability for
damages done to AMerican ships
3. open certain ports in the British EMpire to AMerican ships
Washington sent ______________ to negotiate a treaty with Spain
Thomas Pinckney
settled the disputed boundary between Spanish West Florida and the United States
Pinckney Treaty
commanded the army that defeated the Indians at the Battle of the Fallen TImbers
General Anthony Wayne
fifteenth state
Kentucky
16th state
Tennessee
14th state
Vermont
Washington announced his retirement in the
Farewell Address
where Washington retired
Mount Vernon
where Washington retired
Mount Vernon
