Module 7 Lesson 3&4 slides Flashcards
The French Revolution against the French king broke out in ____.
1789
Who was the French Revolution between?
French people against their king that led to the creation of a republican government.
The Revolution led to _____ and _________ at war.
France
Great Britain
For the French Revolution, some Americans, including Thomas Jefferson, supported the ______.
French
France and Great Britain finally went to war. _____________ believed the United States should be neutral and issued the _____________.
George Washington
Neutrality Proclamation
The United States issued the Neutrality Proclamation, in _____, saying it would not take sides in the French Revolution.
1793
The _____ were seizing American ships in the French West Indies. Washington wanted to prevent another war; so, did the British.
British
Jay’s Treaty settled disputes that had arisen between ________ and the ___ in the 1790s.
Britian
U.S.
Jay’s Treaty was very unpopular in the _____.
United States
The Spanish dispute between the U.S. and the ________.
Florida
border
Spain closed the New Orleans port to U.S.
trade in _____. This hurt the American economy.
1784
__________ was signed in 1795. The port of New Orleans reopened.
Pinckney’s Treaty
Americans settled in the ___________ despite Native Americans’ protests. Native Americans went to ___.
Northwest Territory
war
Early Native American victories came under ___________.
Chief Little Turtle
General Anthony Wayne’s troops won the _________________ in 1794.
Battle of Fallen Timbers
___________ ended the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1795 and gave Americans most Native American lands in the Northwest Territory.
The Treaty of Greenville
People in areas like western Pennsylvania were angry at the tax on American-made whiskey passed by Congress in ___.
1791
_________ was a cash crop to western Pennsylvania farmers.
Whiskey
Farmers were angry that cases about the law were tried in _______, often far away from the people affected.
district courts
The Whiskey Rebellion the Fighting broke out in ____.
1794
_________ led an army against the rebels, but the Whiskey Rebellion fled.
Washington
The rise of political parties created competition in the election of _____.
1796
_____ began to form in the 1790s.
Political parties
________ helped found the Federalist Party, which supported a strong federal government.
Alexander Hamilton
___________ and__________ founded the Democratic Republican Party, which wanted to limit the power of the federal government.
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
The Federalist John Adams defeated the Democratic-Republican candidate, Thomas Jefferson, in the election of ____.
1796
Adams became ______, and Jefferson, __________.
president
vice president
John Adams had the hard task of following __________ as president.
George Washington
_____ was a leading patriot during the Revolutionary War and was later a foreign diplomat.
Adams
______lacked Washington’s dignity but was respected for his hard work, honesty, and intelligence.
John Adams
An early goal of Adams was to improve relations with _____.
France
U.S. diplomats were sent to _____. The French foreign minister, ________, would not meet the U.S.
France
Talleyrand
_________ agents said that the minister would discuss a treaty only if American paid a _____ bribe and gave a ______ loan
Three French
$250,000
$12 millon
The so-called ______ outraged Americans and led to a call for war with France. They would pay “millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.”
XYZ Affair
for the XYZ Affair, federalists were stunned by ______decision not to go to war. American and French ships began fighting in the ________. The United States and France eventually signed a _____.
Adam’s
Caribbean
treaty
The Alien and Sedition Acts, passed by Federalists in Congress, became law in ____.
1798
___________ and ___________ viewed the Alien and
Sedition Acts as a misuse of government power.
Jefferson
Madison
Jefferson and Madison wrote resolutions passed by the __________ and __________
legislatures.
Kentucky
Virginia
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions argued that the Alien and Sedition Acts were ___________.
unconstitutional
How did President Adams prepare for war?
Adams asked Congress to expand the navy to more than thirty ships.
He also asked Congress to approve a peacetime army.
What did Washington do during his farewell address?
Warned against dangers of foreign ties
Warned the nation to work out its political differences
Warned against too much public debt
George Washington resigned in _____.
1793
A French representative asked American sailor to command _________ to aid France in fighting England. Washington said that this violated U.S. ___________
privateers
Neutrality
Jay’s Treaty was signed in ____.
1794
John Adams was the first ___________ before becoming vice president.
secretary of state
________________ supported the idea that states could challenge the federal government.
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Who was the King of France that the French were fighting against?
King Louis the 16th
