Study Guide 1-29 Flashcards
What is one of the liberties guaranteed in the bill of rights
Civil liberties
Who was the first chief justice of the United States
John Jay
The judiciary act of 1789 established which kind of legal system
Federal court
To help build a strong national economy what did Hamilton asked Congress to create
A national bank
Precedent
Something done or said that becomes on example for others to follow
With in the executive branch what were the three department leaders and attorney general called
Thomas Jefferson ( state department) Alexander Hamilton ( department of treasury) Henry Knox ( department of war) and Edmond Randolph ( attorney general )
Who was the first leader of the new Department of State
Thomas Jefferson
Speculator
People who risk money in hopes to making large profit in the future
Neutrality
Not to take either side
Whiskey rebellion
An armed mob attacked tax collectors and burn down buildings
Pinckneys treaty
Gave the Americans free navigation of the Mississippi River and right to trade at New Orleans
Impressment
Seizing people against their will and forcing them to serve in the military or other public service
In which region of the US taxes on whiskey lead to a rebellion
Western Pennsylvania
Around 1794 where did the British begin to build a new fort
In Ohio
Which treaty open most of Ohio to white settlers
Greenville
What barred French and British warships from American ports
The proclamation
What did Washington consider a grave danger to the new nation
political parties
Partisan
Firmly favoring one party or faction
XYZ affair
In place of the French agents names
Which political party stood for a strong federal government
Federalist led by Hamilton
Which party feared that a strong central government would endanger people liberties
The Republicans
Who was the second president of the United States
John Adams
Sediction act
Allow the president to imprison aliens
What divided the federalist and hurt John Adams chance for reelection
Federalist agreed to a treaty and stopped there attacks on American ships
Who did native Americans turn to for help in preventing Americans from settling in the west
The British
Who supported the aliens and Sedition acts
Americans
The Proclamation of neutrality barred which warships from Americans ports
French and British
What did the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions claimed
Claimed that the alien and sedition acts violated the Constitution
Who was the nations first vice president
John Adams
