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| Precedent | a tradition to be followed such as the President's cabinet and serving two terms in office |
| Washington's Farewell Address | an address to the nation in which he advised the United States to stay away from foreign alliances |
| Hamilton's financial plan | an economic plan including the national bank and the Whiskey tax |
| Whiskey Rebellion | an unsuccessful farmer revolt against the tax on whiskey |
| Federalists | a first political party who believed in a strong federal government; Alexander Hamilton |
| Democrat-Republicans | a first political party who believed in state power; Thomas Jefferson |
| Monroe Doctrine | a speech directed towards European nations to stay out of the western hemisphere |
| Marshall Court | strengthened the national government over the state governments |
| Indian Removal Act | Andrew Jackson moved the Indians west of the Mississippi River |
| Worcester v. Georgia | the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee were allowed to stay on their land |
| Spoils system | political supporters given jobs in the government |
| Manifest Destiny | the belief that it was the United States divine mission to spread democracy to the Pacific Ocean |
| Marbury v. Madison | the Supreme Court has the right of judicial review |
| Proclamation of Neutrality | in 1793 President Washington stated the United States must "steer clear of foreign alliances" in the conflict between Britain and France; established the isolationist/neutrality precedent |
| Unwritten Constitution | the idea that there are practices in the government that are not necessarily written down, such as, the creation of the President's cabinet |
| Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions | these resolutions invoked states' rights and ruled the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 null and void |
| Louisiana Purchase | President Jefferson had a strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, but bought this territory from France anyway for $15 million |
