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| Midnight Appointments | 1801 Adams Appointment of Federalist judges |
| Assembly Line | Application of Interchangeable Parts to production methods |
| First Bank of United States | Chartered in 1791 to establish financial order and credit |
| Interchangeable Parts | Process of manufacturing designed by Eli Whitney whereby final product is broken into standardized smaller pieces |
| Lowell System | Establishment of first water powered manufacturing system |
| Second Bank of the United States | Chartered in 1816 to re-establish financial stability and credit |
| Washington's Farewell Address | Speech of 1796 warning against entangling alliances and political parties |
| Washington's Neutrality Proclamation | 1793 attempt to avoid entanglement in French and British wars |
| Battle of New Orleans | 1815 Battle led by Andrew Jackson with the only substantial US victory in war of 1812 |
| Boston Massacre | 1770 violent conflict between Red Coats and Colonist |
| Boston Tea Party | 1773 Colonist Protest of the Tea Act |
| British Burn D.C. | 1814 Battle resulting in the destruction of U.S. Capital |
| Constitutional Convention of 1787 | Revision of articles of confederation and developed 3 branch government with checks and balances |
| Era of Good Feelings | 1815-24 period of Single Political Party Rule |
| Federalist Papers | 1787-88 Essays arguing in favor of Constitution |
| French and Indian War | 1754-1763 War over French vs. British occupation of Ohio Valley |
| The Hartford Convention | 1814-15 New England attempt for compensation for loss of trade during the War of 1812 |
| Shay's Rebellion | 1786-1787 Mass. Farmer's attempt to prevent seizure of farms, demonstrates weakness of Articles of Confederation |
| Tripoli War | 1801-1805 Naval action against North African Pirates |
| Quasi-War | 1798-1800 undeclared naval war with France of seizure of US ships |
| Whiskey Rebellion | 1791-94 Western PA protest over excise taxes, demonstrates strength of federal government |
| XYZ affair | 1797 French officials attempt to bribe US envoys prior to discussion of ship seizure |
| John Adams | Founding Father. 2nd President of US. Federalist. |
| John Quincy Adams | 6th President. Beneficiary of "Corrupt Bargain" of 1828 |
| Committees of Correspondence | 1764 group of American colonists distributing colonial interpretation of British acts |
| First Continental Congress | 1774 Philadelphia meeting by colonists in opposition of the Intolerable Acts |
| Robert Fulton | 1807 inventor of the Steam Ship |
| George III | British Monarch at the time of American Revolution |
| Thomas Jefferson | Author of declaration of Independence, 3rd US President, Democratic-Republican |
| James Monroe | 5th US President, Era of Good Feeling, Asserted US interests in all the Americas |
| Thomas Paine | Pamphleteer, 1776 Author of "Common Sense" |
| Second Continental Congress | Colonial Assembly which declared independence from Britain and commissioned the Continental Army |
| Sons of Liberty | Colonial Era Secret Society opposed to the Stamp and Townshend Acts |
| George Washington | First President of the US, commanded of the Continental Army |
| Erie Canal | Begun in 1817 this inland waterway connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie |
| Adams-Onis Treaty | 1819 Treaty with Spain ceding Florida to US |
| Albany Plan of Union | 1754 attempt lead by Franklin to unify the colonies under a set of articles of confederation |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | 1798 legislation regulating political speech and dissent |
| Bill of Rights | Authored by James Madison, these first 10 amendments to the Constitution took effect in 1791 |
| British Proclamation of 1763 | Restricted US colonies to East of Appalachian mountains |
| Cumberland Road | Began in 1811 this National Road ran from Cumberland MD across Western PA, Ohio, IN, and ended in Vandalia, Il. |
| Declaration of Independence | 1776 Document principally authored by TJ asserting American independence and listing the set of grievances causing this |
| Declaratory Act | 1766 Parliamentary act asserting Britain's right to change Colonial goverments |
| Embargo Act | 1806 Act to prevent trade with anyone without prior Presidential permission |
| Franco-American Alliance | 1778 Alliance between American Colonist and France during Revolutionary War |
| Intolerable (Coercive) Acts | 1774 response to the Boston Tea Party which closed Boston Harbor, tightened control over MA gov't and quartering of soldiers in private homes |
| Jay's Treaty | 1794 establishing trade relations with Britain, recognizing US control of Michigan, and US payment of debt |
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | Establishes the Federal Court system |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | Establishes Process for territorial creation and eventual statehood |
| Marbury v. Madison | 1803 Supreme Court Decision establishing principle of Judicial review |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | 1819 confirms implied powers, by overturning Maryland's attempt to tax National Bank |
| Missouri Compromise | 1820 Compromise Admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state |
| Monroe Doctrine | 1823 Asserts US sphere of influence over entire Western Hemisphere |
| Nonintercourse Act | 1809 Restriction of Embargo Act to currently warring nations |
| Macon's Bill Number Two | 1810 Act offering to trade with the first belligerent nation promising not to seize US ships |
| Northwest Ordinance | 1787 Act applying Bill of Rights, abolishes slavery, and sets guidelines for statehood in NW territories |
| Pinckney's Treaty | 1795 treaty with Spain Establishing MI trade rights and recognizing Spain's control of Florida |
| Stamp Act | 1765 Act requiring tax payment and "stamp" applied to paper goods |
| Stamp Act Congress | 1765 New York meeting declaring colonial authority of taxation |
| Quartering Act | 1765 Act requiring Colonial quartering of British troops |
| Sugar Act | 1764 Act established new duties aimed at deterring Molasses smugglers |
| Currency Act | 1764 Act forbidding colonies from issuing paper money |
| Tea Act | 1773 Act attempting to encourage the sale of British East India Company tea by reducing tea duties |
| Townshend Acts | 1767 Tax on goods imported from Britain, with money set aside to directly pay gov't officials wages, created more Vice-Admiralty courts |
| Treaty of Ghent | 1814 Treaty ends War of 1812 recognizing prior borders |
| Treaty of Paris | 1784 Treaty ending the Revolutionary War and recognizing American Independence |
| Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | 1798 "anonymous" articles arguing for Nullification of the Alien and Sedition Acts by states |
| Gibbons v Ogden | 1824 Supreme Court Decision establishing Congressional control of interstate commerce |
| Valley Forge | Location of the winter 1777-78 encampment of Continental Army |
| Articles of Confederation | 1781-88 governing ordinances of the United States featuring extremely weak federal authority |
