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| American Exceptionalism | idea that the United States has a unique role to play in defending democratic ideals in the world |
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | set up the courts of appeals and lower federal courts |
| tariffs | taxes on imports; sometimes used to protect domestic industry |
| Bill of Rights | First Ten Amendments to the Constitution |
| Hamilton's Economic Plan | Bank of the US , tariffs, assumption of state debt |
| Washington's First Cabinet | Jefferson, Hamilton, Knox, Randolph |
| Hamilton's Report on Public Credit | plan to sell bonds to retire the US debt and bind the wealthy classes to the country's future |
| Hamilton's Report on Manufacutres | set out a mercantilist policy for the United States |
| excise tax | tax on goods produced inside a country |
| Whiskey Rebellion | response to an excise tax by Pennsylvania farmers |
| precedent | an action that sets a standard for later emulation |
| suffrage requirements | during the early Republic there was usually a property requirement along with the fact that one had to be male |
| John Adams | federalist, second president of the United States |
| laissez faire | government policy of staying out of economic affairs |
| electoral college | body that elects the president of the United States |
| Necessary and Proper Clause | clause that federalists site in their expansions of federal power |
| Bank of the United States | part of Hamilton's plan to set the finances of the United States on firm footing |
