| A | B |
|---|
| Democratic Republicans | political party led by Thomas Jefferson whose supporters included farmers, craftsworkers, and wealthy planters |
| Federalists | political party led by Alexander Hamilton whose supporters included merchants and manufacturers from New York and Massachusetts |
| unconstitutional | not permitted by the Constitution |
| XYZ Affair | incident in which French agents asked American ambassadors in Paris for bribes |
| High Federalists | Hamilton's supporters |
| nullify | to cancel |
| Alien Act | law that allowed the President to expel foreigners thought to be dangerous to the country |
| Sedition Act | law that allowed citizens to be fined or jailed for criticizing public officials |
| Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | Declarations that states had the right to declare a law unconstitutional |
| alien | foreigner |
| sedition | stirring up rebellion against a government |
| Convention of 1800 | document in which Napoleon Bonaparte agreed to stop seizing American ships in the West Indies |
