| A | B |
|---|
| precedent | example that becomes standard practice |
| John Jay | first U.S. Chief Justice |
| create a cabinet, create different departments in government, | examples of precedents set by Washington |
| Alexander Hamilton | Secretary of the Treasury |
| Thomas Jefferson | Secretary of State |
| Federal Judiciary Act of 1789 | set up the Supreme Court with 6 members and a Chief Justice; made restrictions on courts so they don't become too powerful |
| Henry Knox | Secretary of War |
| Edmund Randolph | Attorney General |
| Samuel Osgood | Post Master General |
| 9 | number of justices in today's Supreme Court |
| cabinet | group of people that gives advice to the President |
| pay off all war debt, raise government revenue, create a national bank | Hamilton's plan for eliminating the states' individual war debts |
| France, Spain, and the Netherlands; private U.S. citizens and U.S. soldiers who had purchased war bonds | U.S. owed money to these countries/people after the Revolution |
| the North owed more money than the South | problem with the federal government paying off all the state's war debt |
| move capital to Washington, D.C. | compromise for paying off the North's war debt |
| land sales in NW territory and tariffs | Hamilton's idea for raising revenue for the federal government |
| safe place to keep federal revenue, make loan, issue paper money | reason Hamilton wanted bank |
| it isn't in the Constitution | reason why there was controversy regarding forming a National Bank or Mint |
| Alexander Hamilton | individual that was a proponent of a loose interpretation of the Constitution |
| Thomas Jefferson | individual that was a proponent of a strict interpretation of the Constitution |
| loose constructionist | person that believes that if something isn't in the constitution, there are other parts of the constituion that will allow it |
| strict constructionist | person that believes that if it isn't in the Constitution you can't have it |
| Native Americans, France, England | 3 groups that challenged the U.S. claims to the NOrthwest Territory. |
| Chief Little Turtle | led the Native American's fight to keep their western territory |
| General Anthony Wayne | led the U.S. attack against the Miami tribe |
| Battle of Fallen Timbers | battle that crushed the Native American's hopes that they could keep their land in the Nortwest Territory |
| 12 Tribes surrender Oio and outposts in Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana to the U.S. governemnt | provisions contained within the Treaty of Greenville. |
| raise revenue | reason Hamilton urged Congress to tax whiskey |
| cut down on profit margin | reason farmers disliked tax on whiskey |
| Whiskey Rebellion | how Pennsylvania farmers reacted to the whiskey tax |
| sent 13,000 troops | Washington's response to the Whiskey Rebellion |
| Neutrality Proclamation | stated that the United States would remain neutral toward all nations at war with Europe |
| impressment of American ships and sailors | Great Britain' response to our neutrality |
| Jay's Treaty | agreement that ended the dispute with Britain over American shipping during the French Revolution |
| American's did not have free access to the Mississippi | way that Spain interfered with the U.S. ability to trade in the west |
| Americans could travel freely on Mississippi; American goods didn't have customs duties in New Orleans; Spain accepted 31st parallel as northern border in Florida and southern border of the U.S. | terms of Pinckney's Treaty |
| 2 | number of terms George Washington thought was an appropriate length of time for a President to serve |
| warned against unnecessary debt put on future generations, creation of political parties, and getting involved in foreign conflicts | 3 main points of Washington's Farewell Address |
| Democratic-Republican, Jefferson Madison; Federalist, Hamilton, Adams | first two political parties formed and their leaders |
| John Adams | won election of 1796 |
| French were impressing our ships | reason Adams sent diplomats to France |
| they demanded a bribe from U.S. diplomats before they would talk to them | What the French agents X,Y and Z attempted to do |
| urged the passing of the Alien and Sedition Acts | Adams response when he was criticized about his policies towards France |
| made it illegal to publically criticize the government | Sedition Act |
| Alien Act | increased the amount of time it took for one to become a citizen; aliens could not vote |
| states had certain rights that the federal government can't overrule | state's rights |
| wanted to fight the Alien and Sedition Acts | reason Jefferson and Madison proposed the Kentucky and Viginia Resolutions |
| nullification | when a state could cancel an act of Congress if they thought it was unconstitutional |
| it would weaken the federal government | How might state's rights undermine the federal government |
| oversee relations with foreign countries | primary duty of secretary of state |
| oversee finances of U.S. | primary duty of secretary of treasury |
| defends nation | primary duty of secretary of war |
| legal advisor | primary duty of the Attorney General |
| Samuel Osgood | Postmaster General under Washington |
