A | B |
Treasury | Similar to a bank-but typically a government bank |
Treasurer | Someone responsible for keeping track of money |
Alexander Hamilton | The first U.S. Treasurer |
Alexander Hamilton | Grew up in India and sent to the Colonies for education |
National Debt | How much money a nation owes |
Bonds | Promise notes typically from a government with interest paid |
Speculators | Some who buys bonds at a lower price hoping to make a proffit |
Protective Tariff | A tax on incoming trade to keep a local bussiness' prosperous |
Loose Construction | Individuals who interpret the Constitution less strictly |
Strict Construction | Individuals who interpret the Constitution more strictly |
Thomas Jefferson | The first Secratary of State |
Bastille | A great prison in France that was infultrated by rebells |
Bank of the United States | The first bank established by Hamilton for the U.S. government to help pay it's debt |
Edmond Genet | Frenchman who came to the U.S. to gain support for the rebel cause in France |
John Jay | First Cheif Justice and sent to London to negotiate a treaty with Britain |
Jay’s Treaty | A treaty to prevent another war with Britain |
Thomas Pinckney | Accomplished a succesful treaty with the Spanish to open up the Port of New Orleans |