| A | B |
| Neutrality | Decision not to take sides in a war |
| Cabinet | Group of department leaders who serve the President |
| Precedents | Serve as examples for others to follow |
| National debt | Total amount of money the government owes |
| Judiciary Act | Set up the court system |
| Federalist | Favored a National Bank |
| Federalist | Believed in more power for the national government |
| Federalist | Party of Alexander Hamilton |
| Federalist | Thought country's leaders should be wealthy and property owners |
| Federalist | Supported England |
| Republican | Members were small farmers and shopkeepers |
| Republican | Party of Thomas Jefferson |
| Republican | Afraid of big government |
| Republican | Supported the French Revolution |
| Republican | Believed in strong state power |
| Washington's belief on foreign policy | Stay neutral |
| Handles relations with other nations | State Department |
| Anthony Wayne forced Native Americans to sign this | Treaty of Greenville |
| Tested the will of the new government | Whiskey Rebellion |
| Washington's precedents | 2 terms, Cabinet, title of President of the United States |
| Aaron Burr | Jefferson's running mate in 1796 |
| Washington was afraid of | Political parties |
| Jay's Treaty | Did not deal with impressment |
| Caucuses | Political meetings |
| Whiskey Rebellion | Armed protest |
| Pinckney's Treaty | Free navigation of the Mississippi |
| Nullify | To legally overturn |
| War Department | Deals with the nation's defense |
| Little Turtle | Leader of the Miami people |
| Treasury Department | Deals with financial matters |
| Hamilton's plan to decrease national debt | Use tariffs, pay off bonds, establish a national bank |
| Southern states incentive to agree to Hamilton's plan | Move capital closer to the south |