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| New York, April 30th 1789 | George Washington takes the oath as the first president of the U.S. |
| First Vice President of U.S. | John Adams |
| Head of State Dept | Thomas Jefferson |
| What did the Secretary of State do? | Handled all foreign affairs |
| Who was the head of the Treasury? | Alexander Hamilton |
| Who was the head of War dept.? | Henry Knox |
| Who was the first Attorney General | Edmund Randolph |
| What did the Judiciary Act of 1789 do? | Set up countries judicial system with 13 district courts and 3 circuit courts |
| Who was the first Supreme Court Chief Justice? | John Jay |
| When did the Bill of Rights become ratified? | December 1791 |
| What was Hamilton's primary goal as U.S. treasurer? | To pay off the countries National Debt |
| What was Hamilton's plan to reduce the debt? | 1. U.S. needed to pay off debts to other nations and individual citizens 2. U.S. should pay off state debts as well |
| Why did people oppose Hamilton's plan? | Opposition thought his plan would make speculators rich and southern states didn't accumulate the debt that northern states did and did not want to pay more than what they should |
| What was Hamilton's Compromise? | South agreed to plan but in return the capital city of Washington D.C. would be located in the South |
| What two southern states was the capital city to be located between? | Virginia and Maryland |
| What National tax created a rebellion in Pennsylvania? | Whiskey tax |
| Who did Washington sign a treaty with to help reduce the risk of Spanish and French influences in the Northwest territory? | Native Americans |
| What was the Battles of Fallen Timbers? | Battle between American troops and Native Americans in the Toledo, Ohio area. Over 1,000 Native Americans were defeated which resulted in the Treaty of Greenville and the acquiring of land which is today Ohio |
| Why did President Washington sign a Proclamation of Neutrality? | Washington wanted the U.S. to stay neutral between the war that GB and Fr. were fighting in with each other and to stop recruitment by France for American volunteers |
| When American crews on trading ships were captured and forced to fight against France this was known as? | Impressment |
| What was Jay's Treaty | Treaty with GB where GB agreed to withdraw from American soil but it did nothing to end the impressment |
| What was Pinckney's Treaty? | Treaty with Spain which gave Americans rights to travel the Mississippi river and trade in the port of New Orleans |
| What was the opinion by many Americans with regards to political parties? | Many considered political parties to be harmful and needed to be avoided just like strong central govt. |
| What did the Democratic-Republicans believe in? | wanted limited power of the govt. feared strong federal govt. would take away people's liberties. supported the French and condemned Washington and his administration. they appealed to small farmers and urban workers |
| What did the Federalist party believe in? | strong national govt. admired GB for being stable and distrusted the French, favored banking and shipping and most supporters were from New England area and wealthy plantation owners from the South |
| Someone who risks money in order to make a larger profit is called a | Speculator |
| A paper note that promises to repay money in a certain length of time? | Bond |
| Tax on imports is called a | Tariff |
| A political term that means to favor one side of an issue | Partisan |
| A meeting by members of a political party to choose candidates for office | Caucus |
| Someone who lives in a country but is not a citizen is called a | Alien |
| A term that refers to activities aimed at weakening established governments | Sedition |
| To be sent out of a country is to be | Deported |
| To overturn a law, bill, tax legally is to | Nullify |
| The British practice of forcing American sailors into the service of the British navy | Impressment |
| Who believed that the use of implied powers are those powers absolutely necessary to carry out the expressed powers of the government: Hamilton or Madison | James Madison |
| Who did the Federalists choose to run for president in the Election of 1796? | John Adams |
| Who did the Federalists choose to run for VP in the election of 1796? | Charles Pinckney |
| Who did the Republicans choose to have run for president and vice president in the election of 1796? | Thomas Jefferson for President and Aaron Burr for VP |
| Who won the election of 1796 | John Adams won 71 votes and became 2nd president |
| Who became the 2nd VP? | Thomas Jefferson won 68 votes |
