| A | B |
|---|
| The need to gain support of wealthy groups for the federal government. | Led Hamilton to promote the fiscal policies of funding and assumption. |
| Passage of the Bill of Rights. | Guaranteed basic liberties and indicated some swing away from Federalist centralizing. |
| The need for federal revenues to finance Hamilton's ambitious policies | Led to imposition of the first tariff in 1789 and the excise tax on whiskey in 1791. |
| Hamilton's excise tax on western farmers' products. | Caused the Whiskey Rebellion |
| Clashes between Hamilton and Jefferson over fiscal policy and foreign affairs. | Led to the formation of the first two American political parties |
| The French Revolution | Created bitter divisions in America between antievolution Federalists and pro Revolution Republicans. |
| The danger of war with Britain | Led Washington to support Jay's Treaty. |
| Jay's Treaty | Aroused Jeffersonian Republican outrage at the Washington administration's pro British policies. |
| The XYZ Affair | Caused an undeclared war with France |
| The Federalist fear of radical French immigrants | Caused passage of the Alien Acts. |
