A | B |
Alexander Hamilton | Secretary of Treasury |
Thomas Jefferson | Secretary of State |
Edmund Randolph | Attorney General |
Henry Knox | Secretary of War |
Federalists | believed wealthy and educated should rule |
Democratic-Republicans | believed common man should have say in government |
excise tax | tax on goods made and sold in US |
tariff | tax on imported goods |
Whiskey Rebellion | Washington strengthens Federal Government |
cabinet | advisers to President |
John Jay | First Chief Justice |
John Adams | 2nd President of U.S. |
Staying neutral | Foreign Policy of Washington and Adams |
political parties | grew from differences between Hamilton and Jefferson |
Alien and Sedition Acts | tried to stop growth of Democratic-Republicans |
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | states could nullify federal law |
Benjamin Banneker | African American who helped build capital |