| 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 |