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Chapter 8: The New Government Begins

Review the key terms, people and events important in the beginning stages of the United States' new government.

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Third President of the United StatesThomas Jefferson
Second President of the United StatesJohn Adams
French prime minister in the late 1700sMaurice de Talleyrand
The leader of the Federalist political partyAlexander Hamilton
The political party organized around Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and their followersDemocrat Republicans
The political party organized around Alexander Hamilton and his followersFederalists
An incident in which France tried to bribe the United States for money before they would stop seizing American ships in the West IndiesXYZ Affair
Fighting between Native Americans and American soldiers in the Northwest TerritoryBattle of Fallen Timbers
This started with an attack on the Bastille prisonThe French Revolution
The national bank set up by Alexander Hamilton as a plan to improve the economyBank of the United States
President Washington's last speech as PresidentFarewell Address
Law that changed the electoral college12th Amendment
Law that set up the Supreme CourtJudiciary Act
Laws that said that states had the right to nullify laws passed Congress if they thought they were unconstitutionalVirginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Law that allowed the President to expel any foreigner he thought to be dangerous to the countryAlien Act
Law that allowed citizens to be fined or jailed for speaking out against the governmentSedition Act
This treaty kept the United States out of war with FranceConvention of 1800
Agreement between the U.S. and Napolean in which France agreed to stop seizing American ships in the West IndiesConvention of 1800
This treaty was signed to keep the United States out of war with BritainJay's Treaty
Agreement between the United States and Britain in which Britain agreed to pay damages for American ships seized and to give up the forts in held in the Ohio River Valley and America had to pay debts owed to British merchants from before the Revolutionary WarJay's Treaty
This treaty ended the fighting between Native Americans and settlers in the Northwest TerritoryTreaty of Greenville
Agreement between the United States and Native Americans in which the U.S. gained the southern half of Ohio and the Native Americans were paid $20,000Treaty of Greenville
This 1793 document stated that the United States would not support either France or Britain in their war with each otherNeutrality Proclamation
This uprising was a protest by farmers against the tax on liquorWhiskey Rebellion
Cancelnullify
Stirring up rebellion against a governmentsedition
Foreignalien
Something not permitted by the Constitutionunconstitutional
A tax on foreign goods to protect American industry from all competitionprotective tariff
A taxtariff
Someone willing to invest in a risky venture in the hope of making a large profitspeculator
A certificate that promises to repay the money loaned plus interest on a certain datebond
The total sum of money a government owesnational debt
A group of official advisors to the PresidentCabinet
An act or decision that sets an example for others to followprecedent
First Secretary to the TreasurerAlexander Hamilton
First Secretary of StateThomas Jefferson
First Secretary of WarHenry Knox
First Attorney GeneralEdmund Randolph
First Postmaster GeneralSamuel Osgood


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