| A | B |
|---|
| John Adams | Second President of the United States. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Opposed the Hamilton's ideas-- no bank in Constitution. |
| Alexander Hamilton | Feud w/ Jefferson: set up money reforms/National Bank. |
| Citizen Genet | Took advantage of Franco-American alliance; recruited alliance, etc. |
| John Jay | Arranged illegal treaty |
| Anthony Wayne | Crushed the northwest Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. |
| Talleyrand | French foreign minister; decided not to fight US. |
| Matthew Lyon | Congressman-- spit in face of Federalist, wrote bad about Adams-- punished under Sedition Act. |
| funding at par | The federal government would pay off its debts plus interest. |
| strict construction | Belief that the Constitution should be interpreted literally. |
| assumption | something that is implied |
| implied powers | inferences about the Constitution |
| tariff | Tax-first one was eight percent on the value of dutiable imports. |
| agrarian | Farms, agriculturally-based. |
| excise tax | Hamilton started in 1791; tax on a few domestic items, like whiskey. |
| compact theory | The thirteen sovereign states had contracted. |
| nullification | The act of making something invalid. |
| cabinet | Washington started having meetings of all the department heads for advice. |
| Bank of the United States | Hamilton's ida for keeping money circulating. |
| Bill of Rights | First ten amendments, written by Madison. |
| French Revolution | After America's example, the French revolted. |
| Jay's Treaty | Didn't get much from British and made many concessions-- promised to pay owed debts. |
| Convention of 1800 | Treaty between France and US-- annuled alliance, but US paid damage claims. |
| Neutrality Proclamation | Proclaimed nutrality-- didn't support French ally. |
| Whiskey Rebellion | Against excise tax because whiskey was used as money by farmers. |
| Ninth Amendment | Declares that rights were included are not rights. |
| Federalists | Supporters of the Constitution; new party system. |
| Tenth Amendment | Reserves all rights not delegated or prohibited to the States. |
| Pinckney Treaty | with Spain; America got free navigation of the Mississippi and got Florida. |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | The Alien acts stated that they had to be residents for fourteen years before becoming citizens and they couldn't deport dangerous foreignors. The Sedition Act ("lockjaw") said that anyone who impeded the government or defamed officials would be fined and imprisoned. |
| Battle of Fallen Timbers | Anthony Wayne crushed the northwest Indians. |
| Virginia and Kentucky resolutions | Formulation of states' rights-- written by Jefferson and Madison. |
| Jeffersonian Republicans | Compact theory, resolutions, followed Jefferson and Madison. |
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | Organized Supreme court and created federal courts; John Jay chief justice. |
| Treaty of Greenville | Indians cede Ohio |
| XYZ Affair | Envoys approached by three go-betweens. |
