| A | B |
|---|
| inaugurate | to swear in or induct inot office in a formal ceremony |
| Federal Judiciary Act | it helped create a court system and gave the Supreme Coout six memberss |
| cabinet | a group of department heads who serve as the president's chief advisers |
| tariff | a tax on imported goods |
| Battle of Fallen Timbers | in 1794, an American army defeated 2000 Native Americans in a clash over control of the Northwest Territory |
| Treaty of Greenville | a 1795 agreement in which 12 Native American tribes surrenderes much of present-day Ohio and Indiana to the U.S. government |
| Whiskey Rebellion | a 1794 protest against the government's tax on whiskey, which is valuable to the livelihood of backcountry farmers |
| French Revolution | in 1789, the French launched a movement for liberty and equality |
| neutral | not siding with one country or the other |
| Jay's Treaty | the agreement that ended dispute over American shipping during the French Revolution |
| Pinckney's Treaty | a 1795 treaty with Spain that allowed Americans to use the Mississippi River and to store goods in New Orleans; made the 31st parallel the southern US border |
| foreign policy | relations with the governments of other countries |
| political party | a group of people that tries to promote its ideas and influence government and also backs candidates for office |
| XYZ Affair | A 1797 incident in which French officals demanded a bribe from US diplomats |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | a series of four laws enacted in 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants to the United States |
| states' rights | theory that said that states had the right to judge when the federal government had passed an unconstitutional law |
