| A | B |
| excise tax | Hamiltonian economic measure repealed by Jefferson and Gallatin |
| pardoned | Action Jefferson took toward Reblican "martyrs" convicted under the Federalist Sedition Law |
| "midnight judges" | Derogatory Republican term for Federalist judges appointed at the last minute by President Adams |
| Marbury v. Madison | Precedent-setting Supreme Court case in which Marshall dismissed a Federalist judge's suit but also declared part of the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional |
| "judicial review" | The principle, established by Cheif Justice Marshall ina famous case, that the Supreme Court can declare laws unconstitutional |
| impeachment | Action voted by th house of Representatives against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase and feared by Cheif Justice Marshall |
| Santa Domingo | Sugar-rich island where Toussaint L'Ouverture's slave rebellion disrupted Napoleon's dreams of a vast New world empire |
| Great Plains | Territory beyond Lousianna, along the Columbia River, explored by Lewis and clark |
| $15 million | price paid by the United States for the Louisianna Purchase |
| Chesapeake | American ship fired on by British in 1807, nearly leading to war between the two countries |
| Embargo Act | Jefferson's policy of forbidding the shipment of any goods in or out of the US |
| war hawks | Militantly nationalistic western congressmen who were eager for hostilities with the Indians, Canadians, and British |
| Battle of Tippecanoe | Battle in 1811 where General Harrison defeated the Indian warrios Tecumseh and the Prophet |
| Mr. Madison's War | Derisive Federalist name for the War of 1812 the blamed it on the Republican president |
| 1800 | Jefferson defeats Adams for presidency |
| 1801 | Judiciary Act of 1801 |
| 1801-1805 | Naval war with Tripoli |
| 1802 | Revised naturalization law and Juciciary Avt of 1801 repealed |
| 1803 | Marbury v. MAdison and Lousianna Purchase |
| 1804 | Jefferson reelected and Impeachment of Justice Chase |
| 1804-1806 | Lewis and Clark expedition |
| 1805 | Peace treaty with tripoli |
| 1805-1807 | Pike's explorations |
| 1806 | Burr treason trial |
| 1807 | Chesapeake affair and Embargo Act |
| 1808 | Madison elected president |
| 1809 | Non-Intercourse Act replaces embargo act |
| 1810 | Mabon's Bill no. 2, Napolean announces (falsely) repeal of blockade decrees, and Madison reestablishes nonimportation against Britain |
| 1811 | Battle of Tippecanoe |
| 1821 | US declares war on britain |
| 1813 | Battle of Thames |
| 1814 | Battle of Horseshoe bend |