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history ch9
Term | Definition |
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inauguration | To swear in or induct into office in a formal ceremony |
Federal Judiciary Act | It helped creat a court system and gave the suprem court 6 members |
Cabnet | a group of department heads who serve as the presedints chief advisores |
Tariff | A tax on imported goods |
Battle of Fallen Timbers | In 1794, an american army defeated 2,000 NA in a clash over control of the northwest taritories |
Treaaty of greenville | A 1795 agreement in which 12 NA tribes surrenderd much of ohio and indiana |
Whiskey Rebellion | A 1794 protest aginst taxation on whiskey, which was the lively hood of back country farmers |
French Revolution | In 1789 the french launched a movement for liberty and equality |
Neutral | not siding with one country or another |
Jays Treaty | The agreement that ended dispute over americans shipping during the french revolution |
Pinckney's Treaty | A 1795 treaty with spain that allowed americans to use the Miss. River |
Foreign Policy | Relations with the Gov. other countries |
Political Party | A group of people that try to promote ideas |
XZY Affair | A 1797 incident which french officials demanded a bribe from U.S diplomats |
Alien & Sedition Acts | A siries of 4 laws enactedin 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immagrents to the U.S |
States Rights | A theory that said states had the right to judge when federal Gov. had passed an unconststutional law |