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New National Govern.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cabinet | advisers President Washington could consult about executive decisions. |
| Appeal | means to take a case to a higher court for rehearing and possibly a new decision. |
| Tariff | tax on imports |
| Alien | someone who is not a U.S Citizen |
| Sedition | is either words or actions that encourage people to rebel against the government |
| Judicial Review | the power to examine laws to determine whether they were constitutional. Instead, the Republicans took their fight to the state legislatures. |
| Nullification | The resolutions declared that the states had the right to refuse to obey and enforce a federal law that they thought was wrong. |
| States' Rights | believed that any powers not specifically given to the federal government in the Constitution were reserved for the states. |