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SS CH.7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| George Washington | He was a honest,intelligent and steady leader. 1st president and a hero of the Revolution. |
| Electoral College | A group of electors that represent the people that vote for president. |
| Martha Washington | Entertained guests and attended many social events with her husband. |
| Precedent | Action / Decision that later comes in as an example. |
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | Has 3 levels of Federal Courts and defines their powers/relationship to the state courts. |
| Alexander Hamilton | Helped run a shipping company in the native British West Indies. He was one of Washington's aide and a delegate to four Continental Congress. |
| National Debt | Money owed by a country. |
| Bonds | Are certificates of debt that carry a promise to buy back the bonds at a higher price. |
| Speculators | People who buy items at lower prices in the hope that value will rise and they can sell the items for a profit. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Thought that the idea of bondholders who had sold their bonds at low prices. |
| Loose Construction | Federal government can take reason-able actions that the Constitution does not specifically forbid. |
| Strict Construction | People who favor think that the federal government should do only what the Constitution specifically says it can do. |
| Bank of the United States | the country's first national bank |
| French Revolution | a rebellion of French people against their king in 1789. |
| Neutrality Proclamation | stated that the United States would not take sides with any European countries that were at war. |
| Privateers | were in private ship hired by a country to attack its enemies. |
| Jay's Treaty | settled the disputes that had arisen between the United States and Great Britain in the early 1700s. |
| Pinckney's Treaty | which settled the border and trade disputes with Spain. |
| Little Turtle | defeated U.S. forces under General Josiah Harmar. |
| Battle of Fallen Timbers | Native Americans fought Wayne's troops and were defeated. |
| Treaty of Greenville | which gave the United States claim to most Indian lands in the Northwest Territory. |
| Whisky Rebellion | farmers lashed out against the tax on whiskey. |
| Political parties | groups that help elect people and shape policies. |
| Federalist Party | which wanted a strong federal government and supported industry and trade. |
| Democratic Republican Party | wanted to limit the federal government's powers. |
| XYZ affair | as the French demand for a bribe came to be called outraged the American public. |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | laws passed by a Federalist-dominated Congress aimed at protecting the government from treasonous ideas,actions, and people. |
| Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | these documents argued that the Alien and Sedition acts were unconstitutional. |
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