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5a vocabulary
Topic 5 a vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bond | a certificate that promises to repay money loaned, plus interest, on a certain date |
| Democratic Republican | a member of the political party founded by Thomas Jefferson |
| Federalists | a member of the party led by Alexander Hamilton that favored a strong federal government |
| foreign policy | a plan of action by a nation toward other nations |
| French Revolution | a rebellion in France beginning in 1789 that overthrew the French monarchy |
| First Bank of the United States | the bank set up in 1791 to hold government deposits and to issue paper money to pay government debts |
| Jay's Treaty | a 1795 agreement between Britain and the United States that settled differences and put off a threat of military conflict between the two nations |
| national debt | the total sum of money that a government owes to others |
| XYZ Affair | a 1797 French attempt to demand a bribe of money from the United States before discussing French seizure of neutral American ships |
| Whiskey Rebellion | a1794 protest over a tax on all liquor made and sold in the United States |