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AH Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Natural Rights | Rights that we are born with. |
| Kentucky + Virginia Resolutions | Opposed the federal Alien and Sedition Acts. |
| Democratic-Republican | Believed in a weak central government, state and individual rights. |
| Nullification | Individual states can invalidate federal laws or judicial decisions. |
| Sedation Act | Americans can't "print, utter, or publish... any false, scandalous, and malicious writing" |
| Intolerable Acts | 4 laws to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay |
| Townshend Acts | Initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. |
| Battle of Yorktown | Washington's forces defeated Lord Charles Cornwallis' veteran army dug in at Yorktown, Virginia. |
| NJ Plan | Designed to protect the security and power of the small states |
| VA Plan | Proposed a strong central government composed of three branches. |
| Jays Treaty | Agreement by the United States and Great Britain that helped avert war. |
| Alien Act | Laws raised the residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years. |
| Articles of Confederation | Written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States. |
| Stamp Acts | Help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies. |
| French+ Indian War | Pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French. |
| Antifederalists | Political movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government. |
| XYZ Affair | a major crisis in the diplomatic relations between the United States and France. |
| Federalists | Conservative and nationalist American political party, |
| Presidential Cabinet | A small group of the most important people in government, who advise the president or prime minister and make important decision. |
| Rousseau | Life, liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. |