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George Washington

Founding Father and First President of the United States. Fought as a commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolution

Judiciary act of 1789

one of congress’ first laws establishing a supreme court with one chief justice and five associate justices that was empowered to rule on the constitutionality of decisions made by the state courts.

Alexander hamilton

secretary of the treasury…

Five point financial plan

hamilton’s financial plan which consisted of the creation of a national bank with a national mint, paying off national debts and having the federal government assume the war debts, and imposing high tariffs on imported goods.

Report on public credit, 1790

The "First Report on Public Credit," submitted by Alexander Hamilton in January 1790, was a foundational proposal for the U.S. government to assume and fund all national and state Revolutionary War debts, establish a national bank, and create a system of public credit

Report on a national bank, 1790

In December 1790, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton submitted his Report on a National Bank, arguing for the creation of the First Bank of the United States to stabilize the national economy by issuing federal bank notes and managing public credit

Report on manufacturers, 1791

Alexander Hamilton's 1791 Report on Manufactures was a document advocating for a manufacturing

French revolution

inspired by the american revolution, the french revolted. this led to a war with britain that caused controversy about if the us should get involved or not.

Proclamation of neutrality

believing the nation was too weak to fight a war, washington issued this to maintain neutrality in the french revolution. this choice was seen as unconstitutional and caused jefferson to resign.

Jay’s treaty

1794, chief justice john jay negotiated a treaty with britian in which they agreed to evacuate their posts but said nothing about impressment. this angered citizens but maintained neutrality.

Pinckney’s treaty

1795, the spanish viewed jay’s treaty as the US getting closer to britain so they consolidated their holdings in north america. thomas pinckney negotiated a treaty with them where the spanish opened trade in the mississippi river and new orleans, granted them a right of deposit and made the 31st parallel the new florida boundary.

Whiskey rebellion

1794, in order to make up revenues, hamilton implemented a tax on whiskey, causing farmers to attack revenue ocllectors. Washington responded by sending 15,000 state militia under the federal government, which stopped the rebellion with no bloodshed.

Federalists (political party)

supported hamilton and his financial plan and federalist views

Deomcratic republicans

supported jefferson and opposed hamilton’s financial plan, followed anti

Thomas Jefferson

antifederalist and democratic republican party leader and founding father who was originally secretary of state then became 3rd president of us

Loose construction

emphasizes a broad, flexible view of the constitution, seeing it as adaptable and open to interpretation

Strict construction

the Constitution can only follow powers explicitly stated, based on what is directly stated.

Washington’s farewell address

advised the public to not form political parties, not make permanent foreign alliances and to stay united as american citizens.

John adams

vice president and federalists who became the 2nd president of the united states

Xyz affair

a diplomatic scandal in which three French agents (X, Y, and Z) demanded a bribe and a loan from American diplomats to French Foreign Minister Talleyrand to stop French attacks on American ships and to allow negotiations to resume. The American diplomats refused, and the incident escalated tensions between the two countries, however, john adams resisted the popular sentiment for war.

Alien and sedition acts

1798, the federalists enacted policies to restrict the democratic republicans such as the Naturalization Act which increased the years required for immigrants to qualify for citizenship to 14 years, the alien acts which grantyed the president the power to deport aliens considered dangerous and to detain alien enemies in times of war, and the sedition acts which made it illegal to critisize either the president or congress and impose fines/imprisonment for those who violated the law.

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

1798, the democratic republicans, opposing the alien and sedition acts, enacted nullifying laws in their states. Kentucky’s was written by jefferson and virginia by madison. They declared that the states has edntered into a compact in forming the national government so they could nullify any federal law that broke the compact.