Chapter 9 - The Federalist Age

Alien

________ and Sedition Acts- Unjustified + erroneous.

Thomas Pinckney

1795- ________ got access to New Orleans + open navigation in Mississippi River.

Thomas Jefferson

________- Didnt like passing debt to next generation.

Federalist Party

A major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; founded by Alexander Hamilton

Anti-Federalist Party

A late-18th century political movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution

George Washington

An American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797

Alexander Hamilton

An influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, and was the founder of the Federalist Party, the nation's financial system, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper

Federalist Papers

A collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States

Bill of Rights

A statement of fundamental rights and privileges

National Debt

The debt of the national government

Assumption

The national government assumes responsibility for paying the debts of all 13 states as well as the debts of the national government

Funding at Par

Taking in old bonds and issuing new ones at the face value of the old bonds

Bank of the United States

A national bank, chartered for a term of twenty years, by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791

Strict Vs. Loose Construction

Strict construction describes a philosophy of constitutional interpretation that emphasizes a narrow reading of the plain text of the U.S. Constitution. Loose construction describes an approach that emphasizes the ways that historical context should change the way we interpret constitutional provisions.

Whiskey Rebellion

A tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington.

Treaty of Greenville

A peace treaty between the United States and Native Indians of the U.S. Northwest Territory, signed on August 3, 1795, at Fort Greenville

Jay's Treaty

A 1794 treaty between the United States and Great Britain that averted war, resolved issues remaining since the Treaty of Paris of 1783 (which ended the American Revolutionary War), and facilitated ten years of peaceful trade between the United States and Britain in the midst of the French Revolutionary Wars

Pinckney's Treaty

Defined the border between the United States and Spanish Florida, and guaranteed the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River

Washington's Farewell Address

A letter written by American President George Washington as a valedictory to "friends and fellow-citizens" after 20 years of public service to the United States

John Adams

An American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801

XYZ Affair

Involved an American peace delegation in France, three agents of the French Foreign Minister (labeled as X, Y, and Z in President John Adams' initial communications with Congress), and the French Foreign Minister's demand for a bribe from the American delegation

Alien and Sedition Acts

Restricted the activities of foreign residents in the country and limited freedom of speech and of the press

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799 in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional