History Chapter 8

George Washington

1st President

Thomas Jefferson

Secretary of State and third President of America

Alexander Hamilton

Secretary of State

Cabinet

Advisory Body

Judiciary Act of 1789

Organized 13 district courts, established 3 circuit courts, and set the maximum number of supreme court justices at 6

John Jay

Supreme Court Chief Justice

James Madison

Leader in House of Representatives and Thomas Jefferson's close ally

Bill of Rights

First 10 Amendments

Funding

Federal Government gives bonds at 6% interest to Constitutional Government investors

Assumption

National Governments takeover of all state debts

Loose constructionists

more flexibility in Constitutional matters

Strict constructionists

closer reading to the constitution

National Bank

A commercial bank chartered by the federal government; Created by Alexander Hamilton

Federalists

Hamiltonians

Democratic Republicans

Jeffersonians

French Revolution

the revolution in France against the Bourbons; 1789-1799

Citizen Genêt

Edmund Charles Edouard Genêt ( a French ambassador)

Impressment

Seizing of American sailors and forcing them to be sailors for the British

Jay Treaty

Helped America avoid war with the British

Whiskey Rebellion

Western Pennsylvania citizens turned to violence to avoid taxes on liquor

Washington's Farewell Address

Issued Sept. 17, 1796

John Adams

Washington's VP who took office when Washington retired

Quasi War

Basically a war without an official declaration of war that was started because of the XYZ Affair

XYZ Affair

France requested money and Congress wanted to see the letters that the French ambassadors had sent John Adams, so Adams sent them but omitted the names of the French agents and replaced them with X, Y, and Z