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