APUSH - Vocab Unit 7 (Part 1)

Judiciary Act of 1789

Act that established a federal court in each state and three courts to hear appeals from the districts, with the Supreme Court having the final say

Bill of Rights

The first ten amendments to the Constitution

Report on Public Credit

Alexander Hamilton’s report recommending that the federal government should assume all state debts and fund the national debt

Bank of the United States

A bank chartered and jointly owned by private stockholders and the national government to handle government money

Report on Manufactures

A proposal by Alexander Hamilton calling for the federal government to urge the expansion of American manufacturing while imposing tariffs on foreign imports

Proclamation of Neutrality

A proclamation issued by President George Washington allowing U.S. citizens to trade with all people in the war between France and Great Britain

French Revolution

A revolution in France that was initially welcomed by most Americans because it ended feudalism and established a constitutional monarchy, but eventually came to seem too radical to many

Whiskey Rebellion

An uprising by farmers in western Pennsylvania in response to enforcement of an unpopular tax on whiskey

Jay’s Treaty

A treaty between the United States and Britain, negotiated by John Jay that stopped a new war and settled leftover issues from the American Revolution

Haitian Revolution

The conflict involving diverse Haitian participants and armies from three European countries where Haiti became a free, independent nation in which former slaves were citizens

XYZ Affair

An incident in which American negotiators in France were rebuffed for refusing to pay a substantial bribe which led the United States into an undeclared war

Naturalization, Alien, and Sedition Acts

Three laws passed that limited individual rights and threatened the fledgling party system

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

Resolutions condemning the Alien and Sedition Acts that were submitted to the federal government by the Virginia and Kentucky state legislatures

Treaty of Greenville

A treaty between the United States and various Indian tribes in Ohio where Americans acknowledged Indian ownership of the land and would pay them to receive the land