Chapter 10 - Launching the New Ship of State

Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans

Supported states' rights and a smaller government

Sedition Act

Stated that anyone that impeded with governmental policies or falsely defamed government officials would be held liable to heavy fines and imprisonment

James Madison

Wrote the Bill of Rights and in 1791, helped get them passed by Congress

Hamilton

________ supported the first tariff law (1789)

Anglo American alliance

Jay's Treaty caused Spain (feared a(n) ________) to strike a deal with the U.S ..

Congress

________ passed excises taxes on domestic items such as whiskey in 1791.

Washington

________ issued the Neutrality Proclamation of 1793.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Was the dictator of France

Judiciary Act of 1789

Created the federal court system including the Supreme Court

French Revolution

Started in 1789 and slowly grew to involve several European countries

Federalist congress

________ passed a series of oppressive laws aimed at foreigners (or "aliens) "who came to America and supported Jefferson.

1790s

In the ________, Jefferson and Madison organized their opposition to the Hamiltonian program.

Spain

________ granted Americans free navigation of the Mississippi River and the large disputed territory north of Florida.

John Jay

________ became the first Chief Justice.

John Adams

Sent John Marshall to France to negotiate in 1797

Whiskey Rebellion

Happened in Pennsylvania (1794) and was led by distillers who strongly opposed the 1791 excise tax on whiskey

Washington

Was unanimously elected as President of the United States by the Electoral College in 1789

John Adams

Was Washington's Vice President, beat Jefferson in becoming the 2nd President of the U.S. in 1797

Hamilton

Proposed a Bank of the United States that could print paper money and provide a stable national currency