Ap History Ch. 7 Vocab

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Judiciary Act of 1789

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was a landmark statute adopted on September 24, 1789 in the first session of the First United States Congress establishing the U.S. federal judiciary

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Report on Public Credit

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The First Report on Public Credit was the first of three major reports on economic policy issued by American Founding Father and first United States Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton on the request of Congress

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Report on Manufacturers

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The Report on Manufactures is the third report, and magnum opus, of American Founding Father and 1st U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton

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Jay’s Treaty

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was a treaty between the United States and Great Britain that is credited with averting war,[2] solving many issues left over from the American Revolution and the Treaty of Paris of 1783,[3] and opening ten or more years of mostly peaceful trade between the United States and Britain in the midst of the French Revolutionary Wars that had begun in 1793.

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John Jay

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United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court

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Implied Powers

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Implied powers are those powers authorized by a legal document (from the Constitution) which, while not stated, are seemed to be implied by powers expressly stated.

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Judicial Review

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review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court

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Strict Construction

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Strict constructionism refers to a particular legal philosophy of judicial interpretation that limits or restricts judicial interpretation. In the United States the phrase is also commonly used more loosely as a generic term for conservatism among the judiciary

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Federalist Party

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a major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; founded by Alexander Hamilton; favored a strong centralized government

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Pinckney Treaty

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was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 and established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain

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Whiskey Rebellion

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was a resistance movement in the western part of the United States in the 1790s, during the presidency of George Washington

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Alexander Hamilton

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United States statesman and leader of the Federalists; as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank; was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr

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Henry Knox

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was an American bookseller from Boston who became the chief artillery officer of the Continental Army and later the nation's first secretary of war

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Edmund Randolph

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was an American attorney, the seventh Governor of Virginia, the Secretary of State,and the first United States Attorney General.

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James Madison

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was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the fourth President of the United States and is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. ...

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Charles Pinckney

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was an American politician who was a signer of the United States Constitution, the 37th Governor of South Carolina, a Senator and a member of the House of Representatives

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General Anthony Wayne

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was a United States Army general and statesman. Wayne adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military exploits and fiery personality quickly earned him a promotion to the rank of brigadier general and the sobriquet of Mad Anthony.

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John Marshall

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as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law

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Washington’s Farewell Address

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was written to "The People of the United States"[1] near the end of his second term as President of the United States and before his retirement to Horseheads, NY.

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Thomas Jefferson

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3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it

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XYZ Affair

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was a diplomatic episode that soured relations between France and the United States and led to an undeclared naval war called the Quasi War; it took place from March of 1798 to 1800.

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Naturalization Law

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provided the first rules to be followed by the United States in the granting of national citizenship.

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Election of 1796

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the first contested American presidential election and the only one to elect a President and Vice President from opposing tickets.

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Election of 1800

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referred to as the "Revolution of 1800," Vice President Thomas Jefferson defeated incumbent president John Adams.

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Quasi-War

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was an undeclared war fought almost entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800. ...

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Convention of Mortefontaine

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was a meeting between the United States of America and France to settle the hostilities that had erupted during the Quasi-War

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Treaty of Greenville

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was signed at Fort Greenville (now Greenville, Ohio), on August 2, 1795, between a coalition of Native Americans known as the Western Confederacy and the United States following the Native American loss at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.

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Treaty of San Lorenzo

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was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 and established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain

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Alien and Sedition Acts

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The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress during an undeclared naval war with France, later known as the Quasi-War. They were signed into law by President John Adams.

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Virginia Resolution

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political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, respectively, in favor of states' rights and Strict Constructionism. They were written secretly by Vice President Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.

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Kentucky Resolution

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were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, respectively, in favor of states' rights and Strict Constructionism. They were written secretly by Vice President Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.