Chapter 6

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Alexander Hamilton

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Secretary of Treasury under President George Washington

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Alien and Sedition acts

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A series of laws passed in 1798 designed to protect national security.

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Alta california

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present–day American state of California

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Bill of rights

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the first ten amendments of the Constitution

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CitiZen Genet

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French minister to the United States. He was ordered to mobilize republican sentiment in support of France, enlist American mercenaries to conquer Spanish territories and attack British shipping, and strengthen the French–American alliance.

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Election of 1796

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Federalist John Adams won by three votes, and as the second–highest vote–getter in the electoral college, Thomas Jefferson became vice president.

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Election of 1800

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Presidential election where Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adams.

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Fugitive Slave Law

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Required judges to award possession of an escaped slave upon any formal request by a master or his representative

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Gabriel's rebellion

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A planned slave rebellion in Richmond led by Gabriel, a slave. The plan leaked out just before the march, and authorities rounded up the participants and executed thirty–five of them, including Gabriel.

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Indian trade and intercourse acts

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These laws prohibited transfers of tribal lands to outsiders except as authorized in formal treaties or by Congress. Other provisions regulated the conduct of non–Indians on lands still under tribal control. To regulate intercultural trade and reduce abuses, the acts required that traders be licensed by the federal government. The law also defined murder and other abuses committed by non–Indians as federal offenses. Finally, the legislation authorized the federal government to establish programs that would “promote civilization” among Native Americans as a replacement for traditional culture.

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Jay's treaty

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This treaty gave the Americans access to West Indian markets for small American ships, but only by bargaining away other American complaints as well as US rights to load cargoes of sugar, molasses, and coffee from French colonies during wartime.

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Judiciary act

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This act established in each state a federal district court that operated according to local procedures.

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Judiciary act

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This act established in each state a federal district court that operated according to local procedures.

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Kentucky Rebellion

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Written by Jefferson, it declared that ultimate sovereignty rested with the states, which empowered them to “nullify” federal laws to which they objected.

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Judiciary act

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This act established in each state a federal district court that operated according to local procedures.

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Kentucky Rebellion

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Written by Jefferson, it declared that ultimate sovereignty rested with the states, which empowered them to “nullify” federal laws to which they objected.

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Quasi war

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Franco–American naval conflict in the Caribbean from 1798–1800 where the US forces seized 93 French privateers while losing just one vessel.

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Report on National Bank

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Hamilton’s report that proposed for a Bank of the United States

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Reports on credit

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Hamilton’s report that contained recommendations that would at once strengthen the country’s credit, enable it to defer paying its debt, and entice wealthy investors to place their capital at its service

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Republican Motherhood

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Emphasized the importance of educating white women in the values of liberty and independence in order to strengthen virtue in the new nation. It was the republican duty of mothers to inculcate these values in their sons—the nation’s future leaders—as well as their daughters.

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Republican Motherhood

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Emphasized the importance of educating white women in the values of liberty and independence in order to strengthen virtue in the new nation. It was the republican duty of mothers to inculcate these values in their sons—the nation’s future leaders—as well as their daughters.

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Treaty of greenville

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opened most of modern–day Ohio and a portion of Indiana to white settlement and ended US–Indian hostilities in the region for 16 years

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Treaty of San Loreno

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Also called Pinckney’s Treaty, it won westerners the right of unrestricted, duty–free access to world markets via the Mississippi River.

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Treaty of San Loreno

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Also called Pinckney’s Treaty, it won westerners the right of unrestricted, duty–free access to world markets via the Mississippi River.

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Virginia Resolution

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Written by Madison, it declared that state legislatures had never surrendered their right to judge the constitutionality of federal actions and that they retained an authority called interposition, which enabled them to protect the liberties of their citizens.

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Treaty of San Loreno

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Also called Pinckney’s Treaty, it won westerners the right of unrestricted, duty–free access to world markets via the Mississippi River.

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Virginia Resolution

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Written by Madison, it declared that state legislatures had never surrendered their right to judge the constitutionality of federal actions and that they retained an authority called interposition, which enabled them to protect the liberties of their citizens.

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Whiskey Rebellion

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A civil insurrection in 1794 where 100 men attacked a US marshal serving 60 delinquent taxpayers with summonses to appear in court at Philadelphia. A crowd of 500 burned the chief revenue officer’s house after a shootout with federal soldiers assigned to protect him