Chapter 6 Key Terms

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Alexander Hamilton

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first secretary of the treasury. was killed in a duel

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the Founding Fathers

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the political leaders who signed the declaration of independence or helped make the constitution

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the Virginia Plan

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a plan which set forth the idea of population weighted representation

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The Great Compromise

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A compromise between the large and small states that created bicameral legislatures which are the senate and house of representatives

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James Madison

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Principal author of the constitution and a founding father.

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Sovereignty

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the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory

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Separation of Powers

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a system of checks and balances

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Federalists

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n American political party in the period 1792 to 1816. believed in strong central government

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Anti Federalist

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Anti-Federalists dictate that the central governing authority of a nation should be equal or inferior to, but not having more power than, its sub-national states (state government).

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The Federalist Papers

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a series of 85 articles or essays advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution

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The Bill of Rights

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the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution

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The Cabinet

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the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States.

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Bank of the United States 1790’s

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a bank chartered by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791. The charter was for 20 years.

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Whiskey Rebellion

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a tax protest in Pennsylvania in the 1790s, during the presidency of George Washington.

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Citizen Genet

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dispatched to the United States to promote American support for France's wars with Spain and Britain.

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Jay’s Treaty

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a treaty between the United States and Great Britain that is credited with averting war, solving many issues left over from the American Revolution and the Treaty of Paris of 1783

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Pinckney’s Treaty

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established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. It also defined the boundaries of the United States with the Spanish colonies and guaranteed the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River.

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the quasi war

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

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The XYZ Affair

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a diplomatic event that strained 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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Alien and Sedition Acts

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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. Proponents claimed the acts were designed to protect the United States from alien citizens of enemy powers and to prevent seditious attacks from weakening the government.

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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

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political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures resolved to not abide by Alien and Sedition Acts.

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Aaron Burr

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the third Vice President of the United States (1801–1805) under President Thomas Jefferson, and was the first Vice President to never serve as President. He fought in the Revolutionary War, was an important political figure in the nation's early history, and spent much of his career after politics engaging in a number of controversial adventures.

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The Judiciary Act of 1801

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represented an effort to solve an issue in the U.S. Supreme Court during the early 19th century. There was concern, beginning in 1789, about the system that required the justices of the Supreme Court to “ride circuit” and reiterate decisions made in the appellate level courts. The Supreme Court justices often took advantage of opportunities to voice concern and to suggest that the judges of the Supreme and circuit courts be divided.