Unit 2 Key Terms

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France tried to enlist US in conflict between Britain and Spain. Washington issues proclamation on April 22.

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Neutrality Proclamation of 1793

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Manufacturing has positive benefits to society is a belief held by

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Hamilton and the Federalists

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Financial program of Alexander Hamilton

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National bank and $10 million in national debt

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The event caused the Lewis and Clark expedition

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Louisiana Purchase

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Judiciary Act 1789

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It created effective federal courts in a hierarchal order. There were city, county, and state courts, along with circuit courts and the Supreme Court

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Citizen Genet

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He was a French statesman who came to America in search of monetary aid

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Right of Deposit 1787

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This was the right to pass through a port and trade goods paying taxes. Westerners wanted this privilege at the Port of New Orleans.

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John Marshall

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He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for 33 years. He made the judiciary free from political attack.

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

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They were sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase.

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Chesapeake Leopard Affair

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This incident between an American and British ship cause great public resentment among Americans

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Hamilton’s Financial Plan

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Designed to pay off the U.S.’s war debts and stabilize the economy, this idea believed that the United States should become a leading international commercial power. Its programs included the creation of the Bank of the United

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Whiskey Rebellion

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In 1794, farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey, and several federal officers were killed in the riots caused by their attempts to serve arrest warrants on the offenders.

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Washington’s Farewell Address

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He warned against the dangers of political parties and foreign alliances

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Citizen Genet

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He was a French statesman who came to America in search of monetary aid.

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Jay’s Treaty

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It was signed in the hopes of settling the growing conflicts between the U.S. and Britain. It dealt with the Northwest posts and trade on the Mississippi River

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Pinckney’s Treaty

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Treaty between the U.S. and Spain which gave the U.S. the right to transport goods on the Mississippi river and to store goods in the Spanish port of New Orleans

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This was a diplomatic scandal which took place from March of 1797 to 1800 in which three French agents, demanded a $12 million loan from the United States, and a formal apology for comments made by U.S. President John Adams

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XYZ Affair

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Compact Theory (States Rights)

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It was the belief that federal government acted as the states agent and that states can declare federal laws unconstitutional

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Jefferson’s election victory changed the direction of the government from Federalist to Democratic- Republican without incidence."

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Revolution of 1800

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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

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Written anonymously by Jefferson and Madison in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, they declared that states could nullify federal laws that the states considered unconstitutional

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This was the power given to the Supreme Court to decide the constitutionality of a law passed by congress

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Judicial Review

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Louisiana Purchase

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Jefferson was interested in the territory because it would give the U.S. the Mississippi River and New Orleans (both were valuable for trade and shipping) and also room to expand

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British seamen often deserted to join the American merchant marines. The British would board American vessels in order to retrieve the deserters, and often seized any sailor who could not prove that he was an American citizen and not British

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Impressment

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Embargo Act

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This act issued by Jefferson forbade American trading ships from leaving the U.S. It was meant to force Britain and France to change their policies towards neutral vessels by depriving them of American trade

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Non-Intercourse Act

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Replaced the Embargo of 1807, unlike the Embargo, which forbade American trade with all foreign nations, this act only forbade trade with France and Britain.

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Forbade trade with Britain and France, but offered to resume trade with whichever nation lifted its neutral trading restrictions first

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Macon’s Bill No. 2

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War Hawks

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Western settlers who advocated war with Britain because they hoped to acquire Britain’s northwest posts

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This turned public sentiment against the Federalists and led to the demise of the party

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Hartford Convention

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Treaty of Ghent

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Ended the War of 1812 and restored the status quo. For the most part, territory captured in the war was returned to the original owner