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48 Cards in this Set
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Bill of rights
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The list of rights for u.s citizens
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Judiciary act of 1789
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Established a federal district court for each state
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Cabinet
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The president's advisors
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Alexander Hamilton
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Washington's secretary of treasury
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Bank of the United States
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The national bank
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Strict construction
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The belief that the government can only do what the constitution allows
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Loose construction
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The belief that the government can do anything that congress didn't specifically forbid
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Whiskey rebellion
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A rebellion by farmers protesting the new whiskey tax
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Little turtle
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Leader of the Indian militia that defeated u.s. forces along the wabash river
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Anthony Wayne
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Revolutionary war hero who led the u.s forces against little turtle
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Battle of fallen timber
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The major defeat for the Indians that marked the beginning of negotiations
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Treaty of Greenville
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Gave the u.s title to Indian land, and gave the Indians $20,000 in goods and formal recognition of the land they own
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French Revolution
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An effort by French revolutionaries to gain control of the French government
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Impressment
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The practice, used by the English, of kidnapping American sailors and forcing them to serve in the British navy
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Edmond genet
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A French diplomat operating iamerica with the goal of raising support for backing the French in it's revolution
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Jay's treaty
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Stated that the British would abandon their forts in the northwest, and America would pay war debts owed to the British
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John jay
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Chief Justice who visited the British and negotiated the settlement
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Pickney's treaty
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Treaty with the Spanish, recognized America's border with Florida, and gave the u.s navigation rights on the Mississippi River
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Thomas Pinckney
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Negotiated Pickney's treaty with Spain
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Sectionalism
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Loyalty to a particular part of the country
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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand- perigord
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French foreign minister
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XYZ affair
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A set of demands sent to America via 3 French agents, when the demands were published, the letters x,y, and z were used for the agent's names
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Alien and sedition acts
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Gave the president power to arrest or deport any foreigners, and fine or jailed anyone who wrote or said lies or things maliciously towards the government
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Kentucky and Virginia resolutions
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Said the alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional
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