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Constitution - 1800
Constitution through Election of 1800
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Federalism | a political system in which a national government and constituent units, such as state governments share power |
| James Madison | Father of the Constitution (majority writer) |
| Anti-Federalist | an opponent of a strong central government |
| The Federalist | a series of essays defending and explaining the Constitution, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay |
| George Washington | first president of the United States by unanimous electoral college vote, brought troops to put down Whiskey Rebellion |
| Bank of the United States | created by Congress under Hamilton’s Financial Plan |
| Whiskey Rebellion | 1794 uprising in western Pennsylvania that opposed the federal excise tax on whiskey |
| Alexander Hamilton | First secretary of the treasury who created a financial plan including a national bank |
| Thomas Jefferson | won the election of 1800, first Democratic-Republican president |
| Pinckney's Treaty | treaty negotiating Spanish lands east of the Mississippi River |
| Neutrality | a refusal to take part in a war between other nations |
| XYZ Affair | a 1797 incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from U.S. diplomats |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | a series of four laws enacted in 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants to the United States |
| Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | state resolutions passed in 1798 declaring the Alien and Sedition Acts unconstitutional |
| Nullification | a state’s refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional |
| Washington's Farewell Address | warned against the formation of foreign alliances and the creation of political parties |