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Chapter 10 Key terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bill of rights | was the first 10 amendments to the constitution. civil rights & liberties to the individual. Dec, 15, 1791. |
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | established a supreme court, but left to Congress the authority to create lower federal courts as needed. |
| Funding at par: | a term described a practice that involves old bond & issuing new bonds. rec'd by alexander hamilton. |
| Assumption | Us Financial Policy, Hamilton proposed that the treasury take over & pay all off debt. |
| Tariff | a tax imposed by a government on the imports and exports of goods. |
| Excise Tax | a tax imposed on any duty of manufactured goods that is levied of the moment of manufacture rather than at sale. |
| Bank of the United States | proposed by alenander hamilton, established in 1791, to serve as a repository for federal funds. |
| Whiskey Rebellion | 1794, uprising of farmers and distillers in Penns. in protest of tax on whiskey. |
| Reign of Terror | was a period of the French Revolution when following the creating of the first republic. violence often committed by ppl. in power. |
| Neutrality Proclamation | issued by George Washington that declared the nation neutral in conflict with issues of France and Great Britain. |
| Battle of Fallen Timbers | between U.S and the N.W Indian Confederation on the mauwee river. wanted land. |
| Treaty of Greenville | settlement that concluded hostilities between the u.s and the indian confederation. end at great lakes. |
| Jay's Treaty | established a base on which America could build an economy, agreement between u.s and britian. |
| Pinkey's Treaty | Oct 27, 1795. united states & spain. defined the border of the u.s and spanish florida. |
| Farewell Address | a letter by George Washington as a valedictory to friend & citizens. leaving his position. |
| XYZ Affair | a diplomatic incident between French and the U.S diplomats that resulted in the Quasi-War/ |
| Convention of 1800 | ended the Quasi War between France and the U.S |
| Alien Laws | restricted aliens and curtailing the excess of an unrestricted press in anticipation of war w/ france. |
| Sedition Act | first tests of freedom of speech, permitting the deportation, in malicious writing of the u.s gov. |
| Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions | political statements drafted in which the virginia and kentucky legislatures took the position that alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional. |
| George Washington | 1st president, commander in chief in the continental army. |
| Alexander Hamilton | part of the federalist party, and the sec. of finance. |
| Louis XVI | last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. |
| Edmond Genet | French envoy to the U.S during the french revolution, planned to have America attack British and Spanish in North america. |
| Little Turtle | a distinguished war chief of the miami tribe of Native American in the great lakes region. successful military commander. |
| "Mad Anthony" Wayne | Served as the senior officer of the Army of the Ohio Country frontier and led the legion of the u.s |
| John Jay | wrote essays of the federalist papers. and was appointed by george washington to be the 1st chief of justice of supreme court. |
| John Adams | second president of the u.s, leader during the A.R was a federalist. |
| Charles Maurice de Tallyrand | 1st prince of talleyrand, during the F.R became bishop of Autun. |
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