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Chapter 10 Key terms
KEY TERMS
Bill of Rights: The first ten amendments of the Constitution, adopted in 1791, which
guaranteed certain American principles.
Judiciary Act of 1789: Established the Supreme Court (one justice and five associates),
federal district courts, circuit courts, and the attorney general office.
Funding at par: The federal government would solely pay off the massive debt it had,
which Congress agreed to in 1790.
Assumption: The federal government should also pay off states debts, as those were an
effect of the war for independence for the country as a whole.
Tariff: Tax placed on certain imports.
Excise tax: Passed by Congress and taxed certain domestic items (e.g. Whiskey).
Bank of The United States: Established in 1791 with a capital of $10 million, with 1/5 of it
owned by the federal government; the remaining stock was sold off to the public.
Whiskey Rebellion: Distillers and other individuals protested the excise tax in
Pennsylvania in 1794, as they saw whiskey as a currency and not a luxury to be taxed.
Reign of terror: Period of time in France after the beheading of King Louis XVI.
Neutrality Proclamation: Issued by George Washington in 1793 shortly after conflict
arose between France and Britain, and it stated that the United States would stay out of
any conflict and that Americans should not take any sides, whether it was the British or
French side.
Battle of Fallen Timbers: General Mad Anthony Wayne defeated the Miamis in 1794,
which were allied with the British.
Treaty of Greenville: After the Miamis were left to dry by the British, they signed a peace
treaty with the Americans, in which they gave up a large part of the Old Northwest.
Jays Treaty: The British would compensate the Americans for the damage they had done
to their merchant ships and would also remove their posts from America but Americans
would have to pay off British debt that was in place prior to the American Revolution
Pinckneys Treaty: Spain gave Americans free navigation of the Mississippi, western
Florida, and warehouse rights in New Orleans as a means of preventing an American
alliance with the British.
Farewell Address: George Washingtons farewell statement after retiring from two terms,
in which he advised that America should make only temporary alliances and discouraged
permanent alliances, such as the one that the United States had with France.
XYZ Fair: Three French men known as X, Y, and Z tried to get the Americans to pay
exorbitant amounts of money to give them the privilege of talking with the French foreign
minister.
Convention of 1800: The French and American alliance was terminated and Americans
would pay off their own damage.
Alien Laws: Federalists were proposing certain laws in Congress aimed directly at the
Jeffersonians.
Sedition Act: Anyone that mouth fouled government policies or defamed its officials would
be subject to a fine and prison time.
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions: Jefferson wrote legislatures that were passed in
Kentucky in 1798 and 1799; James Madison did the same and his legislatures were
passed in Virginia in 1798.
PEOPLE TO KNOW
George Washington: First president of the United States and one of the main leaders in
the American Revolution.
Alexander Hamilton: Secretary of Treasury under Washingtons administration, where he
proposed several financial policies to strengthen the United States economy.
Louis XVI: King of France that died during the French Revolution when he was beheaded
in 1793 by the guillotine.
Edmond Genet: A representative of the French Republic that began recruiting troops in
America to aid the French in their conflicts.
Little Turtle: Leader of the Miamis.
Mad Anthony Wayne: General that defeated the Miamis and later struck a deal with
them.
John Jay: American representative in Britain that made a deal that angered many
Americans, especially the Jeffersonians; first chief justice.
John Adams: Second president of the United States, he terminated the American alliance
with France of 1778.
Charles Maurice deTalleryand: French foreign minister that was involved in the XYZ
affair.
George Washington Louis XVI
Bank
Of the United States
Farewell address

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