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| Historian who wrote AN ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE US Proposed Founding Fathers were just selfish, conservative businessmen |
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| Became the 14th state in 1791 |
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| Became the 15th state in 1792 |
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| Unanimously elected president in 1788 |
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| George Washington's vice president |
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| Another term for the president's cabinet |
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| Secretary of State under George Washington |
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| Secretary of Treasury under George Washington |
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| Secretary of War under George Washington |
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| Attorney General under George Washington |
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| Wrote the Bill of Rights in 1791 |
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| A name for the first ten amendments added to the Constitution |
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| This act setup the Supreme Court and lesser federal courts |
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| How many justices did the Supreme Court have when it was first established? |
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| How many justices does the Supreme Court presently have? |
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| Man who argued our government should pay all of our debts at face value |
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| A name for paying all of our debts at face value |
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| Stated that the new federal government should take over and pay off the debts of all of the states |
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| Hamilton told Jefferson if he would help him get the Assumption Bill passed, Hamilton would help get the new Capitol locoated on the Potomac River.... This type of bargaining is called: |
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| Known as the Father of the National Debt |
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1. custom duties (tariffs)
2. excise (sales tax) |
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| Two ways our new nation raised money |
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| Year the National Bank was established |
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| Another name for "strict interpretation" of the Constitution |
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| strict construction or strict interpretation |
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| Idea that if something was not stated directly in the constitution, it was illegal for the federal government to do |
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| Did Thomas Jefferson believe in strict or loose construction of the Constitution? |
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| Another name for the "necessary and proper" clause |
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| Idea that something did not have to be directly mentioned in the Constitution but rather simply implied |
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| Location of the first National Bank |
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| In 1794 this occurred in Pennsylvania because of the excise tax, and proved the strength of the new government |
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| Country that loaned America the moneyto fund our new nation |
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1. Federalists
2. Democratic-Republicans |
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| First two political parties formed in America |
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| Alexander and Johny Jay belonged to this political party |
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| Thomas Jefferson belonged to this political party |
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| Federalists believe in this kind of interpretation of the Constitution |
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| Democratic-Republicans believe in this kind of interpretation of the Constitution |
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| Man who said, "Those who own the country, ought to govern it." |
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| General "Mad Dog" Anthony Wayne |
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| General who defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers |
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| The Indians ceded the US most of the Old Northwest Territory |
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| Started when the people overthrew the Bastille |
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| "The Declaration of the Rights of Man" |
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| Name for the French Declaration of Independence |
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| Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 |
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| Issued by George Washington in 1793 because we were too weak and too young to fight a successful war |
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| Insisted the US should help France fight against England. He tried to get Americans to disobey Neutrality Proc. and was thrown out of America |
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| Nickname for Edmund Genet |
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| Was a free black who helped design Washington D.C. |
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1. British promised to get out of the forts they were already supposed to be out of
2. Agreed to pay for the damages done to our ships, but didn't promise to quite damaging them
3. We agreedto pay our pre-revolutionary war debts |
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| List the three points of Jay's Treaty |
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| Jay's Treaty- popular or unpopular? |
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1. Free, unlimited navigation of the Mississippi River
2. Right to deposit and sell goods at New Orleans
3. The US was given the disputed area North of Florida |
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| List the three points of Pickney's Treaty |
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| Pickney's Treaty- popular or unpopular? |
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| Washington's Farewell Address |
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| Name for George Washington's last speech as president, and was only written- not spoken |
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| The formation of political parties and permanent entangling foregin alliances |
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| Two things Washington warned Americans about in his Farewell Address |
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| President who started the two-term tradition |
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| Man who broke the two-term tradition |
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| Amendment which limited the Presidents to two terms |
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1. Funding at Par
2. Assumption Bill
3. Pay off debt (w/ tariffs & excise tax)
4. National Bank |
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| List the four points of Hamilton's Financial Plan |
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