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Unit 3 – The Early Republic
REVIEW SHEET
Vocab
- Tariff
- Strict construction
- Loos construction
- Jay’s Treaty
- Political party
- XYZ Affair
- Alien and Sedition Acts
- Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
- Judicial review
- Embargo
- Treaty of Greenville
- Assimilation
- Impressment
- Treaty of Ghent
- Market Revolution
- Free enterprise
- Monroe Doctrine
Outline
I. George Washington’s Administration (1789-1797)
 Attitude toward French and British conflict in 1790s (Proclamation of Neutrality)
 Precedents
 Whiskey Rebellion
 Farewell Address
o Attitude toward foreign alliances
o Attitude toward political parties
II. Hamilton’s Financial Plan
 Federal Government assuming state debts
 Whiskey Tax (part of the excise tax, a tax on non-essential goods)
 Tariff
 National Bank
 Loose construction (interpretation) of Constitution
III. Rise of Political Parties
 Hamilton & Federalists vs. Jefferson & Republicans (aka, Democratic-Republicans)
o Beliefs about government’s size, power, and role in people’s lives
o Beliefs about economy
o Beliefs about agriculture and industry
o Beliefs about the Constitution (strict construction vs. loose construction)
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What issues/events contributed to the growth of political parties and increased anger
between the two parties? (for example, Whiskey Rebellion, Jay’s Treaty, Alien and
Sedition Acts, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, etc.)
IV. John Adams’s Administration (1797-1801)
 XYZ Affair
 Alien and Sedition Acts
 Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
 Election of 1800
V. Thomas Jefferson’s Administration (1801-1809)
 Louisiana Purchase
o Jefferson changes from strict construction of Constitution to loose construction
VII. Monroe Doctrine
VIII. Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall
 Marbury v. Madison
 McCulloch v. Maryland
 Gibbons v. Ogden