FEDERAL JUDICIARY ACT
› it
helped create a court
system and gave the
Supreme Court six members
(which was
later changed
to nine
members)
INAUGURATE
› to
swear in or induct into
office in a formal ceremony
TARIFF
› tax
on imported goods.
BATTLE OF FALLEN TIMBERS
› in
1794, an
American army
defeated 2,000
Native Americans
in a clash over
control of the
Northwest Territory
TREATY OF GREENVILLE
› a
1795 agreement in which
12 Native American tribes
surrendered much
of present-day
Ohio and Indiana
to the U.S.
government
WHISKEY REBELLION
› a
1794 protest against the
government’s tax on whiskey,
which was
valuable to the
livelihood of
backcountry
farmers
FRENCH
REVOLUTION
› in
1789, the
French
launched a
movement
for liberty
and
equality
NEUTRAL
› not
siding with one country
or the other
JAY’S TREATY
› the
agreement
that ended
dispute over
American
shipping during
the French
Revolution
PINCKNEY’S TREATY
› 1795
treaty with Spain that
allowed Americans to use
the Mississippi River and to
store goods in New Orleans;
made the 31st parallel the
southern U.S. border
FOREIGN POLICY
› relations
with the governments
of other countries
POLITICAL PARTY
› a
group of people that tries
to promote its ideas and
influence
government,
and also
backs
candidates
for office
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
STATES’ RIGHTS
› theory
that said that states
had the right to judge when
the federal
government
had passed an
unconstitutional
law