george washington's address at the end of his presidency, warning against "permanent alliances" with other nations payment of debts, such as government bonds, at face value under the terms of the treaty, the Miami confederacy agreed to cede territory in the Old Northwest to the US in exchange for cash payment, hunting rights and formal recognition of their sovereign status negotiated by chief justice john jay in an effort to avoid war with Britain, the treaty included a british promise to evacuate outposts on US soil and pay damages for seized american vessels organized the federal legal system, establishing the supreme court, federal district and circuit courts, and the office of the attorney general issued by george washington, it proclaiming america's formal neutrality in the escalating conflict between england and france, a statement that enraged pro-french jeffersonians signed with spain which, fearing an anglo-american alliance, granted americans free navigation of the mississippi and the disputed territory of florida enacted by the federalist congress in an effort to clamp down on jeffersonian opposition, the law made anyone convicted of defaming government officials or interfering with government policies liable to imprisonment and a heavy fine tax levied on imports statements secretly drafted by jefferson and madison for the legislatures of kentucky and virginia

1. farewell address

george washington's address at the end of his presidency, warning against "permanent alliances" with other nations

2. funding at par

payment of debts, such as government bonds, at face value

3. treaty of greenville

under the terms of the treaty, the Miami confederacy agreed to cede territory in the Old Northwest to the US in exchange for cash payment, hunting rights and formal recognition of their sovereign status

4. jay's treaty

negotiated by chief justice john jay in an effort to avoid war with Britain, the treaty included a british promise to evacuate outposts on US soil and pay damages for seized american vessels

5. judiciary act of 1789

organized the federal legal system, establishing the supreme court, federal district and circuit courts, and the office of the attorney general

6. neutrality proclamation

issued by george washington, it proclaiming america's formal neutrality in the escalating conflict between england and france, a statement that enraged pro-french jeffersonians

7. pinckney's treaty

signed with spain which, fearing an anglo-american alliance, granted americans free navigation of the mississippi and the disputed territory of florida

8. sedition act

enacted by the federalist congress in an effort to clamp down on jeffersonian opposition, the law made anyone convicted of defaming government officials or interfering with government policies liable to imprisonment and a heavy fine

9. tariff

tax levied on imports

10. virginia and kentucky resolutions

statements secretly drafted by jefferson and madison for the legislatures of kentucky and virginia.

11. whiskey rebellion

popular uprising of whiskey distillers in southwestern pennsylvania in opposition to an excise tax on whiskey

12. XYZ affair

diplomatic conflict between france and the US when american envoys to france were asked to pay a hefty bribe for the privilege of meeting with the french foreign minister