Vocabulary - The Early American Republic

A political party which believed in states’ rights, limited national government, and supported farmers.

• Federalists

• Whigs

• Democratic Republicans

• Bull Moose

A political party which believed in a strong federal government and believed that wealthy, well-educated people should run the country

• Democratic-Republicans

• Communist

• Whigs

• Federalists

A leader of the Federalists who was the first Secretary of the Treasury

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

A leader of the Democratic-Republicans who became the third president of the United States

• George Washingon

• John Adams

• John Jay

• Thomas Jefferson

Vice President under George Washington and second president of the United States

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• Henry Knox

• John Adams

John Adams passed these laws, which made it easier to deport immigrants and harder for immigrants to vote.

• Alien Acts

• Immigrant Acts

• Sedition Act

• Deportation Act

John Adams passed this law, which made it illegal to write or says things which encouraged "rebellion" against the United States.

• The First Amendment

• The Secrets Act

• The Sedition Act

• The Newspaper Act

Thomas Jefferson attempted to get states to nullify (cancel) the Sedition Act, which led to the passing of these laws.

• The Nullification Laws

• The Mississippi and New Jersey Laws

• The New York and Pennsylvania Resolutions

• The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

A political conflict with France, during John Adams' presidency, which almost led to war.

• The French Affair

• The Sedition Act

• The XYZ Affair

• The Tonkin Gulf Resolution

Kidnapping sailors and forcing them to work. This happened to American sailors during Thomas Jefferson's presidency.

• Thuggery

• Impressment

• XYZ affair

• Embargo