Early Presidents Vocabulary

Precedent

• The title of the leader of a country

• An act or tradition that others follow

• to cancel

• a tax on imported good

Cabinet

• A group of advisers who aide the President

• An act or tradition that others follow

• Forbade Americans from trading with all foreign countries

• Document in which France agreed to stop eeizing American trade ships

Nullify

• to cancel

• to approve

• to negotiate

• to ratify

Kentucky and Virginia Resolution

• claim that states could decide whether or not a law is Constitutional

• Document in which France agreed to stop seizing American shios

• a precedent set by George Washington choosing not to take sides in a conflict

• Law that allowed citizens to be jailed or fined for criticizing the government

Sedition Act

• Law that allowed citizens to be jailed or fined for criticizing the government

• Law that allowed the President to expel foreigners thought to be dangerous to the country.

• An incident in which French agents demanded a bribe from American ambassadors

• A precedent set by George Washington, neutrality is choosing to not taking sides in a conflict

Thomas Jefferson

• Leader of the Democratic Republicans

• Leader of the Federalist Party

• Someone who invests in a risky venture in the hopes of making large profits

• A rebellion in Pennsylvania caused by a tax on liquor

Alexander Hamilton

• Leader of the Democratic Republicans

• Leader of the Federalist Party

• Someone who invests in a risky venture in the hopes of making large profits

• A rebellion in Pennsylvania caused by a tax on liquor

Bond

• A certificate that promises to pay money loaned plus interest to a holder

• A tax on imported goods

• The total amount of money a country owes

• An incident in which French agents demanded a bribe from American ambassadors

National Debt

• The total amount of money a country owes

• A rebellion in Pennsylvania caused by a tax on liquor

• A certificate that promises to pay money loaned plus interest to a holder

• An agreement between England and the United States regarding American neutral rights

Speculator

• Someone who invests in a risky venture in the hopes of making large profits

• A certificate that promises to pay money loaned plus interest to a holder

• A group of advisors who aide the President

• Law that allowed the President to expel foreigners thought to be dangerous to the country.