Washington Presidency Vocabulary

A protest over tax on all alcohol made and sold in the United States.

• Jay's Treaty

• Precedent

• Whiskey Rebellion

• Judiciary Act

A group of officials who head government departments and advise the President.

• Bond

• Cabinet

• Precedent

• National Debt

Issues relating to dealing with other countries.

• Domestic Policy

• Foreign Policy

• Precedent

• National Debt

The total sum of money that the government owes to others.

• Neutrality Proclamation

• Bond

• Jay's Treaty

• National Debt

A certificate that promises to repay money loaned, plus interest, on a certain date.

• Bond

• National Debt

• Precedent

• Domestic Policy

A law that created the structure of the Supreme Court and set up a system of district courts and circuit courts.

• Jay's treaty

• Whiskey Rebellion

• Judiciary Act

• Neutrality Proclamation

Issues relating to problems within the United States.

• Domestic Policy

• Foreign Policy

• Precedent

• Bond

An act or decision that sets an example for others to follow.

• Judiciary Act

• Precedent

• Bond

• Jay's Treaty

A statement by President Washington that the United States would not support or aid either Britain or France during their European conflict.

• Jay's Treaty

• Whiskey Rebellion

• Foreign Policy

• Neutrality Proclomation

An agreement between Britain and the United States that called for Britain to pay damages for seized American ships and to give up forts still held in the western United States.

• Foreign Policy

• Jay's Treaty

• Judiciary Act

• Neutrality Proclamation