Question 1

The nation's first president was

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Washington

Question 2

One of the liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights is

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freedom of speech

Question 3

The first chief justice of the United States was

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John Jay

Question 4

The Judiciary Act of 1789 established what kind of legal system?

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federal court system

Question 5

By the 1790s, the revenue from tariffs provided what percentage of the national government's income?

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90%

Question 6

Alexander Hamilton's whiskey taxes led to rebellion in

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Pennsylvania

Question 7

Around 1794, the British began building a new fort in

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Ohio

Question 8

What treaty opened most of Ohio to white settlers?

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Treaty of Greenville

Question 9

French and British warships were barred from American ports by the

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Proclamation of Neutrality

Question 10

What did George Washington consider a grave danger to the new nation?

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Growth of political parties

Question 11

new traditions

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precedents

Question 12

amount the government owes

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national debt

Question 13

tax on imports

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tariff

Question 14

First Secretary of War

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Henry Knox

Question 15

First Attorney General

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Edmund Randolph

Question 16

not taking sides

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Neutrality

Question 17

Tax protest

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Whiskey Rebellion

Question 18

Agreement with Spain over trade rights

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Pinckney's Treaty

Question 19

He was pro-French in their revolution

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 20

Forced into British navy

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impressment

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