1st President of the United States who set many precedents like only serving for 2 terms, creating a cabinet, and the tradition of giving a farewell address

A group of advisers to the president.

1789-1795; First Secretary of the Treasury.

The government would take the debt of the nations and the states debt, make a national bank, and tax higher (which was the only one that did not pass thru congress)

organized groups that attempt to influence the government by electing their members to important government offices

An early political party headed by Thomas Jefferson; stood for less centralized government

A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures.

A tax on imported goods that raises the price of imports so people will buy domestic goods

The revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the monarchy.

A formal announcement issued by President George Washington on April 22, 1793, declaring the United States a neutral nation in the conflict between Great Britain and France.

1794 protest against the government's tax on whiskey by backcountry farmers

final official speech of Presidents as they leave office

"Father of the Factory System" in America; escaped Britain with the memorized plans for the textile machinery; put into operation the first spinning cotton thread in 1791.

A large building in which machinery is used to manufacture goods

A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.

First national road building project funded by Congress. It made travel and transportation of goods much easier because it was one continuous road that was in good condition.

3rd President - purchased the Louisiana Territory

2nd President of the United States. Prided himself with keeping peace with France

land US bought from Napoleon for $15 million; he needed more to fight revolution in Haiti

Sent on an expedition by Jefferson to gather information on the United States' new land and map a route to the Pacific. They kept very careful maps and records of this new land acquired from the Louisiana Purchase.

This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by John Adams

1807 act which ended all of America's importation and exportation. Jefferson hoped the act would pressure the French and British to recognize U.S. neutrality rights in exchange for U.S. goods. Really, however, just hurt Americans and our economy and got repealed in 1809.

A war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France.

Developed in the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1820s, in these factories as much machinery as possible was used, so that few skilled workers were needed in the process, and the workers were almost all single young farm women, who worked for a few years and then returned home to be housewives. Managers found these young women were the perfect workers for this type of factory life.

A name for President Monroe's two terms, a period of strong nationalism, economic growth, and territorial expansion. Since the Federalist party dissolved after the War of 1812, there was only one political party and no partisan conflicts.

A canal between the New York cities of Albany and Buffalo, completed in 1825. The canal, considered a marvel of the modern world at the time, allowed western farmers to ship surplus crops to sell in the North and allowed northern manufacturers to ship finished goods to sell in the West.

American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815)

"Compromise of 1820" over the issue of slavery in Missouri. It was decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.

A statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the United States or in the development of other countries in the Western Hemisphere.