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| Armed uprising in 1794 by farmers in Western Pennsylvania who attempted to prevent the collection of the excise tax on whiskey |
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| Conference of state delegates at Annapolis, Maryland, that issued a call in September 1786 for a convention to meet at Philadelphia to consider fundamental changes |
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| proposal calling for a national legislature in which the states would be represented according to population |
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| Proposal of the New Jersey delegation for a stregenthed national govt. in which all states would have an equal representation in a unicameral legislature |
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| plan proposed at the 1787 constitutional convention for creating a national bicameral legislature in which all states would be equally represented in the Senate and and proportionally represented in the House |
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| Supporters of the constitution who favored its ratification |
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| opponents of the constitustion in debate over its ratifaction |
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| Act of congress that implemented the judicary clause of the constitution by estabvlishing the Supreme Court and a system of lower federal courts |
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| A power implied in the constitution that gives federal courts the right to review and determine the constitutionality of acts passed by congress and state legislatures |
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| apart from a few selected industries, this first tariff passed by congress was intended to raise revenue and not protect american manufacturers from foreign competition |
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| basic law passed by congress in 1790 which stated that the United States would regulate trade and interaction with Indian tribes |
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| Treaty of 1795 in which Native Americans in the Old Nirthwest were forced to cede most of the present state of ohio to the UInited States |
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| Treaty with Britan negotiated in 1794 in which the United States made major consessions to avert a war over the British seizure of American ships |
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| the sharing of powers between the national govt. and the states |
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| party headed boy thomas jefferson that formed in opposition to the finincial and diplomatic policies of the federalist party, favored limiting the powers of the national govt. and placing the interests of farmers over those of financial and commercial groups |
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| diplomatic incident in 1789 in which Americans were outraged by the demand of the French for a bribe as a condition for negotiating with american diplomats |
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| Undeclared naval war of 1797 to 1800 between the United States and France |
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| collective name given to four acts passed by congress in 71798 that curtailed freedom of speechand the liberty of foreignresidents in the United States |
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| favoring the rights of individual states over rights claimed by the national govt. |
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