| Definition | Term |
|---|
| James Monroe's Secretary of State responsible for the Monroe Doctrine and the purchase of Florida | |
| Collection of persuasive essays published in favor of the new Constitution | |
| House of Congress where each state gets an equal number of votes | |
| Term for peaceful transition of power from Adams to Jefferson in 1800 | |
| Judge that the Federalists wanted to remove. Their failure to do so established the precedent of an independent judiciary | |
| Passed by John Adams to make criminal speaking negatively about the President or the Government | |
| The nation's first protective tariff aimed at protecting infant American industries | |
| Controversial treaty with Britain that declared Britain would leave forts in NW and Americans would be responsible to pay back debts to British merchants | |
| Ended the Embargo Act of 1807 | |
| Uprising led by a group of Massachusetts farmers and Revolutionary vets upset about losing their farms | |
| Explorers sent out to explore Louisiana | |
| House of Congress determined by population | |
| Provided for a bicameral legislature | |
| The Treaty of 1818 provided joint control of this territory by the United States and Great Britain | |
| Connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. Known as 'Clinton's Big Ditch' | |
| Group not in favor of ratification of the new Constitution | |
| Group of Congressmen calling for war with Britain in the early 1800s. | |
| Father of the Constitution | |
| Group of pirates in Africa that Jefferson sent the navy in to regulate | |
| Group in favor of ratification of the new Constitution | |
| Intended to motive Britain and France to stop seizing American ships by lifting the embargo if they agreed. | |
| Act of Congress that established the federal court system | |
