Ch. 7 Exam Flashcards
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Precedent
An action that later serves as an example
When was George Washington elected president?
1789
List GWs precedents
Voluntarily stepped down after two terms
Heads of executive departments report directly to him
Referred legal questions to the attorney general
What are cabinet members?
Department heads who advise the president
What dis the Judiciary act of 1789 create?
It created three levels of federal courts and defined powers and relationships to the state courts
Associate Justices (then)
5
Associate justices (now)
8
Start of the French Revolution
1789
Washington reelected
1792
France and England go to war
1793
John Jay’s Treaty
1794
Whiskey Rebellion
1794
Thomas Pinckney’s Treaty
1795
John Adams is elected president
1796
XYZ affair
1798
Alien and Sedition Acts
1798
John Adams Treaty with France
1798
Thomas Jefferson is elected president
1800
Neutral
Unbiased, not favoring either side in a conflict
Privateers
Private ships hired by a country to attack it’s enemies
Right of deposit
A right that would allow American boats to transfer goods in New Orleans without paying cargo fees
What was GWs plan towards the war between France and Great Britain?
Neutrality Proclamation
What reasons did GWs advisors give for supporting France?
They had supported the US during the revolutionary war
What reasons did GWs advisors give for supporting England?
Hoped to strengthen trading ties.