Chapter 11: Political Developments in the Early Republic

Whiskey Rebellion

1794 protest against the government's tax on whiskey by back-country farmers.

John Adams

2nd president; federalist

James Madison

4th President; Democratic-Republican

James Monroe

5th President; Democratic-Republican

strict construction

Anti-Federalist version of interpreting the Constitution, Constitution should be taken word for word.

loose construction

Belief that the government can do anything that the Constitution does not prohibit

Washington's Farewell Address

Washington made a speech to Congress. In it he gave Congress his beliefs on how to make the new governement successful: 1) Do not get involved in foreign affairs 2) Do not make permanent alliances 3) Do not form political parties 4) Avoid sectionalism

isolationism

a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

Monroe Doctrine

a principle of US policy, originated by President James Monroe in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US.

blockade

an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving. I blockaded my food

embargo

an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.

Alexander Hamilton

george washington's treasurer

Henry Knox

military officer of the Continental Army and later the United States Army, who also served as the first United States Secretary of War from 1789 to 1794

nuetrality

the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartiality.

Thomas Jefferson

third President; republican