Chapter 6 Section 2

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The Paris Monster

"Cinque-tetes" in French, is the title of a political cartoon satirizing the XYZ Affair.

John Adams

2nd President of the United States, ran against Jefferson. Did not achieve great popularity during his political career because he was frequently blunt and impatient. However those who knew him had great fondness for him.

Treaty of 1778

Alliance between France and the United States created by this treaty. Served as an additional bond between the two nations.

General Anthony Wayne

Appointed by Washington in 1792 to lead federal troops against the Native Americans. Also known as "Mad Anthony".

The Death of Washington

December 14, 1799 died after catching a severe cold. Buried with a military funeral at Mount Vernon.

1783 Treaty of Paris

Great Britain had ceded its land rights west of the Appalachians.

Treaty of Greenville

In 1795 a year after Wayne defeated the Miami Confederacy. The Miami Confederacy signed a treaty agreeing to give up most of the land in Ohio in exchange for $20,000 worth of goods and an annual payment of nearly $10,000. This settlement continued a pattern in which settlers and the government paid Native Americans much less for their land than it was worth.

Little Turtle

Native American chieftain of the Miami tribe. Was considered a brilliant military strategist. Despite his military prowess he eventually laid down his arms and tried to promote his people's rights through negotiation and diplomacy.

Treaty of San Lorenzo

Pinckney's Treaty of 1795, included virtually every concession that the American desired. Spain gave up all claims to land east of the Mississippi (except Florida) and recognized the 31st parallel as the southern boundary of the United States and the northern boundary of Florida. Spain also agreed to open the Mississippi River to traffic by Spanish subjects and U.S. citizens, and to allow American traders to use the port of New Orleans.

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

The resolutions warned of the dangers that the Alien and Sedition Acts posed to a government of checks and balances guaranteed by the Constitution. Moreover, Virginia and Kentucky claimed the right to declare null and void federal laws going beyond powers granted by the Constitution to the Federal government. It also called for states to adopt similar declarations.

Thomas Pinckney

U.S. minister to Great Britain.

The Reign of Terror

Was the fear that was brought about during the French Revolution by the Jacobin's. They were a radical group that seized the power in France.

Battle of Fallen Timbers

Wayne's troops were outnumbered by nearly 2,000 Shawnee, Ottawa, and Chippewa. Wayne sent an advance party to draw the Native American warriors out of hiding. The warriors chased the American soldiers, who led them to Wayne's troops. Forced out into the open to fight a conventional battle, the Native Americans were surrounded on all sides. The battle was over with in 40 min.

XYZ affair

a 1797 incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from U.S. diplomats.

neutrality

a refusal to take part in a war between other nations.

Alien and Sedition Acts

a series of four laws enacted in 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants to the United States.

nullification

a state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional.

John Jay

the chief justice of the Supreme Court, was in London to negotiate a treaty with Britain.

Gouverneur Morris

the man responsible for the final draft of the Constitution, witnessed one of the great events of history-The French Revolution. Appointed minister of France in 1792.

sectionalism

the placing of the interests of one's own region ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole.

Edmond Genet

young French diplomat to win American support. Recruited Americans for the war effort against Great Britain. This violation of American neutrality and diplomatic protocol outraged Washington.


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