Supremacy Clause

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Jay's Treaty

A treaty between the United States and Great Britain, resolving some issues remaining since the Treaty of Paris of 1783, which ended the American Revolution, and facilitated ten years of peaceful trade between the United States and Britain in the midst of the French Revolutionary Wars, which had begun in 1792.

Establishment Clause

Is the first of several pronouncements in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, stating, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion".

Supremacy Clause

It is the highest form of law in the U.S. legal system, and mandates that all state judges must follow federal law when a conflict arises between federal law and either the state constitution or state law of any state.

Free Exercise Clause

The Free Exercise Clause is the accompanying clause with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, reading "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."

Whiskey Rebellion

Was a tax protest in the United States from 1791-1794, during the presidency of George Washington.The tax was a part of treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton's program to pay off the national debt.


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