Unit 6 Vocab Crossword

a revolt by farmers in 1794 against an excise tax on whiskey
Commander and chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and the first U.S. president
A party that wanted a strong federal government and supported industry and trade
A rebellion of French people against their kind in 1789
Author of the Federalist Papers and the first secretary of the Treasury
Author of the Declaration of Independence, first secretary of state, and the third U.S. president
America’s first vice president and the second U.S. president
Four laws passed by Congress in 1798 that were said to protect the United States, but intended by the Federalists to crush opposition to war.
An action or decision that later serves as an example
a policy of not choosing sides in a dispute or war between other countries
Act passed by Congress that created three levels of the federal courts and defined their power and relationship to the state courts
Money owed by the United States
Private ships hired by a country to attack its enemies
A treaty that settled the disputes that had arisen between the United States and Great Britain in the early 1790s
A treaty which settled the border trade disputes with Spain
A demand by the French for a bribe in return for a treaty to protect U.S. shipping
A court case that helped establish the Supreme Court’s power to check the power of the other branches of the government.
The power to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional
a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives
The kidnapping of sailors, soldiers, and ships and forcing them to serve in a foreign military