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Congress passed this in order to set up America's Judiciary Branch/ court system. -
The first ten amendments of the Constitution were approved by three-fourths of the United States. -
Deciding that the treaty with France's previous government was no longer valid, President Washington declared that America would remain impartial to the war between France and Britain. -
A letter that Washington wrote when he left office which tells warns the people not to form political parties and go against each other. -
Called "XYZ" to mask the names of the French agents when Americans asked to see correspondence between America and France. -
French seized cargo on American ships, but war was never officially declared -
A document written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, respectively, that opposed the Alien and Sedition Acts because they were unconstitutional according to the First Amendment. -
Four acts that were passed to restrict foreigners and punish those who spoke out against the United States government. -
After a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr for president, the decision was made by the House of Representatives for Jefferson to become the next president because he was "slightly less repugnant." -
Act passed by Congress that increased the number of federal judges causing President Adams to fill the positions with Federalists to compensate for the Republican dominance in the other branches.