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This act established the Judiciary courts in the United States. This caused the Supreme Court to be established.

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Alexander Hamilton created a plan to better the United States economy. One of the most controversial parts of the plan was the proposal of a United States Bank.

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This farmers uprising was in response to Alexander Hamilton's financial plan to put more tax on whiskey.

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There was a European war spreading and the United States was not powerful enough to fight in another war. George Washington declared neutrality to show that the United States was not going to be involved.

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The British were seizing American ships and causing problems in the west. The United States did not like that, so they sent John Jay to make negotiate. The terms they negotiated are in Jay's Treaty. This prevented a war.

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The French were infuriated because they believed that Jay's Treaty violated the earlier treaties that France and America had. The French seized American ships, and John Adams sent diplomats to France to discuss the issue. Instead of talking, the French government sent three diplomats to inform the US diplomats they had to pay a large bribe to talk to the French minister.

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Since the United States and France had conflict, the government decided to pass the Alien and Sedition Acts. These acts restricted the activity of foreign residents and limited freedom of speech.

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The Kentucky Resolution that was written by Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Resolution that was written by James Madison were responses to the Alien and Sedition Acts. Collectively the resolutions argued that the federal government did not have authority to make up power that was not specifically mentioned in the Constitution. They also stated that states had the power to nullify unconstitutional federal laws.