B
• Bernardo de galves-Spaniard who held off British in new Orleans
• Benjamin Franklin-author ,publisher , inventor and diplomat
D
• Dorothea dix-reformer who fought to improve the care of mentally ill
• Deere , john-inventor of the steel plow
E
• English bill of right- called for frequent
• Early republic-steam boat invented during that time
F
• Frederick Douglass-born slave but had escaped slavery
• Federalist-support the ratification of the constitution
G
• George Washington-first president
• Gibbons v. Ogden- said federal government had the power to regulate trades between states
H
• Homestead act-law that a person could he not claim 160 acres of land in the western territories
• Henry clay- know as the great compromiser
I
• Individual right-first 10 amendments
• Important readers-John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison
N
• Northwest ordinance-established government for northwest
• Nullification compromise-Henry clay’s compromise and nullifacation
Q
• Quaker-member of the Society of Friends
• Quartering- provides that "no soldier shall in time of peace be quartered, in any house,
X
• xyz- affair-Adams wanted to avoid war with France, he sent a delegation to Paris to try to resolve the dispute. French refused to meet with the Americans, sent three agents who demanded a bribe. He incident became known as the xyz affair