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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Citizen Genet affair|1793; French Ambassador Genet sparked outrage by his attempts to raise money and a militia of US citizens to fight in France's war against Britain and Spain; Washington demanded his removal as ambassador and issued the Proclamation of Neutrality as a result of the affair}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Citizen Genet affair|1793; French Ambassador Genet sparked outrage by his attempts to raise money and a militia of US citizens to fight in France's war against Britain and Spain; Washington demanded his removal as ambassador and issued the Proclamation of Neutrality as a result of the affair}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Democratic-Republican Party|following Jefferson's vision of a more decentralized national governance, his partisans organized the party to oppose Hamilton's centralization programs, especially the national bank, tariffs, and national debt; the party stood for agrarianism, free trade, individual liberty and states-rights}}</ul | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Democratic-Republican Party|following Jefferson's vision of a more decentralized national governance, his partisans organized the party to oppose Hamilton's centralization programs, especially the national bank, tariffs, and national debt; the party stood for agrarianism, free trade, individual liberty and states-rights}}</ul> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Federalist party|following Alexander Hamilton's program of an active, strong federal government that exercised powers over the economy and in support of industry, especially through a national bank, a tariff, and investment in infrastructure}}< | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Federalist party|following Alexander Hamilton's program of an active, strong federal government that exercised powers over the economy and in support of industry, especially through a national bank, a tariff, and investment in infrastructure}}<li>"foreign entanglements"</ul> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:French Revolution|the 1789 French Revolution, in part inspired by the American Revolution, divided Americans politically between those who supported the French Revolution and those who, if not siding with the British necessarily, opposed the increasingly radical nature of the French Revolution}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:French Revolution|the 1789 French Revolution, in part inspired by the American Revolution, divided Americans politically between those who supported the French Revolution and those who, if not siding with the British necessarily, opposed the increasingly radical nature of the French Revolution}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:internal improvements|originating in Alexander Hamilton's ideas, of promotive national unity and economic activity via federal investment in roads and canals (paid w/ tariffs and land sales) with economic and industrial protection via tariffs; "internal improvements" was a central Whig party tenet into the 1820s}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:internal improvements|originating in Alexander Hamilton's ideas, of promotive national unity and economic activity via federal investment in roads and canals (paid w/ tariffs and land sales) with economic and industrial protection via tariffs; "internal improvements" was a central Whig party tenet into the 1820s}}</ul></li> | ||
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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:British-French conflict & Napoleonic Wars|in 1792, the new French Republic attacked Austria and Netherlands, and in 1795 Prussia and Italy; by the Napoleon Bonaparte had taken control of the French Army and began his attempted conquest of all of Europe; the wars united the French, who felt threatened by and who in turn threatened the monarchs of Europe; the British opposed the French expansionism, especially through its superior Navy, and, eventually, on land during the Napoleonic Wars; Americans were politically divided in their sympathies for France or Britain, nominally between Jefferson (for France) v. Adams/Hamilton (for Britain)}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:British-French conflict & Napoleonic Wars|in 1792, the new French Republic attacked Austria and Netherlands, and in 1795 Prussia and Italy; by the Napoleon Bonaparte had taken control of the French Army and began his attempted conquest of all of Europe; the wars united the French, who felt threatened by and who in turn threatened the monarchs of Europe; the British opposed the French expansionism, especially through its superior Navy, and, eventually, on land during the Napoleonic Wars; Americans were politically divided in their sympathies for France or Britain, nominally between Jefferson (for France) v. Adams/Hamilton (for Britain)}}</ul></li> | ||
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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Midnight Appointments|just before close of his presidency, Adams made last minute appointments of federal officers and magistrates, including that of John Marshall to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; Jeffersonians mocked the appointments as "Midnight Judges"; and refused to deliver any remaining appointments when he took office, including that of William Marbury}}</ul | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Midnight Appointments|just before close of his presidency, Adams made last minute appointments of federal officers and magistrates, including that of John Marshall to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; Jeffersonians mocked the appointments as "Midnight Judges"; and refused to deliver any remaining appointments when he took office, including that of William Marbury}}</ul> | ||
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