Name __________________________________ Class _______________________ Date __________________

Chapter 7 Section 3

Launching the Nation

Pages 243-249

DIRECTIONS Read each term. On the lines provided, write the letter for the

definition that matches each term.

____ 1. Battle of Fallen
Timbers

a. private ships used to attack a nations enemies

____ 2. Edmund Genet

b. a rebellion of people against the French king that

began in Paris in 1789

____ 3. French
Revolution

c. where protesters refused to pay a tax and even

tarred and feathered tax collectors

____ 4. Jays Treaty

____ 5. Little Turtle
____ 6. Neutrality
Proclamation
____ 7. Pinckneys
Treaty
____ 8. Privateers
____ 9. Treaty of
Greenville
____ 10. Whiskey
Rebellion

d. where American Indians fought the U.S. Army;

named for an area where many trees had once
been destroyed by a tornado
e. gave the United States rights to American Indian
lands in the Northwest Territory
f. Frances new representative to the United States
who asked American seamen to command
privateers
g. said that Spain agreed to change the Florida
border and would reopen the port at New Orleans
to American ships
h. stated that the United States would not take sides
with any European countries who were at war
i. led an American Indian group that defeated U.S.
forces in the Northwest Territory
j. stated that the British would pay damages on
seized American ships and that the United States
would pay war debts to the British

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Name __________________________________ Class _______________________ Date __________________

Launching the Nation

Chapter 7 Section 3
Pages 243-249

FILL IN THE BLANK Read each sentence. Fill in the blank with the word from the
word pair that best completes each sentence.
11. In 1791 Congress passed a tax on American-made
________________________ as part of a plan to help pay the federal debt.
12. The ________________________(Neutrality Proclamation/
Declaration of Peace) stated that the United States would not take sides with any
European countries at war with one another.
13. Supreme Court Chief Justice ________________________ (James Madison/
John Jay) was sent to discuss a treaty with Great Britain because of damages to
American ships.
14. Edmond Genet was disappointed when the United States refused to send
________________________ (privateers/troops) to help France in the war.
15. In his Farewell Address, George Washington warned against political divisions, foreign
alliances, and public ________________________.
16. Americans were satisfied with ________________________ (Jays Treaty/
Pinckneys Treaty) because Spain agreed to change the Florida border.
17. In 1790 and 1791 an American Indian group under the command of
________________________ (Little Turtle/Squanto) defeated U.S. forces in the
Northwest Territory.
18. Many Americans supported the ________________________
(French and Indian War/French Revolution) because they believed the French were
trying create a democracy.
19. The ________________________ (Treaty of Greenville/Treaty of Fallen Timbers)
ended U.S. fighting with American Indians and allowed the government to enter
American Indian lands in the Northwest Territory.
20. Farmers in western Pennsylvania protested what they believed was an unfair tax in the
________________________. (Great Protest/Whiskey Rebellion)
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