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Battle of Fallen Timbers – (August 20, 1794) was the final battle of the Northwest Indian War; the battle, which was a decisive victory for the United States, ended major hostilities in the region until Tecumseh's War and the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. Treaty of Greenville – Treaty of 1795 after the Battle of Fallen Timbers in which the Native Americans in the Old Northwest were forced to cede most of the present state of Ohio to the United States Jay’s Treaty – Treaty with Britain negotiated in 1794 in which the United States made major concessions to avert a war over the British seizure of American ships Democratic Societies – local political organizations formed in the United States in 1793-94 to promote republicanism and democracy and to fight aristocratic tendencies. Executive privilege – executive privilege is the power claimed by the President of the United States and other members of the executive branch to resist certain interventions by the legislative and judicial branches of government. The concept of executive privilege is not mentioned explicitly in the United States Constitution, but the Supreme Court of the United States ruled it to be an element of the separation of powers doctrine, and/or derived from the supremacy of executive branch in its own area of Constitutional activity. Pinckney’s Treaty – also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo or the Treaty of Madrid, was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 and established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. It also defined the boundaries of the United States with the Spanish colonies and guaranteed the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River. Washington’s farewell address – Democratic Republican Party -

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Battle of Fallen Timbers (August 20, 1794) was the final battle of the Northwest Indian War; the battle, which was a decisive victory for the United States, ended major hostilities in the region until Tecumseh's War and the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.Treaty of Greenville Treaty of 1795 after the Battle of Fallen Timbers in which the Native Americans in the Old Northwest were forced to cede most of the present state of Ohio to the United StatesJays Treaty Treaty with Britain negotiated in 1794 in which the United States made major concessions to avert a war over the British seizure of American ships Democratic Societies local political organizations formed in the United States in 1793-94 to promote republicanism and democracy and to fight aristocratic tendencies. Executive privilege executive privilege is the power claimed by the President of the United States and other members of the executive branch to resist certain interventions by the legislative and judicial branches of government. The concept of executive privilege is not mentioned explicitly in the United States Constitution, but the Supreme Court of the United States ruled it to be an element of the separation of powers doctrine, and/or derived from the supremacy of executive branch in its own area of Constitutional activity.Pinckneys Treaty also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo or the Treaty of Madrid, was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 and established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. It also defined the boundaries of the United States with the Spanish colonies and guaranteed the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River.Washingtons farewell address Democratic Republican Party -