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George Washington's election
Due to his popularity as a war leader, and charisma, Washington is the unanimous choice for the first president of the united States. -
Judiciary Act of 1789
The work of Oliver Ellensworth, this created a Supreme Court staffed by a cheif justice and 5 Associate Justices. Also set up 13 disctrict courts authorized to review the decisions of state courts. -
Report on Public Credit
Revealed that the nations debt stood at 54 million dollartes. This represented the various obligations that the government had incurred during the Rev. War. In addition to foreign wars, this included lon certificates tha the government had issued to its own citizens and soldiers. -
Whiskey Rebellion
A tax protest in Pennsylvania in the 1790s, during the presidency of George Washington. The conflict was rooted in western dissatisfaction with a 1791 excise tax on whiskey. The tax was a part of treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton's program to centralize and fund the national debt. From the national perspective the issue was how laws passed by the Congress would be enforced.[2] -
Report on Manufacturing
Suggested ways by which the federal government might stimulate manufacturing. If the country wanted to free itself from dependence, it had to develope its own industry. -
Jay's Treaty
The effort to preserve peace between Britain and the U.S. It's main objectives were the removal of Britis forts on U.S Territory, payment for ships taken in the West Indies, improved commercial relations, and acceptance of the American definition of neutral rights. -
Battle of Fallen timbers
U.S. defeats Indians In the NW territory. The Greenville treaty is signed and the U.S. takes the land that later becomes Ohio. -
Treaty of Greenville
Signed at Fort Greenville (now Greenville, Ohio), on August 2, 1795, between a coalition of Native Americans & Frontiers men known as the Western Confederacy and the United States following the Native American loss at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. It put an end to the Northwest Indian War -
Treaty of San Lorenzo
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 -
Election of 1796
the first contested American presidential election and the only one to elect a President and Vice President from opposing tickets. Mainly between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Adams won, Jefferson became VP. -
Washington's farewell address
Originally written by James Madison, speech given by Washington before his retirement during the end of his second term in which he advised against political parties, encouraged that the country steer clear of foreign entanglements, sought to advance the Federalist cause. -
XYZ Affair
French privateers began seizing American ships. War was undeclared, so it became the Quasi-war. A commision was sent to France, and they reacted negatively. The minister of foreign relations would not negotiate without a bribe of a quarter million dollars. The Americans refused. XYZ were the names given to the minister's lackeys. -
Quasi War
An undeclared war fought entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800. In the United States, the conflict was sometimes also referred to as the Franco-American War, the Undeclared War with France, the Undeclared Naval War, the Pirate Wars, or the Half-War. -
Alien and Sedition acts
Authorizedd the use of federal courts and presidency powers to quiet Republicans. -
Virginia Resolution
Penned by James Madison, urged the states to defend the rights of American people. -
Kentucky Resolution
A compact that states that states gave certain explicit powers to the national government but retained full power over all matters not speifically mentioned in the Constitution. -
Naturalization law
Established a 14 year probationary period before foreigners could apply for full U.S. citizenship, This was designed to keep Federlists in power and to keep "hordes of wilf Irishmen" away from polls for as long as possible. -
Election of 1800
Vice President Thomas Jefferson defeated incumbent president John Adams. The election was a realigning election that ushered in a generation of Republican Party rule and the eventual demise of the Federalist Party in the First Party System. -
Convention of Mortefontaine
A meeting between the United States of America and France to settle the hostilities that had erupted during the Quasi-War. -
12th Amendment
Seperate ballots for President and Vice president were created in order to prevent the recurrance of issues with the election of 1800.
