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Election of James Madison
James madison was elected to be the fourth president of the United States. He was a Democratic-Republican. He was known as one of the Fathers of the United States, he was elected because the citizens knew he was strongly supported going into war if necessary instead of doing nothing and staying neutral. James Madison was a strong leader that brought the American economy up despite the war. -
Election of George Washington
Election of George Washington
4 Feb 1789
In the year of 1789 George Washington
was elected into office as the very first president. He was elected due to his strong political views and merits given to him by serving as the commander of many wars and battles. He chose his vice president to be future president John Adams. * -
The adding of te Bill of Rights to the Constitution
The Bill of Rights was added to ensure that citizens would never be treated like they use to be. The Federalist party opposed the idea because they thought that it was just trying to defend the Anti-Federalists’ party. James Madison decided that he would reach a compromise to putting a Bill Of Rights in the Constitution because more good was being done than evil. -
Whiskey Rebelliion
Four countries of western pennsylvania refused to pay an excise tax on whiskey.
Pennsylvania failed to pay this tax until protest.This caused President George Washington to call up an army in the summer and fall of 1794 to suppress the insurrection. This was a citizen revolt against a 1791 tax on whiskey. -
The XYZ Affair
It had all started when the French had been attacking American ships; this issue vexed president John Adams. Adams then sent Charles Pinckney, John Marshall, and Elbridge Gerry to negotiate with France’s foreign minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord to leave American ships alone. Talleyrand’s representatives known as X,Y, and Z, came to them and demanded a bribe. This is where the term XYZ affair comes from. -
Alien Act
This act along with the Sedition Act was signed by President John Adams. This was the effect of the French Revolution. The French people were starting to flow into America. The president decided that any immigrant was considered an anarchist. -
Sedition act
In 1798 the united states were on the brink of war with France. The Federalists believed that democratic republican criticism of federalist policies was disloyal. And feared that aliens living in the united states would sympathize with the French during the war. -
John Marshall Appointed
John Marshall served as the fourth chief justice of the Supreme Court. He was appointed chief justice by president John Adams as a desperate attempt to keep the Federalists party alive. He was the chief justice that served the “Midnight Judge “ court case. -
Election of Thomas Jefferson
On February 17, 1801 Thomas Jefferson was elected the third president of the United States. He beat John Adams by a close margin and had been involved in many things left behind by John Adams. Jefferson won the support of congress against Burr and Burr got vice president. -
Marbury v Madison
President John Adams was defeated to be the third president by Thomas Jefferson, in order to rival the Democratic-Republicans, he appointed chief justices that were all Federalists. James Madison was supposed to deliver the letters that said that the justice had been appointed as such. James Madison refused and did not deliver William Marbury’s letter and was therefore sued by him. The court ruled in Madison’s favor, the result of this court case was that th judicial review was set in stone. -
Louisiana Purchase
The original purpose was to confront Napoleon Bonaparte and buy New Orleans for up to 15 million dollars, but Napoleon proposed a counter offer. He offered to have America pay off all of its debts and the whole Louisiana territory for just 15 million dollars. It averaged to about 5 cents an acre. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
This expedition was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, they were commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to take notes and map the Louisiana territory. Along the way, they met Sacagawea, her son, and her husband. Sacagawea’s husband was the navigator and Sacagawea was a translator, and she talked to other tribes to say that they were on a peace mission. Lewis and Clark mapped all the tribes and land features on maps and wrote all the wildlife that lived there. -
Embergo Act
It restricted trade between America and other countries. The act is the result of the restrictions on commercial trading by Britian and France. The U.S merchant marine suffered from both the British and French. -
Non-Intercourse Act
A law passed in 1809 by the U.S congress.
Which was to ban all commerce between American and European nations of France and Great Britain. It was designed to replace the unpopular Embargo Act. -
War of 1812
Three decades after signing the Treaty of paris, which stated that Britain recognized the U.S they were in conflict again. This conflict led Congress to declare war on Great Britain. This war was called the war of 1812. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
Maryland sued McCulloch for failing to pay taxes. McCulloch contested the constitutionality of that act. The state court found for Maryland and McCulloch appealed -
Gibbons v. Ogden
In 1808 the legislature of the state of New York granted to Robert Livingston and Robert Fulton -
McCulloch V. Maryland
- The Indian removal act was signed by president Andrew Jackson on may 28th 1830. That act authorized him to negotiate with the native Americans. It paved the way for the reluctant and mostly forcible emigration of tens of thousands of American Indians to the west.
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the indian removal act
- The Indian removal act was signed by president Andrew Jackson on may 28th 1830. That act authorized him to negotiate with the native Americans. It paved the way for the reluctant and mostly forcible emigration of tens of thousands of American Indians to the west.
