annotated timeline

  • Event 1

    Congress approved Hamilton’s plan for the national government to assume or take responsibility the debts acquired by the states during the Revolution.
  • Event 2

    Congress placed a tax on distilled liquors that was called the whiskey tax.
  • Event 3

    The reign of terror begins in France
  • Event 4

    Federal government uses the threat of military to end whisky rebellion
  • Event 5

    Event 3- The treaty of Greenville forces Native Americans to give up land in the old northwest
  • Adams Event 1

    France and the United States were involved in what
    amounted to an undeclared naval war.
  • Event 2

    Increase in the size of the army, higher taxes to support the army and navy, and the four Alien and Sedition Acts
  • Event 3

    event took place that demonstrated the conflict surrounding the unresolved issue of slavery. small-scale rebellion failed before it could get underway.
  • Jefferson Event 1

    there were no campaign speeches and no statements from either candidate
  • Event 2

    Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1801. Act decreased the number of Supreme Court justices.
  • Event 3

    Fearing French control and Napoleon’s ambitions, Jefferson sent James Monroe to France and in Paris.
  • Event 4

    Congress agreed to finance Jefferson’s call for an expedition to explore the area included in the Louisiana Purchase. Called the Lewis and Clark expedition.
  • Event 5

    Expedition reached the pacific ocean. Journey which lasted over 2 years succeeded in filling information about the area.