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Society of Cincinnati
Exclusive, hereditary organization of former officers in the Continental Army. Many resented the pretentiousness of the order, viewing it as a vestige of pre-Revolutionary traditions.
The group's aims were to promote union, maintain war-forged friendships, and help members in need. Membership was offered to all officers and their eldest male descendants. -
Land Ordinance of 1785
Provided for the sale of land in the Old Northwest and earmarked the proceeds towards repaying the national debt. It laid the foundations of American land policy until the passage of the Homestead Act in 1862. After the Indian title had been purchased the ceded lands were to be systematically surveyed, prior to sale or settlement, into townships six miles square. Of the thirty-six sections of 640 acres in each township, the sixteenth was reserved for the maintenance of public schools. -
Whiskey Rebellion
When Governmentraised taxes on whiskey, farmers became angry and rebelled. It showed that the new government had the power to inforce laws. Washington put down the rebellion with militia drawn from several states. -
Bank of the United States
Chartered by COngress as part of Alexander Hamilton's financial program. The bank printed paper money and served as a depository for Treasury funds. It drew opposition from Jeffersonian Republicans, who argues that the bank was unconstitutional. It was proven that it is legal because of Section 1, Article 8, or implied laws. -
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. Under the terms of the treaty, the Miami Confederacy agreed to cede territory in the Old Northwest to the United States in exchange for cash payment, hunting rights, and formal recognition. -
Pinckney's Treaty
Pinckney’s Treaty established good relations between Spain and the United States. It made the borders between the Spanish colonies and the US clearer and gave the US the right to use the Mississippi River. Spain signed this treaty partly because they feared an alliance with Great Britain and also fearing a Anglo-American alliance. Along with the Mississippi, we also got much wanted Florida. -
XYZ Affair
Diplomatic conflict between France and the United States when American envoys to France were asked to pay a hefty bribe for the privilege of meeting with the French foreign minister. It caused for unrest in America with an undeclared war against French merchants by our sailors and privateers. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
The federalist congress passed the Alien and Sedition acts in 1798 so the immagrants wouldn't vote in the Democratic-Republicans.The acts violated the constitution. The Alien Laws rose the residency requirement for citizenship to fourteen years. The Sedition Law made anyone convicted of defaming government officials liable to imprisonment or fines. -
Virginia and Kentucky resolutions
Statements secretly drafted by Jefferson and Madison for the legislatures of Kentucky and Virginia. Argued that states were the final arbiters of whether the federal government overstepped its boundaries and could therefore nullify national legislation they deemed unconstitutional. It states that states gave certain explicit powers to the national government but retained full power over all matters not speifically mentioned in the Constitution basically. -
Judiciary Act of 1801
Jefferson ended and many federalist programs, he had little power over the courts, John Adams had seen to that with the title. Passed by the departing Federalist Congress, it created sixteen new federal judgeships ensuring a Federalist hold on the judiciary.
