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Early National Period 1788-1824 Historical Spatial Relationships

  • Election of Washington

    Election of Washington

    The first President of the United States of America is voted into office.
  • Creation of the 1st National Bank

    Creation of the 1st National Bank

    Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of Tresury, charters the first bank of the U.S. in order to stabilize the economy.
  • Whiskey Rebellion

    Whiskey Rebellion

    Americans protest when the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government is enacted, lasts until 1794.
  • Jay's Treaty

    Jay's Treaty

    Preserved American neutrality by solving issues between Great Britian and the U.S. after the Revolution.
  • Pinckney's Treaty

    Pinckney's Treaty

    Resolved territorial disputes between the U.S. and Spain and allowed American ships the right to travel through the Mississippi River and New Orleans port.
  • Election of Adams

    Election of Adams

    The Massachusetts representative defeats Thomas Jefferson by a very small margin.
  • Xyz Affair

    Xyz Affair

    Conflict between the U.S. and France regarding trading with Britian erupts into a strained diplomatic issue
  • Alien and Sedition Acts

    Alien and Sedition Acts

    Passed by Federlist Congress under President John Adams and provided new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote.
  • Election of Jefferson

    Election of Jefferson

    After a competitive campaign against John Adams, Thomas Jefferson is elected as the third President of the United States.
  • Marbury v. Madison

    Marbury v. Madison

    Establishes judicial review; he Supreme Court may declare an act of Congress void if unconstitional.
  • Lousiana Purchase

    Lousiana Purchase

    American and French representatives meet and a transaction in which the U.S. bought 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi river for $15 million.
  • Embargo Act

    Embargo Act

    Made any and all exports from the United States illegal in order to avoid war with Britian and France.
  • Election of Madison

    Election of Madison

    Secretary of State under Jefferson wins the election against Charles Pinckney to become the nation's fourth president.
  • Battle of Tippecanoe

    Battle of Tippecanoe

    Tecumseh and the Indian tribes fought out of retaliation when the whites attempted to force Natives into giving up land but were defeated by the Americans under Governor Harrison.
  • Burning of DC

    Burning of DC

    British forces occupy Washington D.C. and burn many buildings in a victory over the United States in the War of 1812.
  • Hartford Convention

    Hartford Convention

    Federalists meet to discuss the impact of the War of 1812 and how to prevent such and event again.
  • Treaty of Ghent

    Treaty of Ghent

    British and American representatives meet and discuss peace in an end to the War of 1812.
  • Battle of New Orleans

    Battle of New Orleans

    General Andrew Jackson leads a bloody, but victorious effort to shut down the British Invasion at the end of the War of 1812.
  • Election of Monroe

    Election of Monroe

    The Democratic-Republican wins by a very large margin over Rufus King to become the fifth president.
  • Adams Onis Treaty

    Adams Onis Treaty

    All Spanish claims to East Florida were abandoned and the territory ceded to the United States.
  • McCullough v. Maryland

    McCullough v. Maryland

    The Supreme Court ruled that Congress had implied powers under the Elastic Clause of the Constitution to create the Second Bank of the United States and that the state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the Bank.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Slavery was prohibited in the Lousiana territory north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri.
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine

    James Monroe states that America is not open to European colonization anymore.
  • Gibbons v. Ogden

    Gibbons v. Ogden

    Supreme Court rules in favor of Gibbons and that the states cannot enforce laws that give exclusive control allowing the federal government to regulate interstate commerce.
  • Election of John Quincy Adams

    Election of John Quincy Adams

    The son of John Adams is elected to be the sixth President of the United States.