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George Washington became the first president of the United States with 69 electoral votes.
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Created by Alexander Hamilton and conducted general commercial business
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(1791-1794) Farmers in Western Pennsylvania rebelled against tax placed on whiskey by Alexander Hamilton
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Treaty with Britain that Britain would evacuate US outposts and pay for the damage of US vessels, and America would repay pre-Revolutionary debts and abide by Britain’s trading policies with France
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Treaty with Spain that granted Americans free navigation of the Mississippi and the disputed territory of Florida
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Adams became the second president during war between the British and the French (which was causing difficulties for America)
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(EXACT date unknown, but it occured in July) American envoys were asked to pay a bribe to three Frenchmen to meet with French foreign minister
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(Alien Act: July 6, Sedition Act: July 14) Power to deport any alien living in the US with ties to wartime enemies. It also raised the residency requirement for citizenship to 14
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Jefferson became the third president after he tied with Aaron Burr, which led to the 12th Amendment
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Supreme Court case: established “judicial review”
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Gained from France and doubled the territory of the US
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Banned export of all goods from US to foreign ports in response to poor treatment of American merchants by the British and French
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Madison became the fourth president and initiated the War of 1812. He was also the first and only president to exercise the position of commander in chief during actual battle.
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Resulted in the defeat of Shawnee chief Tenskwatawa (“The Prophet”); his brother forged an alliance with the British against the US
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The British Army burned the White House down, along with the unfinished Capitol building
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(Dec 15, 1814- Jan 5, 1815) Convention of Federalists that opposed the War of 1812 and resented the strength of Southern and Western powers in Congress and the White House
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Ended War of 1812 in a virtual draw
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Final battle of the War of 1812
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Monroe became the fifth president and issued the Monroe Doctrine
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Defined limits of Lousiana Purchase
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Supreme Court case: strengthened federal authority and upheld the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States by establishing that Maryland could not tax the bank
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Allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state, but slavery is prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase
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Prevented further European Colonization in the Americas
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Debate over whether New York could grant a monopoly to a ferry operating on interstate waters. US Supreme Court ruled that Congress had the sole power to regulate interstate commerce
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John Q. Adams became the sixth president and he tried and failed to provide territory to the natives
