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Judiciary Act
"judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court," -
Bank of US
Establishment of the Bank was included in a three-part expansion of federal fiscal and monetary power (along with a federal mint and excise taxes) championed by Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
Four separate laws constituted what is commonly referred to as the "Alien and Sedition Acts" -
Marbury v. Madison
The landmark decision helped define the boundary between the constitutionally separate executive and judicial branches of the American form of government. -
Louisiana Puchase
The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane "Sale of Louisiana") was the acquisition by the United States of America in 1803 of 828,000 square miles (2,140,000 km2) of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana. The U.S. paid 50 million francs ($11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000), for a total sum of 15 million dollars (less than 3 cents per acre) for the Louisiana territory ($233 million in 2011 dollars, less than 42 cents per acre) -
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War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States and those of the British Empire.