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James Madison wrote most of the Constitution
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With 100% of the electoral votes, George Washington was elected as the President of the United States.
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This formal announcement declared the US neutral in the war between France and Great Britian. Washington recognized the fact that the US was a young nation and its military was weak.
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Was significant for avoiding war between American and Great Britain. It facilitated ten years of peaceful trade between Great Britain and the US.
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With 71 electoral votes, John Adams beat Thomas Jefferson for the Presidential position.
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This act required that aliens be residents for 14yrs rather than just 5yrs.
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authorized the President to deport aliens "dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States."
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Allowed the wartime arrest, imprisonment, and deportation of any alien subject to an enemy power.
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Declared that any treasonable activity, including the publication of "any false, scandelous, and malicious writing," was a high misdemeanor, punishable by a fine or imprisonment.
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Jefferson was re-elected in 1804.
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Considered the most important decision in American legal history, it established judicial review.
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The United States doubled in size due to the land acquired during the Louisianna Purchase which included the entire Mississippi River, the city of New Orleans, and St. Louis.
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Madison won the 1808 election and was re-elected in 1812.
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Monroe was re-elected in 1820
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Admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state & Maine as a free state
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This doctrine was a significant statement of American foreign policy