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Beginning of the Federalist Party
The Federalist Party believed in a strong National Government. This group was mostly made up of the rich and powerful, who at the time, were the only ones alowed to vote. -
Beginning of the Democratic-Republican Party
This group was mainly made up of Anti-Federalists who believed in giving more power to the states. they became part of the Democratic party, but wanted to emphasize their views. -
Election of George Washington
George Washington, a man admired by his country, full of civic virtue, and who ran unopposed, set many precedents like the inauguration speech and a cabinet, and believed in neutrality in foreign affairs, a large national debt combined into one, and during his term, when there was a Whiskey Rebellion, used military force. -
Bill of Rights added to Constitution
These were 10 amendments added to the Constitution because many states would not pass the Constitution unless a promise was made to add a list of rights belonging to the people that the government is not allowed to break. -
Election of John Adams
He was a Federalist that focused on the war between France and Britain, the XYZ affair, Alien and Sedition Acts, the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions, and the Case of the Midnight Judges. -
XYZ Affair
When the French seized U.S. ships, the U.S. sent negotiators that were met by three nameless Frenchmen that tried to bribe the U.S.; Adams denied money to France and avoided war. -
Alien Act
This act, stating that the deportation of aliens was allowed if they were thought to be dangerous during peacetime, was passed because the Federalists believed that Democratic-Republican criticism of Federalist policies was disloyal and feared that aliens living in the United States would sympathize with the French during a war. -
Sedition Act
Congress passed a law called the Sedition Act which stated that no one could speak out against the government, but it expired the night before so if a non-Federalist was going to be president, then they (Federalists) could talk bad about him before the Sedition Act came back into play the next day. -
Election of Thomas Jefferson
His election was called the revolution of the 1800s because it was the frist time the power had passed from one party to the next. -
John Marshall appointed
John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States, reinforced judicial review, reminding the Supreme Court that they had to review the laws to decide whether or not they were constitutional, gave the Supreme Court more power, and, in his cases, repeatedly explained the supremacy of federal law over state law. -
Louisiana Purchase
During Jefferson’s administration, The United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million dollars from Spain, expanding the nation westward and doubling the size of the U.S. -
Marbury v. Madison
Marbury sued Madison, because Madison didn’t turn in the paperwork that stated Marbury would get his job, but it turns out the law that allowed Adams to appoint new judges was unconstitutional, establishing judicial review and balancing the power between the three branches. -
Lewis and Clark expedition
Lewis and Clark, guided by Sacagawea, explored the Lousiana Purchase, learning about the wildlife and the Indian culture and that there was no waterway that connected to the Pacific Ocean. -
Embargo Act
Britian adn France were fighting and Britian was steeling our ships and forcing our men to fight for them. So Jefferson passed the Embargo Act , which kept us from trading with any other country. -
Election of James Madison
James Madison had a say in the Embargo Act when Jefferson was president, but he won the election of 1808 and easily won the election of 1812. -
Non-Intercorse Act
The Embargo Act caused the import income to decrease by 90 million dollars, so Non-Intercorse Act replaced it, so we could trade with other countries excapt Britian and France. -
War of 1812
Britain was seizing our ships, impressmenting our sailors, and refused to trade with us. It lasted fro two years and ended with the Treaty of Ghent. -
Battle of New Orleans
This was a war against the British who were trying to seize New Orleans and the land the US had seized in the Louisiana Purchase, nobody really won. -
Election of James Monroe
James Monroe ran against Daniel Thompkins (Federalist) in 1816 and won, which ended the Federalist party. He ran again in 1820 and no one ran against him. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
In 1816 Congress passed the charter for the Second Bank of the US, but maryland taxed the bank to try to make the state's power stronger, but James McCulloch, the cashier of the Baltimore bank, refused to pay. In the end, he didn't have to pay the tax and the National Government was strengthened. -
Missouri Compromise
Henry Clay developed a compromise stating that Missouri would be a slave state, Maine would be a free state, and everything above the 36°30′ line would be a free state. -
Monroe Doctrine
Since revolutions were occuring in Latin America and Monroe was worried that European nations would get involved, he created the Monroe Doctrine stating that Europe would not interfere in the Western Hemisphere. -
Election of 1824
This was called the “corrupt bargain” because Clay was promised the job of Secretary of State by John Quincy Adams, so Adams got more votes than Jackson, becoming President of the United States, even though Jackson had the popular vote. -
Expanded suffrage to all white males
Any white male was allowed to vote. -
Gibbons v. Odgen
A New York state law said Gibbons, a steam boat driver, could drive freely within state boundries, but he traded things with new York and New Jersey, so when he went to New Jersey, they wanted to charge them to cross their waters. Gibbons was given the right to drive through New Jersey's waters without having to pay, and the power of the national government was strengthened and it gave them the power to control all areas of economic activity within the U.S.. -
Election of Andrew Jackson
Before the election of 1828, suffrage, the right to vote, was granted to people who didn't own land (common people), so when Jackson ran against John Quincy Adams, he won. He would not hve won if it wasn't for the common people's votes, because he was just like them. -
Beginning of the Democratic Party (Jacksonian Democracy)
When Jackson won the Electorial votes , but didn't wint the election of 1824, the people who were behind him and his ideas, created the Jacksonian Demecrcy, but was changed to the Democratic Party when Jackson wasn't in office anymore, but they (the people) still believed in the same things as before. -
Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson wanted more land for the settlers, so he passed the Indian Removal Act, moving them past the Mississippi River. -
Worchester v. Georgia
The state of Georgia was not alowed to have laws regarding the Indians and where they could live. -
Closing of the U.S. Bank
Jackson thought the Bank of the United States was too powerful and benefited the eastern rich people too much, so he vetoed the Bank when its charter was up for renewal. -
Whiskey Rebellion
Hamilton needed to pay off the nationl debt, so he taxed whiskey resulting in many rebellions by the people to get it removed.
