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Bill of Rghts added to Constitution
In the fall of 1788 Madison decided to add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution. Many disliked the idea off it listing all of are rights as a citizen. They then made it to where these rights were listed but not limited. -
Election of George Washington
He was the leader of the Constitution Convention and an American War hero. He was the obvious choice for the people and he won involuntarily. The electoral college voted him president. He set many presidents and started the nation of strong. -
Beginning of Democratic-Republican Party
This party was formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. This political believed that the people should have political power, favored strong state governments, and was pro-agriculture. They also believed in a strict interpretation of the Constitution, were pro-French, and opposed both the national bank and protective tariffs. -
Beginning of the Federlist Party
They started to show up at the end of George Washington’s Presidency. Many federalists were in the north and they were large and owners and wealthy business men. They supported Britain and wanted a strong central government. -
Whisky Rebellion
Treasury Secretary Hamilton proposed an excise tax on whiskey produced in the United States, and Congress instituted the levy in 1791. Most of the citizens didn’t like the tax. The farmers who brewed the whiskey really didn’t like the taxes because that was where they got their profit and became hostile. -
XYZ Affiar
Thomas Jefferson sent three people to negotiate a treaty with Talleyrand. When they got there, Talleyrand refused to talk to them and sent out three diplomats with the secret names of X,Y, Z. They would not negotiate and it made Americans very mad, and became known as the XYZ Affair. -
Alien Act
This was passed by a Federalist-controlled Congress as the U.S. prepared for war with France. The Alien act increased the requirement for a foreigner’s residency to become a American citizen from five to fourteen years. It also gave the president the power to imprison or deport aliens considered of terrorism. -
Sedition Act
The Federalists believed that anything against the government was disloyal, so the Congress passed a law that declared Democratic-Republican criticism against Federalist policies was unlawful. -
Jacksonian Democracy
The party started in the1790’s. the Democratic party favored Thomas Jefferson, and they liked a strong central government, debt, credit, banking, and trade policies to further commercial and manufacturing interests. They were also called the Jacksonian Democracy because Andrew Jackson was in it as well. -
Election of John Adams
The Election was in 1800. He won seven of fifteen states, and won 65 electoral votes. He was vice president and then it caused a problem due to he was a federalist and Thomas Jefferson was a Democratic-Republican and this had changed the twelve amendment. -
Election of Thomas Jefferson
The Election of Thomas Jefferson was in 1800. Thomas Jefferson had won the election and John Adams was runner up. Jefferson a Democratic-Republican was president and John Adams a federalist was vice president. They were two different parties, and when this happened the 12th Amendment was changed to where you can now choose your Vice President. -
John Marshall appionted
In January 1801, President Adams needed a new Chief Justice. He was going to nominate John Jay but John had turned him down. When John Marshall told him this news President Adams nominated him and he accept and took the position on January 20th. -
Marbury v. Madison
This case had the U.S. Supreme Court practiced judiciary review. Before Adams’ presidency ended, he filled the judicial bench with Federalists. Although Adams tried to fill the bench before the end of his term, he failed to give a number of jobs. When Jefferson became President, Jefferson refused to give the last-minute appointments of Adams. As a result, William Marbury, one of those appointees, sued James Madison and asked the Supreme Court to give him his commission as a justice of the peace. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was bought from the French for 15 million dollars. This purchase nearly doubled the size of the U.S. for approximately four cents per acre. It was the beginning of Manifest Destiny. -
Lewsi and Clark expedition
Lewis and Clark started an expedition on May 14, 1804. Thomas Jefferson dispatched Lewis and Clark to find a water route across North America. He also sent them to learn more about the west. Thanks to them we learned much more about North America. -
Embargo Act
It was a ban on trade with France and Great Britain. It hurts Britain and France, but it hurt Americans most of all. American Farmers had no where to ship their crops and lost tons of money and many people went broke. -
Election of James Madison
The opposing candidates were Charles C. Pinckney and George Clinton. Madison was a Federalist, Pinckney was a Federalist. Clinton was a Democratic-Republican. -
Non-Intercourse Act
In 1809 congress passed the Non-Intercourse Act. It prohibited commercial intercourse with Great Britain and France. Federalists opposed the act but preferred it to war. It was to expire in may 1810 but came back in February 1811. -
War of 1812
America was officially pulling away from Great Britain and British troops began giving guns and weapons to the American Indians. British was winning the war up until the battle of New Orleans where British finally had to surrender, and America won the War. -
Battle of New Orleans
It was the final battle in the war of 1812. The British tried to attack the Americans from different angles but was defeated by Andrew Jackson and all his men. It potentially saved America from being taken over Britain and not being able to fight back. -
Election of James Monroe
With the Federalist party declining in popularity, the Democratic-Republican James Monroe was sure to win. The reason for the dislike of the Federalists was because by the time of the election, the Federalist party was so discredited due to their opposition of the War of 1812. -
Expanded Suffrage to all White Males
It gave ALL white men the power to vote. It did not matter if they were rich or poor, or owned land or not. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise’s purpose to settle the dispute on slave states and free states. The compromise made Missouri enter as a slave state and admitted Maine as free state. It also prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude line. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe doctrine warned the European countries to not interfere with the Western Hemisphere. It stated "that the American continents. . .are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers." -
McCulloch v. Maryland
Maryland wanted to limit the powers of the Federal Government. There was a tax placed on all notes the orgininated with the banks chartered outside of the state. The second bank of the US was the target. James McCullough refused to pay the tax and went up against the Supreme Court. The supreme court said it was necessary for the bank to be there. They said the bank was constitutional so Maryland could not tax its activities. -
Gibbons v. Ogdan
Ogden was operating steam boats down the waters of New York and New Jersey. Gibbons was given permission by congress to do so as well. When Ogden saw him he told him to get out of here. They had went to court and Gibbons had won. -
Election of 1824
This Election was in 1824. John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, William Crawford and John Calhoun were all running. None of them had won the true election because there was 5 of them. Clay was speaker of the house and although Jackson clearly deserved to win clay persuade the house to choose Adams for president. -
Election of Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the winner of the peoples votes but wasn't elected president because he did not win the vote for the electoral votes. The next time he runs for president and wins. He changed many things in the country and some that we aren’t too proud of. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian removal act was passed in the 1830’s. Georgia started moving Indians east to grow the population of whites. Then Georgia went to court and were told they can’t, but Jackson didn’t care and let them do it anyway. Then he passed the Indian Removal Act which removed all Indians and moved them to preset day Oklahoma. -
Worcester v. Georgia
This was a Supreme Court case that denied Georgia’s right to push Native Americans westward. Georgia wanted to push the natives out of the state, and Worcester was a group of missionaries defending the natives. President Jackson blatantly ignored the Supreme Court ruling and allowed Georgia to “racial cleanse” the state. -
Closing the US Bank
Andrew Jackson closed the Second national Bank. He used his executive power to remove all federal funds from the bank. Jackson called for an investigation into the bank’s policies and political agenda as soon as his settled into office. The bank’s charter officially ended in 1836.
