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Whiskey Rebellion
Whiskey Rebellion- 1 Oct 1794
A tax on all liquor made and sold in the U.S.
Farmers hated the tax and rebelled. All of the farmers protested. Washington sent troops to Pennsylvania. This tested the strength of the government. -
Election of George Washington
George Washington was the 1st president of the US, he set many precedents, for future presidents. He made it clear the president is not king and too much power should not lie with one man. He set up a cabinet who gave advice, set up the judiciary act and the federal court system, and dealed with the Whiskey Rebellion. He served two terms and delivered a very famous and important farewell address, which gave advice about hot to run the country later on. -
Bill of Rights added to Constitution
After much arguing , the Bill of Rights was added to the US Constitution in 1791. The Bill of Rights is the name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. These limitations serve to protect the natural rights of liberty and property. They guarantee a number of personal freedoms, limit the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and reserve some powers to the states and the public. -
Beginning of the Federalist Party
By the time Alexander Hamilton died on the dueling grounds of Weehawken, New Jersey, the power of the Federalist Party was in terminal decline. Federalism was born in 1787, when Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison wrote 85 essays collectively known as the Federalist papers. These eloquent political documents encouraged Americans to adopt the newly-written Constitution and its stronger central government. -
Election of John Adams
John adams was the 2nd president of the US. He believed that we should trust the British, that we needed a strong military,feared subversion, he was against the resolutions and believed in a strong government run by the common people .During his presidncey he dealed with the French, and the XYZ affairs. He also created the Alien and Sedition Acts, and The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions came into act during his presidency but he disliked them. -
XYZ Affair
XYZ Affair
r- France became upset with the US because we didn't help them in the French Revolution and we signed a treaty with Great Britain encouraging trade. France began attacking the US ships involving trade with Great Britain. Adams sent John Marshall, Elbridge Gerry, & Charles Pinckney on a peace mission to France. Talleyrand refused to see them himself. He sent three men known as X, Y, and Z. These men proposed that the US pay 250,000 to see Talleyrand. This brought the saying -
Alien Act
-Our government began to worry about subversion. Subversion is an activity designed to overthrow a government. In response John Adams.
1. Naturalization Act- Made it more difficult for foreigners to become US citizens.
2. Alien Act and Alien Enemies- Gave the president power to imprison aliens suspected of activities posing a threat to the national government
3. Sedition Act- Allowed for punishment of those who criticized government either verbally or in writing -
Sedition Act
The sedition act was an act that allowed for punishment of those who criticized the government either verbally or in writing. It was created by John Adams because the government began to worry about subversion( activity designed to overthrow gov.) The people weren't very happy with this they believe that it violated the 1st amendment giving freedom of speech. -
Election of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was elected in 1800 in a tension filled race against John Adams. He was a federalist, he believed that we should trust the French,that we did not need a strong military, subversion was good, that for government we should support the Kentucky and Virginia Resolution, that the government gets its power from rich and educated people. He is also very famous for writing the Declaration of Independence, and the Louisiana Purchase. -
John Marshall appointed
John Marshall's legal career began in 1780 when he took a six-week lecture course at William & Mary College. This was to be Marshall's only formal legal training, though he went on to become the greatest and longest-serving chief justice in the history of the Supreme Court, hearing more than 1,000 cases and writing 519 decisions. -
Marbury v. Madison
At the last possible moment Thomas Jefferson picked William Marbury to be a judge. When James Madison came into office he was very upset with Jeferson. Jefferson was basically trying to leave his presence in the office. Even though he was leaving. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase doubled the US territory. We bought it for 15 million dollars from France. Jefferson sent Monroe to buy New Orleans. We got full control of the Mississippi River and access to the pacific Ocean -
Lewis and Clark expedition
After the Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson along with many others wanted to know what lay ahead in this vast new land that they purchased. So after getting a crew together, two men named Meriwether Lewis and William Clark , set out to map a route to the pacific ocean. They headed out from St. Lous with 50 men, they met many native american tribes along the way. Sacagawea, a Shoshone Indian , guided and translated for the group, she lead them across -
Embargo Act
The Embargo Act was passed in 1807. THe next year America’s exports went down 90 million dollars. Exports went down tremendously. The embargo act was basically a ban on all trades with any country. -
Election of James Madison
President Madison easily won the election of 1808, when he became the 4th president of the united states. He was a Federalist and dealed with several things throughout his presidency. Such as struggles with the Native Americans resisting settlers, which caused problems with the British. He was the first president to declare war. -
Non-Intercourse Act
The Non-Intercourse Act was an act created by Thomas Jefferson and james Madison that limited trade with Britain and France. It was created after the Embargo act and began to improve the poor condition of economy that america was in at the time due to the embargo act that had a caused many upset tradesman, when the act expired exports began to increase. -
War Of 1812
War of 1812 11 Sep 1812-24 Dec 1814~ The war of 1812 was a war between Great Britain and The United States, the war was fought because Great Britain was supplying Indians with guns and ammunition, and the british began impressment of US sailors, so America halted trade with Britain and created a great sense of nationalism. The war hawks called for war and were led by Henery Clay . On June 1812 president Madison declared war on Great Britain. There were many battles at sea, where the British b -
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War of 1812
The war of 1812 was a war between Great Britain and The United States, the war was fought because Great Britain was supplying Indians with guns and ammunition, and the british began impressment of US sailors, so America halted trade with Britain and created a great sense of nationalism. The war hawks called for war and were led by Henery Clay . On June 1812 president Madison declared war on Great Britain. There were many battles at sea, where the British blockaded American ports, a major victor -
Election of James Monroe
Election of James Monroe
The previous four years were dominated by the War of 1812. While it had not ended in victory, the peace was nonetheless satisfactory to the American people, and the Democratic-Republicans received the credit for its prosecution. The Federalists had been discredited by their opposition to the war and secessionist rhetoric from New England. Furthermore, President Madison had adopted such Federalist policies as a national bank and protective tariffs, which would give the Fe -
Monroe Doctrine
James Monroe was the 5th president, he was a democratic-republican. He issued the Monroe Doctrine stating that Europe would not interfere in the Western Hemisphere. Because revolutions were occurring in Latin America worrying monroe that european nations would get involved. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
New York granted Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton the exclusive right of steam boat navigation on New York state waters. Livingston assigned to Ogden the right to navigate the waters between New York City and certain ports in New Jersey. -
McCulloch v. Maryland McCulloch
At issue in the case was the constitutionality of the act of Congress chartering the Second Bank of the United States (BUS) in 1816. Although the Bank was controlled by private stockholders, it was the depository of federal funds. In addition, it had the authority to issue notes that, along with the notes of states' banks, circulated as legal tender. -
Beginning of Democratic Party
Beginning of Democratic Party (Jacksonian Democracy) 3 Dec 1828~Most historical literature refers to the "Party" of the Washington Administration as the Federalists with those in opposition to the policies of that Administration as Antifederalists; however, the use of these designations is, in fact, more than a little inaccurate.
