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Opponents of the Washington administration regard Hamilton’s policy of taxation and regulation as similar to the one the British had proposed in the 1760s. This is big because the president had people siding with him.
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He sailed away from his home town Virginia and ended up going to New York, and this is a big event because they left to go fight in the war
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Secretary of State Jefferson was particularly opposed to Hamilton’s plans. President Washington usually sided with Hamilton, and that is significant because they both had different plans and he was picking the one he thought was best.
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Washington sent Chief Justice John Jay to London to create an agreement with the British, They wanted to create justice, not war.
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Alien act, it gave the president power to deport illegal immigrants back to their country. They would typically deport the french
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After his first term was over everyone told him that they needed him to run for president again, he wanted his term to be over but he did end up president again. He did not run for a third time though.
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XYZ affair, The french revolution got rid of their king so he has to send American troops over to create a new agreement and relationship with the French. The Americans found out about what they were doing so they turned against the French.
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Sedition act, made it so people could be thrown in jail if they didn't agree with the government. If they said anything bad about the government they would be thrown in jail. This was bad because it took away our freedom of speech.
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He won the election and it was 73 electoral votes to 63. This made him president and made it so Adams was only running for 1 term
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Marbury vs. Madison, Adam appointed federalist judges before he left office, so Jefferson refused the appointment of the judges. So Judge Marbury sued Secuartary James for not carrying out the appointment.
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The Louisiana Purchase, He bought Louisiana from the territory of Napoleon, and that was a problem because the constitution didn't authorize the president to purchase land. Some people cared but some didn't because it was needed for our land to still be able to flourish.
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The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, the British ships continue to impress American sailors on trading vessels so they would make them serve on their ships. The British ended up attacking and killed 21 American sailors on the USS Chesapeake searching for the deserters from the Royal Navy.
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Land act, system od selling land to the Mississippi river land to the owners. It would be private land but they are not the only ones out there because there were native Americans out there. They could buy 80+ acres of land with a down payment of 100 and it was 1.25 per acre.