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President Washington put Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson on his cabinet. At first they got along and would ask each other for feedback but they soon became enemies when Hamilton's economic policy began. -
In 1792 a new political party was created, called the Democratic Republican party. It was called many other names such as the Jeffersonian Republican party because of it's creator Thomas Jefferson. -
Incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in the Quasi-War. U.S. and French negotiators restored peace with the Convention of 1800, also known as the Treaty of Mortefontaine. -
A Federalist-controlled Congress passed four laws, known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts. These laws raised the residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years, authorized the president to deport "aliens," and permitted their arrest, imprisonment, and deportation during wartime. -
Drafted in secret by future Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, the resolutions condemned the Alien and Sedition Acts as unconstitutional and claimed that because these acts overstepped federal authority under the Constitution, -
The Federalists wanted strong federal authority to restrain the excesses of popular majorities, while the Democratic-Republicans wanted to reduce national authority so that the people could rule more directly through state governments. -
In Adams' last few days as president he filled the federal judiciary with federalist judges that would make Jefferson mad. Jefferson didn’t appoint some of the judges that Adams appointed. -
Thomas Jefferson wanted to buy the settlement of New Orleans from the French. It was a major seaport that was fed from the Mississippi River, making it important to many American businesses -
The “Corps of Discovery” leaves from the city of St. Lewis. -
They arrived back home on Sept 23, 1806. "We were welcomed with opened arms and the whole town was happy to see us". -
The British were seizing US ships and making the people fight in the British army. Bans all US trade with all foreign nations. -
Prompted Tecumseh to ally his remaining forces with Great Britain during the War. -
They set major rooms in the Capitol, Senate, House of Representatives, and Supreme Court on fire. They did this for revenge for the battle of York. -
British failed to invade the US and the US failed to invade and they we’re both just losing money and getting nowhere -
When the people saw that flag was still flying after the war had officially ended, it gave them hope to continue on and believe that there were better things ahead. -
The war had already ended but the people didn’t know that. Lots of British soldiers were killed but only a few US soldiers.