Unit 5

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  • French Revolution begins

    The French Revolution was a period of radical, social, and political change in France from 1789 to 1799.

  • First official census

    The United States Census of 1790 was the first census conducted in the US, it recorded the population.

  • Excise Tax passed

    By a 35 to 21 majority, the Excise Whiskey Tax proved unpopular with farmers and eventually started the Whiskey Rebellion.

  • Washington re-elected president

    President George Washington was re-elected to a second term by a unanimous vote in the electoral college.

  • Federalist and Democratic- Republican parties formed

    This was a political party organized by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. It stood in opposition to the Federalist Party and controlled the Presidency and Congress.

  • Louis XVI beheaded

    By being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers he was sentenced to death by the French National Convention, he was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.

  • Whiskey Rebellion

    This was a small rebellion which began in Southwestern PA, it was a challenge to the National Govt of unfair use of an excise tax.

  • Treaty of Greenville

    This treaty was between the US and the Indian tribes.

  • Washington's Farewell Address

    Washington wrote this letter near the end of his second term as President, before his retirement to his home Mount Vernon.

  • Adams becomes President

    Adams was the second President of the US.

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

    This act gave govt the right to deport aliens, forbade rebellious libel against US govt.

  • Jefferson defeats Adams for presidency

    In what is referred to as the "Revolution of 1800," Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adams.

  • Judiciary Act of 1801

    This act represented an effort to solve an issue in the US Supreme Court during the early 19th century.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    The territory acquired from France in the 1803 Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.

  • Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out on an expedition across the Louisiana Territory.

  • Pike's Explorations

    This was an expedition to the western and southern areas of the Louisiana Purchase to map the terrain and find the headwaters of the Red River.

  • Embargo Act

    The Embargo Act of 1807 was a general embargo enacted by the US Congress against the UK and France during the Napoleonic Wars.

  • Madison elected President

    The Democratic-Republican candidate James Madison defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.

  • Non- Intercourse Act replaces Embargo Act

    This Act lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for British or French ports. The intent was to damage the economies of the UK and France.

  • Battle of Tippecanoe

    This was fought between US forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American warriors associated with the Shawnee leader Tecumseh.

  • US declares war on Britain

    This was a 32-month military conflict between the US and the UK. The outcome resolved many issues which remained from the American War of Independence.

  • Battle of the Thames

    This war was a US victory in the War of 1812 against Great Britain.

  • Congress of Vienna

    The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states.

  • Hartford Convention

    This was a secret meeting of Federalist delegates from Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont, at Hartford, Conn.

  • Napoleon's army defeated at Waterloo

    Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo led to his second and final fall from power, and ended more than two decades of wars across Europe that had begun with the French Revolution.

  • Monroe elected president

    Monroe was the 5th President of the US.

  • Anglo- American Convention

    The Treaty of 1818 was a treaty signed in 1818 between the US and the UK.

  • Panic of 1819

    This was the first major financial crisis in the US followed by a general collapse of the American economy.

  • Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress.

  • Land Act of 1820

    The US federal law that ended the ability to purchase the United States' public domain lands on a credit or installment system over four years, as previously established.

  • Erie Canal completed

    The Erie Canal was completed in 8 years at a cost of $7 million.