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Election of George Washington
George Washington became the first President and John Adams was the Vice President. He was the only President to run unopposed in both terms. He was also the first President to run for two terms, refusing to run for his third. -
Sedition Act
Signed into law by President John Adams in 1798, the Alien and Sedition Acts consisted of four laws passed by the Federalist-controlled Congress as America prepared for war with France. These acts increased the residency requirement for American citizenship from five to fourteen years, authorized the president to imprison or deport aliens considered "dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States" and restricted speech critical of the government. These laws were designed to silence and w -
Bill of Rights Added
The Bill of Rights is another name for the first 10 amendments. These limitations serve to protect the natural rights of liberty and property.The amendments were introduced by to the first United States Congress as a series of legislative articles. -
Beginning of the Federalist Party
The Federalist Party was the first American political party, from the early 1790s to 1816. The Federalists controlled the federal government until 1801.The Federalist policies called for a national bank, tariffs, and good relations with Britain -
Whiskey Rebellion
President George Washington issued a tax on all whiskey that farmers produce.This enraged farmers, so they staged a rebellion. They argued that the government was unfairly taxing like the British. The President quickly sent 13000 men to stop the rebels. It worked and the farmers peacefully paid the tax. -
Election of John Adams
This was the 3rd election of the Presidential election of the United States. It was held from Friday, November 4 to Wednesday, December 7, 1796. Democratic-Republicans campaigned heavily for Jefferson, and Federalists campaigned heavily for Adams. -
XYZ Affair
president Adams labored to defuse growing tensions with France by sending two new diplomats, John Marshall and Elbridge Gerry, to join C.C. Pinckney in Paris. The French foreign minister, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, kept the American mission waiting for weeks, then deployed agents (designated X, Y and Z by the Americans) to demand a $250,000 bribe for himself and a $12 million loan for France. Bribery was standard diplomatic fare at the time, but the amount was deemed too much. -
Alien Act
This act allowed the President at any time to order any aliens he deemed dangerous to be deported. This included suspicion of treason or spying. If the alien stayed in the country, they could be imprisoned for three years, and never be allowed to become a citizen of the USA. The President could also issue a license to such an alien, granting them temporary residency in the USA. This act also required the declaration by ships entering US ports of any aliens they might have on board. This act was -
Election of Thomas Jefferson
The election confirmed the emergence of a two-party system in American politics, a development that must have seemed ironic to some Federalists and Democratic-Republicans," writes historian Thomas Connelly, "because most of them had believed with George Washington that the appearance of parties would do more harm than good. Washington commanded respect enough to engineer unanimous presidential victories in 1789 and 1792, but during the presidency of Washington's successor, John Adams, political -
John Marshall Apointed
Marshalls first major case was the Marbury vs. Madison case, which he gave the Supreme Court a controversial new power, Judicial Review. He also was head of The Supreme Court during Gibbons vs. Ogden and McCulloch vs. Maryland. -
Non Intercourse Act
In the last four days of Thomas Jefferson’s presidency, the United States Congress replaced the Embargo Act of 1807 with the Unenforceable Non-Intercourse Act of March 1809. This act lifted all the embargoes on Americans shipping except for British and France ports. -
Marbury Vs. Madison
John Adams wrote papers for a judge position at the Supreme Court for Marbury on the last day of his office. The new President, Thomas Jefferson, ordered, James Madison to not send the papers. Marbury sued Madison, claiming that he had the right to the position. The Supreme Court favored Madison and Marbury didn't get the position as a judge. Also they gave the Supreme Court a new power, the Judicial Review, which can deem a law unconstitutional. -
Lousiana Purchase
the nation of France sold 828,000 square miles (2,144,510 square km) of land west of the Mississippi River to the young United States of America in a treaty commonly known as the Louisiana Purchase. President Thomas Jefferson, in one of his greatest achievements, more than doubled the size of the United States at a time when the young nation's population growth was beginning to quicken.The Louisiana Purchase was an incredible deal for the United States, the final cost totaling less than five ce -
Lewis and Clark
Meriwether Lewis began what was destined to be the most significant exploration of the American west and perhaps of all time. On this date, Lewis left Washington D.C. and proceeded to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where supplies and other articles had been ordered. On August 31, Lewis and a small band of men left Pittsburgh and began to journey down the Ohio River, or otherwise known as the journey to the west. -
Embargo Act
Pres. Thomas Jefferson’s nonviolent resistance to British and French molestation of U.S. merchant ships carrying, or suspected of carrying, war materials and other cargoes to the European belligerents. At Jefferson’s request the two houses of Congress considered and passed the act quickly in December 1807. All U.S. ports were closed to export shipping in either U.S. or foreign vessels, and restrictions were placed on imports from Great Britain. The act was a hardship on U.S. farmers as well as o -
Election of James Madison
This election was the 6th presidential election of the United States. It was held from Friday, November 4 to Wednesday, December 7, 1808. Vice President George Clinton was in the election when James Madison tried to run for President. -
War of 1812
This war took 32 months to complete.
It was between the United States, British army, and the Indians.James Madison was the principal architect of the United States Constitution. -
Election of James Monroe
This was the 9th presidential election of the United States. It was the third and last presidential election in United States history in which a candidate ran effectively unopposed. In 1820, James Monroe and Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins were re-elected without needing to run any type of rigorous campaign. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine stated that European countries could not colonize near America or they would start a war. He stopped Countries from colonizing the west indies. -
Gibbons Vs. Ogden
The state of New York gave Ogden the right to travel on the waterways. But Congress gave rights to Gibbons to travel anywhere on the rivers. Ogden argued and sued. The Supreme Court stated that Gibbons had the right to travel and stated that the New York monopoly for Ogden is void. -
McCulloch vs. Maryland
The state of Maryland imposed taxes on the national bank of the U.S. McCulloch, a clerk at the bank, sued the state because they couldn't tax a federal building. The Supreme Court said that McCulloch won and the bank should not be taxed. -
Beginning of the Demo-Repub Party
james Madison and Thomas Jefferson had the idea that state rights were superior to Government rights. He also thought that farmers and workers should have a say in the Government. In 1824 the party collapsed.
