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Washington is Elected
Unamiously elected, Father of our country, Created a cabinet -
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Launching a New Nation
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Judiciary Act of 1789
The United States Judiciary Act of 1789 was a landmark statute adopted on September 24, 1789 in the first session of the First United States Congress establishing the U.S. federal judiciary. -
Hamilton and Jefferson Debate
The conflict that took shape in the 1790s between the Federalists and the Antifederalists exercised a profound impact on American history. -
The District of Columbia
The Capital of the United States. -
Bank of the United States
The First Bank of the United States was a central bank, chartered for a term of twenty years, by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791. -
Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion, or Whiskey Insurrection, was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791, during the presidency of George Washington. -
Jay's Treaty
Series of Treaty's, helped the U.S and Great Britian become allies. -
XYZ affair
The XYZ Affair was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, during the administration of John Adams, that Americans interpreted as an insult from France. -
John Adams Elected
The 1796 election was the first contested election under the First Party System. Adams was the presidential candidate of the Federalist Party and Thomas Pinckney, the Governor of South Carolina, was also running as a Federalist (at this point, the vice president was whoever came in second, so no running mates existed in the modern sense). -
Alien and Sedition Act
It was enacted in the summer of 1798. Set of laws that allowed the president to deport or arrest aliens. -
Virginia Resolution
Declared the Alien and Sedition Act Unconstitutional -
Kentucky Resolution
Political Statement, stated the Alien and Sedition act were unconstitutional. -
Thomas Jefferson 1st Term
Working closely with Aaron Burr, Jefferson rallied his party and ran for the Presidency in 1800. Jefferson and Burr received the most electoral votes, but since neither had a majority, the election was decided in the Federalist-dominated House of Representatives. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America in 1803 of 828,000 square miles of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana. The U.S. paid 50 million francs ($11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000), for a total sum of 15 million dollars (less than 3 cents per acre) for the Louisiana territory ($233 million in 2011 dollars, less than 42 cents per acre). -
Marbury v. Madison
Formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States. -
Lewis and Clark and the Louisiana Purchase
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition (1804–1806), was the first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific coast undertaken by the United States. Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson, it was led by two Virginia-born veterans of Indian wars in the Ohio Valley, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. -
Thomas Jefferson Elected 2nd Term
In his second term, Jefferson's popularity suffered because the problems he faced, most notably those caused by the wars in Europe, became more difficult to solve. During Jefferson's first term, Napoleon's position was relatively weak and as such negotiations were possible. -
Aaron Burr Conspiracy
Aaron Burr was in general disrepute after 1804 because of his political indiscretions and the fatal duel with Hamilton. His soaring ego, however, compelled him to undertake further schemes. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States and those of the British Empire. The United States declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions brought about by Britain's ongoing war with France, the impressment of American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy, British support of American Indian tribes against American expansion, and outrage over insults to national honour after humiliations on the high seas. -
Treaty of Ghent
he Treaty of Ghent (8 Stat. 218), signed on 24 December 1814, in Ghent (modern-day Belgium), was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. The treaty largely restored relations between the two nations to status quo ante bellum, with no loss of territory either way.