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Chapter 7
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Constitution Of The United States Signed
The Constitution of the United States was finally signed after a long debate about it by the Federalists and Anti-Federalists. The Constitution consisted a bill of rights that protected people's natural rights. -
George Washington Inagurated
George Washington was inagurated as the United States first president. -
Congress Approves Hamilton's plan for Funding and Assumption
Hamilton's Plan was that ths United States promised to fund its foreign and domestic obligations at full face value. And that the federal government assume responsibility for paying the remaining state debts. -
Bank of the U.S. Chartered
Created by Alexander Hamilton and gave the bank the right to open branches anywhere in the nation. -
hamilton's report on manufactures
in this report, Hamilton revealed the final details of his grand desgn for the economic future of the United States. This lengthy document suggested ways by which the federal government might stimulate manufacturing. -
Frances revolutionary government announces a war against Britain
these powerful European rivals immediately challenged the official American position on shipping. -
Genet Affair
a newly appointed French minister to the United States, Edmond Genét, precipitated the first major diplomatic crisis. he authorized privately owned American vessels to sieze British ships in the name of France. -
Washington issues Proclamation of Neutrality
The Proclamation of Neutrality was a formal announcement issued by United States President George Washington on April 22, 1793, declaring the nation neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain. -
Jefferson resigns as secretary of state
Jefferson resigned to return to his virginia plantation, where he remained the chief spokesman for the republican party. -
Whiskey rebellion put down by U.S. army
July - November: A resistance movement in the western part of the United States. The conflict was rooted in western dissatisfaction with various policies of the eastern-based national government. The name of the uprising comes from a 1791 excise tax on whiskey that was a central grievance of the westerners. The tax was a part of treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton's program to centralize and fund the national debt. -
Jay's Treaty
A treaty between the United States and Great Britain. The terms of Jay's Treaty were designed primarily by the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, strongly supported by the chief negotiator John Jay; but with only reluctant support from President George Washington. -
Pinckney's treaty with spain
The treaty was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 and established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. It also defined the boundaries of the United States with the Spanish colonies and guaranteed the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River. -
Washington Publishes farewell address
In the address, which was printed in newspapers throughout the country, Washington warned against all political factions. -
John Adams elected president
Adams assumed the presidency under intolerable conditions. he found himself saddled with the members of Washington's old cabinet. Adams also had to work with a republican vice president; Jefferson. -
XYZ affair
When Adams presented the commission's official correspondence before Congress – the names of Talleyrand's lackeys were labeled X, Y, and Z – the Federalists burst out with a war cry. At last, they would be able to even the scores with the Republicans. Rumors of conspiracy, referred to as the XYZ affair, spread throughout the country. -
Quasi - war with france 1798 - 1800
1798 - 1800: an undeclared war fought mostly at sea between the United States and French Republic from 1798 to 1800 -
Congress passes Alien and sedition acts
June and July: To silence Administration critics, the Federalists passed the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798. The Alien Act empowered the President to deport such aliens as he declared to be dangerous. The Sedition Act made it a crime to print false, scandalous, and malicious criticisms of the federal government, but it conspicuously failed to criminalize criticism of Vice President Thomas Jefferson. Several Democratic-Republican newspaper editors were convicted under the Act and fined or jaile -
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions protest the Alien and Sedition Acts
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798-99 were a series of resolutions passed by the legislatures of these states protesting the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Kentucky Resolutions were drafted by Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Resolutions by James Madison. They are a democratic protest against what Jefferson, Madison and other Republicans considered to be a dangerous usurpation of power by the federal government. -
George Washington dies
Throughout the world, men and women were saddened by Washington's death. Napoleon ordered ten days of mourning throughout France; in the United States, thousands wore mourning clothes for months. -
House of Representatives elects Thomas Jefferson president
Each state delegation cast a single vote, with nine votes needed for election. People predicted a quick victory for Jefferson, but after dozens of ballots, the House had still not selected a president. Eventually, leading federalists decided that Jefferson would make a more responsible president than would Burr.
