United States Government: From Washington's Presidency to the Passing of the Judiciary Act
By staylor
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George Washington's Presidency
Charles Thompson delivered the most important message a delivery boy could ever deliver to an important person in history
This important message was meant to declare George Washington the nations%u2019 first President of the United States -
The French Revolution
A violent war broke out between France and Britain that led to thousands of citizens who were massacred during this war
King Louis was also executed at one time during the horrible war -
John Adams' Presidency
John Adams became the second president of the United States, but was the first president to govern from Washington D.C. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
These acts targeted mostly French immigrants and Catholics, lengthened time to become a U.S. citizen, gave the government power to throw disloyal immigrants in prison or out of the country if neccessary, and outlawed any written or spoken threats against the government
These laws were passed by John Adams during hie Presidency -
Passing the Judiciary Act
President John Adams passed this act to appoint as many Federalist judges as possible between 1800 and 1801
This would mean the next President, whoever that may be, would face a firm Federalist judiciary
Thomas Jefferson could do very little to prevent the Federalist judges that were appointed for life from being in the Judicial Branch of government, even though he was a Democratic-Republican -
Thomas Jefferson's Presidency
The current President, John Adams, ran again for another term, which is 4 years, but was unsuccessful with doing so
John Adams had 65 electoral votes while Thomas Jefferson had 73 votes
Aaron Burr, also running for President, also had 73 votes, tying with Jefferson
One of Alexander Hamilton%u2019s friends persuaded several Federalists to vote for Jefferson to break the tie and get it over with
