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Shays' Rebellion
An armed movement of debt-ridden farmers in western Massachusetts in the winter of 1786-87. The rebellion created a crisis atmosphere. -
Annapolis Convention
Conference of the state delegates at Annapolis, Maryland, that issued a call in September 1786 for a convention to meet at Philadelphia to consider fundamental changes. -
Great Compromise
Plan proposed at the 1787 Constitutional Convention for creating a national bicameral legislature. -
The Federalist
Newspaper written by James Madison. -
Judiciary Act of 1789
Act of Congress that implemented the judiciary clause of the Constitution by establishing the supreme court and a system of lower federal courts. -
Tariff of 1789
Apart from a few selected industries, this first tariff passed by Congress was intended to raise revenure and not protet Amedrican Manufactureers from foreign competition. -
Suffrage
Regulations made by the state limited voting to a small percentage of the population. -
Ratification of the Constitution
The Constitution was ratified with a majority vote from the states. It got majority of vote with the promise of a Bill of Rights. -
Intercourse Act
asic Law passed by COngress in 1790 which stated that the United States would regulate trade and interaction with Indian tribes. -
Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening happened among citizens. Mainly slaves. -
Bank of the United States
Hamilton's second component of his fiscal program. -
Cotton Gin
1793 cotton gin was invented which made work faster and easier. the popularity and want of the cotton gin improved the economy. -
Jay's Treaty
Treaty with Britain negotiated in 1794 in which the United States made major concessions to avert a war over the British seizure of American ships. -
Treaty of Greenville
Treaty in which Native Americans in the Old Northwest were forced to cede most of the present state of Ohio to the United States. -
John Adams
After Pres. Washingtons Farewell Address, John Adams was elected president. -
Quasi-War
Undeclared naval war of 1797 to 1800 between the United States and France -
XYZ Affair
Diplomatic incident in 1798 in which Americans were outraged by the demand of the French for a bribe as a condition for negotiating with American diplomats. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
acts passed by Congress that curtailed freedom of speech and the liberty of foreign residents in the United States. -
Thomas Jefferson
Mr. Jefferson was elected president. -
Slave Revolt 1
Gabriel Prosser's slave revolt was discovered in Virginia. This causes Virginia to tighten law on manumission of slaves. -
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson and Congress purchased a large amount of west land. This was called the Louisiana Purchase. -
Marbury vs. Madison
Madison thought Marbury guilty of fraud and took him to court. -
Lewis and Clark
Two men, who were friends with Thomas Jefferson that agreed to go travel the land of the Louisiana Purchase. -
Re-election
Thomas Jefferson was reelected president. -
Embargo Act
Act passed by Congress prohibiting American ships from leaving for any foreign port. -
James Madison
1808 elected president. -
Slave Trade
Congress prohibits U.s. participation in the international slave trade. -
War of 1812
Madison gets congress to declare war on Britain. This becomes a war. -
Madison Reelected
James Madison was reelected as president. -
Louisiana
Louisiana was admitted to the Union. -
Treaty Of Ghent
Treaty signed in December 1814 between the United States and Britain that ended the War of 1812 -
James Monroe
James Monroe is elected President of the United States -
Indiana
Indiana is admitted to the Union. -
Second Bank of the United States
A national bank chartered by Congress in 1816 with extensive regulatory pwers over currency and credit. -
"alabama Fever"
Large migration to the Old Southwest -
Rush-Bagot Treaty of 1817
Treaty between the United States and Britain that effectively demilitarized the Great Lakes by sharply limiting the number of ships each power could station on them. -
Illinois
Illinois admited to the Union. -
Transcontinental Treaty
Treaty between the United States and Spain in which Spain ceded Florida to that United States, surrendered all claims to the Pacific Northwest and agreed to a boundary between the Louisiana Purchase tterritory and the Spanish Southwest. -
The Panic of 1819
There was a delayed reaction to the end of the war of 1812 that worried people. -
Missouri Compromise
Sectional compromise in Congress that admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state and prohibited slavery in the northern Louisiana Purchase territory. -
Monroe Reelected
James Monroe is reelected as president. -
Monroe Doctrine
Declaration by President James Monroe that the Western Hemispheere was to be closed off to further European colonization and that the United States would not interfere in the internal affairs of European Nations. -
Slave Revolt
Nat Turner's revolt inVirginia -
William Lloyd Garrison
Garrison begins publishing antislavery newspaper, the Liberator