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Critical Period

By Gracen Blake

  • Tariff of 1789

    Tariff of 1789
    • Designed to raise revenue for the federal government; resulted in a government surplus

  • Judiciary Act

    Judiciary Act
    Created the Judicial Branch of the federal government
    -the number of members of the Supreme Court (6)
    -the number of lower district courts (13)
    -the idea that the Supreme Court can settle disputes between states
    -the idea that a decision by the Supreme Court is final.

  • Philadelphia as the nation’s capital, 1790

    Philadelphia as the nation’s capital, 1790
    In 1790, Philadelphia was named the national capital for a ten-year period while the Federal City (now Washington, D. C.) was under construction. Morris volunteered the house to serve as President Washington's residence. Also it was one of the conditions for having a national bank.

  • First Bank of United States , 1791-1811

    First Bank of United States , 1791-1811
    the government had a debt from the Revolutionary War, and each state had a different form of currency.
    Report on Public Credit (January 9, 1790) - enable it to defer paying its debt, and entice wealthy investors to place their capital at its service
    Report on Manufactures (December 5, 1791) - he was for the protective tariffs and prohibition of imported manufactured goods that would compete with domestic products

  • The Bill of Rights, 1791

    The Bill of Rights, 1791
    amendments that would protect citizens from an intrusive government.

  • First Cabinet

    First Cabinet
    Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson
    Secretary of Treasury: Alexander Hamilton
    Secretary of War: Henry Knox
    Attorney General: Edmund Randolph

  • Fugitive Slave law, 1793

    Fugitive Slave law, 1793
    provided for the return of escaped slaves to their owners

  • French Revolution - Citizen Genet, 1793

    French Revolution - Citizen Genet, 1793
    In 1793 he was dispatched to the United States to promote American support for France's wars with Spain and Britain. His goals in were to recruit and arm American privateers which would join French expeditions against the British.

  • Eli Whitney granted patent for the cotton gin, 1794

    Eli Whitney granted patent for the cotton gin, 1794
    It removed seeds from cotton fibers. Now cotton could be processed quickly and cheaply. Resulted in more cotton production and more slaves are needed for more acres of cotton fields.

  • Whiskey Rebellion, 1794

    Whiskey Rebellion, 1794
    farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey army, led by Washington, put down the rebellion

  • Jay’s Treaty with England, 1795

    Jay’s Treaty with England, 1795
    Jay was able to get Britain to say they would evacuate the chain of posts on U.S. soil and pay damages for recent seizures of American ships.

  • • Pinckney’s Treaty with Spain, 1795

    • Pinckney’s Treaty with Spain, 1795
    1795 - Treaty between the U.S. and Spain which gave the U.S. the right to transport goods on the Mississippi river and to store goods in the Spanish port of New Orleans

  • Farewell Address, 1796

    Farewell Address, 1796
    A document by George Washington in 1796, when he retired from office. It wasn't given orally, but printed in newspapers.. He stressed that we should stay away from permanent alliances with foreign countries; temporary alliances wouldn't be quite as dangerous, but they should be made only in "extraordinary emergencies". He also spoke against partisan bitterness.

  • XYZ Affair, 1797

    XYZ Affair, 1797
    Talleyrand's three agents told the American delegates that they could meet with Talleyrand only in exchange for a very large bribe. The Americans did not pay the bribe, and in 1798 Adams made the incident public, substituting the letters "X, Y and Z" for the names of the three French agents in his report to Congress

  • Naturalization Act, 1798

    Naturalization Act, 1798
    provided the first rules to be followed by the United States in the granting of national citizenship. This law limited naturalization to immigrants who were "free white persons" of "good moral character". It thus left out indentured servants, slaves, free blacks, and later Asians.

  • Alien Act, Sedition Act, 1798

    Alien Act, Sedition Act, 1798
    1) Raised the residence requirement for American citizenship from 5 to 14 years.
    2) Alien Act - Gave the President the power in peacetime to order any alien out of the country.
    3) Alien Enemies Act - permitted the President in wartime to jail aliens when he wanted to. (No arrests made under the Alien Act or the Alien Enemies Act.)
    4) The Sedition Act - Key clause provided fines and jail penalties for anyone guilty of sedition. Was to remain in effect until the next Presidential inauguration.

  • Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, 1798

    Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, 1798
    were secretly made to get the rights back taken away from the Alien and Sedition Acts. These also brought about the later compact theory which gave the states more power than the federal government.

  • "Midnight Appointments"/Judiciary Act of 1801

    "Midnight Appointments"/Judiciary Act of 1801
    midnight appointments -a nick name given to group of judges that was appointed by John Adams the night before he left office. He appointed them to go to the federal courts to have a long term federalist influence, because judges serve for life instead of limited terms

    judiciary act-Congress passed this Act which created the federal-court system. The act managed to quiet popular apprehensions by establishing in each state a federal district court that operated according to local procedures.