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Election of George Washington
Election of George Washington: He was the first president of the U.S. He was president for 2 terms with John Adams as vice-president. Basically this was a very unanimous vote and he was the for sure winner. Washington became president in 1789. -
Whiskey Rebellion
Whiskey Rebellion: There was a tax put on whiskey in 1791. Farmers were angry with the federal government about this tax so they rebelled. This tax eliminated the farmers way of making any profit from their cash crop, tobacco. An angry mob started and a little over a dozen were arrested, but then they stopped protesting because they realized that the federal government was stronger. -
Bill of Rights added to the Constitution
Closing of the U.S. Bank: After the charter ended for the bank of the United States. Clay tried to renew the charter. Only Andrew Jackson was in his way. Jackson vetoed the renewal of the charter. -
Beginning of the Federalist Party
Beginning of Federalist Party: In 1787 the federalist party was born. Federalist wanted a strong federal government while other people say they want a more state run government.Alexander Hamilton started federalists. -
Election of John Adams
Election of John Adams: He was vice president for 8 years. Along side of George Washington. This election was different. It was a contest this time. He ended up winning with the most votes and the second most was th -
XYZ Affair
XYZ affair: President Adams sent two diplomats to France to relieve growing tensions. When they arrived, the diplomats met with three agents from the French Government. Americans call the agents XYZ. France demanded that the US give them a $12,000,000.00 loan. The US did not agree to that request. -
Alien Act
Alien Act: The alien act was passed so immigrants had to live in America for fourteen years. Before they could become a citizen of the United States. It was aimed at the french and Irish immigrants. So they could not vote any time soon. -
Sedition Act
Sedition Act:This act was passed on 1798. It was also passed by congress with 3 other laws. It declared that any treasonable activity was misdemeanor. Once this law was passed about 25 people were put into prison. Most of them were writers. -
Election of Thomas Jefferson
This was also called the Election of 1800. This was the first time that power had been passed down from one party to another. He had been a Democratic-Republican. -
John Marshall Appointed
He was appointed on January 20, 1801. He established 3 basic principles that became the foundation of the federal union. The first was judicial review which gave the supreme court the power to determine if a law was unconstitutional. The second was that the court could set aside laws of state legislatures when these laws were unconstitutional. And the last was they had the power to reverse decisions of state courts. -
Marbury v. Madison
The US Supreme Court decided to declare an Act of Congress unconstitutional. This decision initiated a Doctrine Review Board. The Judiciary act requested the Supreme Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus. A Writ of Mandamus is when a higher court demands a lower court to fulfill a request. This writ compelled Madison to deliver his commission. -
louisana purchase
Louisiana Purchase: A treaty signed on April 30,1803. It started that the United States purchased land from France. The land was from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The U.S. paid about $15 million. The french sold it to make up for their debts from war. -
Lewis & Clark Expedition
Closing of the U.S. Bank: After the charter ended for the bank of the United States. Clay tried to renew the charter. Only Andrew Jackson was in his way. Jackson vetoed the renewal of the charter. -
Embargo Act
Embargo Act: This act was passed on Dec. 21, 1807 by the U.S. congress. It forbade all international trade to and from American ports.Jefferson hoped that France and Great Britain would be persuaded the rights of neutral commence. Sailors, and ship owners lost a lot of money. -
Election of James Madison
Election of James Madison: James Madison was elected in 1808. He was born in Virgina and married a lovely lady named, Dolly Madison. He is also one of the founding fathers of the U.S. Madison was a democratic- republican. -
Non-Intercourse Act
Non-Intercourse Act 1809:This act lifted all embargoes on American shipping except those for the French and the British. Its intent was to hurt the economies of France and Britain just like the Embargo Act. Basically this act was almost the Embargo Act, this act contributed to the war of 1812. It also hurt American industry too because the merchants couldn’t get the money needed to survive and they began to ignore the act. -
War of 1812
War of 1812: Twenty-nine years after the revolution conflict between Great Britain and the United States. That started the war of 1812 on September 11th, 1812. For other reasons also like Britain’s seizure Americans ships.The made the men they got serve in their military. -
Battle of New Orleans
Battle of New Orleans: Election of 1824: All of the candidates were democratic-republicans, but people choose their personal favorites. The House of Representatives picked who the president was going to be. Adams won the presidential election.Battle of New Orleans: Election of 1824: All of the candidates were democratic-republicans, but people choose their personal favorites. The House of Representatives picked who the president was going to be. Adams won the presidential election. -
Electio of James Monroe
Election of James Monroe: He was born in Virgina and was elected in 1816. This was called the Era Good Feelings. There was only one party at the time so that's why there was no bickering or wars. He published the Monroe Doctrine. -
Expanded suffrage to all white males
Closing of the U.S. Bank: After the charter ended for the bank of the United States. Clay tried to renew the charter. Only Andrew Jackson was in his way. Jackson vetoed the renewal of the charter. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise: Leading up to the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Conflicts began between slavery and anti-slavery within the U.S. Congress and the states. They reached a bad point after Missouri’s requested to be a slave state.which threatened to upset the delicate balance between slave states and free states. Congress made a two-part compromise letting Missouri be a slave state and Maine as a free state. -
Monroe Doctrine
A document that forced the French to leave the U.S. or Military force will be applied. The French left without further issue. It was not until the Spanish American War that the US declared war against European Power in the United States Hemisphere. It took the two World Wars of the twentieth century to draw a conclusion to its new role as a global power. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
Gibbons v. Ogden 1824: The issue was who should regulate commerce, the states or the federal government. The court expanded the meaning of the word commerce to increase the national government’s power to regulate commerce. The commerce clause gave the national government the authority to control all areas of economic activity in the united states. The outcome of this case was interstate commerce. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
McCulloch v. Maryland 1819: This supreme court case was if the federal government has the power to create institutions such as the Bank of the United States. The supreme court ruled that the national government did have the authority to create a national bank. The power of the national government was strengthened which allowed the national government to grow and meet the problems that the Founding Fathers were unable to foresee. -
Election of 1824
Election of 1824: Also called the corrupt bargain. This was between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Henry Clay had actually urged the House to vote for Adams because if Adams had won the election he told Clay that he would be the vice-president. So that’s why supporters of Jackson were very upset and outraged at the “Corrupt Bargain.” -
Election of Andrew Jackson
Jackson was nicknamed “Old Hickory” because he was a strong willed man. Elected in 1828, he wanted a small federal government. During the election, his opponents had been very personal in the way of candidates attacked each other through the press. And so after the election of 1824, when the corrupt bargain took place, Jackson became the president of the U.S. -
Beginning of Democratic Party
Beginning of the Democratic party: Andrew Jackson was the founder of this political party. Originally called the Anti-Federalist, Jackson was different from the democratic-republicans. He had differing principles from them. He favored states’ rights, and a weak national government. -
Indian Removal Act
Indian Removal Act: This was an act that took place during 1814-1858. White settlers faced an obstacle. The Indians were already settled. Many fights broke out because they didn’t want to share the land. -
Worcester v. Georgia
This was when Samuel Worcester was convicted of opposing the Cherokee removal. This was brought to the supreme court. The case was the Indians could stay in Georgia. The result of this case was the Indian Removal Act. -
Closing of the US Bank
Closing of the U.S. Bank: After the charter ended for the bank of the United States. Clay tried to renew the charter. Only Andrew Jackson was in his way. Jackson vetoed the renewal of the charter. -
Beginning of the Democratic-Republican Party
Beginning of the Democratic-Republican party: The founder of this party was Thomas Jefferson. It favored states’ rights, weak national government, and didn’t want a bank of the us. Its rival party was the Federalists and they believed in everything opposite of the Democratic-Republicans. They were founded in the early1790’s.
