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Bill of Rights added to Constition
when George washington was elected president and john adams was elected vice president. So the congress wanted to add the bill of rights to the constitution, because several states wanted ratification while recommending that the bill of rights was added. Also by december 1791, three fourths of the states had also ratified 10 to 12 amendments. the 10 amendments were known as the bill of rights. -
Whiskey Rebellion
the whiskey rebellion was made because the whiskey was taxed, why because because Hamilton wanted treasury to raise money. so that made the tax sparkle a as you know rebellion that also tested strength for a new government. they could also shp the whiskey to markets in the East. so Washington responded quickly to help, so he could dispatch the militia, in Pennsylvania. -
Election of John Adams
So Throughout Washington's presidency, Vice President Adams regarded himself as the heir apparent. Indeed, that alone explains his willingness to endure eight years in the vice presidency, an office devoid of power. When Washington, in his Farewell Address, published in September 1796, announced his intention to retire, the nation faced its first contested presidential election. The Federalist members of Congress caucused and nominated Adams and Thomas Pinckney, a South Carolinian who had soldie -
XYZ affair
played a major role in creating a Franco-American Quasi War. The incident involved three French ministers (named by John Adams as X, Y, and Z) and the American delegation in France.
Relations with France had cooled since the end of American Revolution. When France and Britain went to war in 1793, it strained Franco-American relations.X,Y, and Z tried to bribe america but it did not work. -
Alien Act
The Alien Act was 2 of four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress in the aftermath of the French Revolution and during an undeclared naval war with France, later known as the Quasi-War. They were signed into law by President John Adams. Opposition to Federalists among Democratic-Republicans reached new heights at this time since the Democratic-Republicans had supported France. Some appeared to desire an event similar to the French Revolution to come to the Uni -
Sedition Act
es.On May 16, 1918, the U.S. Congress passed the Sedition Act, a piece of legislation designed to protect America's participation in World War 1
Along with the Espionage Act of the previous year, the Sedition Act was orchestrated largely by A. Mitchell Palmer, the United States attorney general under President Woodrow Wilson. The Espionage Act, passed shortly after the U.S. entrance into the war in early April 1917. -
Election of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson called his election "the Revolution of 1800" because it marked the first time that power in America passed from one party decentralized government and to another. He promised to govern as he felt the Founders intended, based on trust in the people to make the right decisions for themselves. Ever since, these have become known as Jeffersonian principles. -
Louisiana Purchase
is considered the greatest real estate deal in history. The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France at a price of $15 million, or approximately four cents an acre. The ratification of the Louisiana Purchase treaty by the Senate on October 20, 1803, doubled the size of the United States and opened up the continent to its westward expansion. Thomas Jefferson sent out Lewis and Clark to explore to west lands. -
Lewis and Clark Expidition
So in 1803 President Thomas Jefferson guided a splendid piece of foreign diplomacy through the U.S. Senate: the purchase of Louisiana territory from France. After the Louisiana Purchase Treaty was made, Jefferson initiated an exploration of the newly purchased land and the territory beyond the great rock mountains in the West. Lewis so respected Clark that he made him a co-commanding captain of the Expedition, even though Clark was never recognized as such by the government. -
Embargo Act
President Thomas Jefferson felt that a solution short of war should be possible. The non-importation act had not proved successful. Jefferson concluded that if the United States stopped all trade with both belligerents, they would be forced by economic necessity to respect American neutral rights.The impact on the economies of Britain and France were more limited than Jefferson had expected. -
War of 1812
the war of 1812 started in 1812,it’s was a war between britain,and americans. Britain attacked our ship’s and forced people to go to war. the Federalist’s did not want war, but madison and the democratic republicans wanted it. The war went on for 2 years, but it was coming close to an end. the treaty was made in 1814, but the word did not get out in time to reach, andrew jackson. The last battle was in new orleans, and the winning faction was america. -
Monroe Doctrine
(December 2, 1823), cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy enunciated by President James Monroe in his annual message to Congress. Declaring that the Old World and New World had different systems and must remain distinct spheres, Monroe made four basic points: (1) The United States would not interfere in the internal affairs he wars between European powers; (2) the United States recognized and would not interfere with existing colonies and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere; (3) the Western Hemi
