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washington elected president
unamiously chosen, father of the country, didnt belive in political parties, and created cabinet -
Judiciary Act of 1789
The founders of the new nation believed that the establishment of a national judiciary was one of their most important tasks. -
bank of the united states
The American Republic had considerable financial problems in its early days. The first American bank was organized by Robert Morris in 1781. -
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launching a new nation
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whisky rebellion
a rebellion against the payment of the excise tax. -
jays treaty
officially titled “Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation, between His Britannic Majesty; and The United States of America,” was negotiated by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay and signed between the United States and Great Britain on November 19, 1794. -
john adams elected
The European war resulting from the French Revolution led many Federalists and other citizens to plead for Washington to accept a third term. -
hamilton and jefferson debat
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XYZ affair
in Franco-American diplomatic relations. The United States had in 1778 entered into an alliance with France, but after the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars was both unable and unwilling to lend aid. -
alien and seditation acts
These acts increased the residency requirement for American citizenship from five to fourteen years -
virginia and kentucky resolutions
in U.S. history, measures passed by the legislatures of Virginia and Kentucky as a protest against the Federalist Alien and Sedition Acts. -
Thomas Jefferson elected 1st term
is elected the third president of the United States. The election constitutes the first peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another in the United States. -
marbury v. madison
The case began on March 2, 1801, when an obscure Federalist, William Marbury, was designated as a justice of the peace in the District of Columbia. -
lousiana purchase
The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France at a price of $15 million, or approximately four cents an acre. -
thomas jefferson elected second term
President Thomas Jefferson projected that his party would carry all but four of the 17 states in the fall balloting. It did even better. -
lewis and clark
was the first transcontinental expedition to the pacific coast. -
treaty of ghent
The Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain -
war of 1812
In the War of 1812, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would have an immense impact on the young country's future.
