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The Election of George Washington
George Washington was a Revolutionary war general, who helped write the Constitution, and was now about to become the first president of the United States of America! All of this made him like a modern day celebrity for his time. He set many precedents for the presidents to come. -
The Bill of Rights is added to the Constitution
The Bill of Rights is the list of the first ten amendments of the Constitution that lists out many of our rights as United States Citizens. Our rights are not limited to those, as explicitly stated in the Constitution. -
Beginning of the Federlist party
The Federalist party was started by Alexander Hamliton in the 1790’s during George Washington’s first term as president. The group supported a larger federal government. This party after a few presidencies eventually was wipped out. -
Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion was caused by a tax that farmers had to pay for selling wheat in the form of whiskey. They rebelled and George Washington went to Pennsylvania with 15,000 militia and put a stop to it -
Election of John Adams
John Adams won the presidancy in 1797 he was the first Federalist president. and he won election by a large margin. -
XYZ Affair
The XYZ Affair happened after the French started attacking American ships. Adams was irritated by this, so he sent 3 diplomats to have the French stop this. They went to see the foreign minister Talleyran, but were confronted by three unnamed representatives, X, Y, and Z. They said they would need to pay to see Talleyran, but they did not pay. -
The Alien Act Approved
This specific act allowed the president to deport any “resident alien” that the president considered to be a danger to the United States. This law was hated by Democratic-Republicans. So when Thomas Jefferson became president, he instantly took it down. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
They were four bills passed by Congress and kept immigrants from entering America. They also had to be in the US for at least 14 years instead of the before required 5 years. -
Election of Thomas Jefferson
The election of Thomas Jefferson was between Jefferson, Burr, Pickney, and Adams. It was the first time that any candidates had campaigned. The electoral college voted and it came to be a tie. Hamilton, who hated Burr, wrote letters to the House of Representatives (who had to decide the president) saying that he wanted Jefferson to win, which he did. -
John Marshall appointed
John Marshall was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and made many decisions that gave the Supreme Court and Federal Government more power and definition. These decisions included Marbury v. Madison, Worcester v. Georgia, Madison v. McCullough, and many more. He had been appointed by Adams on short notice. -
Marbury v. Madison
This court case established a quality of the Supreme Court we currently know as Judicial Review. This case was between William Marbury, who had been appointed and approved to be a judge in Washington D.C., but James Madison, the other person, did not deliver his appointment. John Marshall decided that since the appointment had gone through the entire process of approval, it was valid and William Marbury would be able to take his office as soon as possible. -
Lousisiana Purchase
The Untied States Purchased the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon Bonaparte and the French in 1803. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
The Lewis and Clark Expedition was started because the U.S. had just bought the Louisiana Territory from the French, and they did not know what was on it, so Thomas Jefferson assigned Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the land, and find a Northwest Passage. There was no Northwest Passage, but they did find out a lot about the land and increased beliefs in the Manifest Destiny. -
Embargo Act
It placed an Embargo on any trade between Great Britain and France to the US. It was mainly placed because of European Impressment of US Merchants. -
Election of James Madison
The election of James Madison was in 1807. It was a landslide of 133 votes for Madison and 53 votes for his opponent, Charles Pinckney -
Non-Intercourse Act
It took all embargoes off of US trade except for with Britain and France while they were in war. It seriously damaged the US economy. -
War of 1812
The war of 1812 was caused by the British impressing the American Merchants and supplying the Native Americans with guns and ammunition. It lasted for two years. -
Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson led his United States Army Troops to fight the Brittish in the city of New Orleans in 1814. (song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxB42cjHTGg) -
Election of James Monroe
President James Monroe won election by a land slide over a Federalist Rufus King from New York reciving 183 electoral votes to kings 34 thus starting the era of good feeling. -
Expanded Suffrage to all white males
Suffrage is the right to vote. Suffrage during this period of time was currently being given to the non-land-owning white males. Previously you had to be a white land-owning male to vote. -
Mizzouri Compromise
Henry Clay wrote the compromise to allow Missouri to enter the union as a slave state but it also let Maine as a free state. and making sure that the states were balanced between slave states and free states. -
Monroe Doctrine
One of the main ideas of the doctrine was that no European power shall enter the Americas, and if they do, we will consider it an act of aggression. This was to allow the nations that were already free to establish themselves, and for a few more nations to become free. Another point was that the U.S. would become less active in European affairs, unless they directly affected us. -
Gibbons V.s Odgen
In 1824 the State of New York gave Mr.Gibbons and Robert Fulton the right to steamboat travel on the land that was already monoplized by Mr.Odgen -
McCulloch v. Maryland
In this court case, McCullough, a Federal cashier at the Baltimore branch of the U.S. bank, refused to pay the taxes that the state put on the bank. Justice Marshal overruled the lawsuit that Maryland followed with and said that a state can’t tax a federal establishment. -
election of 1824
Henry Clay wrote the compromise to allow Missouri to enter the union as a slave state but it also let Maine as a free state. and making sure that the states were balanced between slave states and free states. -
Democratic Party begins
The Democratic party was founded in 1832 as a Second party system by President Andrew Jackson and Senetor Stephen Douglas -
Election of Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the 7th President of the United States after in 1828 winning a land slide -
Begining of the Democratic-Republicans
The Democratic-Republicans party was founded in the 1790’s by President Thomas Jefferson and James Madison -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was signed by Andrew Jackson and it made all of the Native Americans leave the southern states such as Georgia. -
Worcester v. Georgia
The US Supreme Court disables the conviction of Samuel A. Worcester. They also decided that Georgia’s law that white men had to have a license to enter Cherokee territory. President Jackson ignored the ruling and proceeded to what would become the Trail of Tears. -
The Closing of the U.S. Bank
It was established to help make one central currency in the United States and help to get rid of the huge debts left over after the Revolutionary War. It was thought of by Alexander Hamilton, Washington’s financial assistant in his cabinet. Jackson did not like the bank, so he ended it. -
We turned in our project
Mrs. Rager, if you are reading this, we slaved over this, and this deserved to be graded as a 100 due to the accuracy and professionality and the promptness of our project. And besides, you know that we are your favorite students anyways. Lastly, you will need to shrink this to see our amazing work
