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Beginning of Federalist Party
They believed in a strong central government and a loose interpretation of the constitution. John Adams was one of the first Federalists. -
Election of George Washington
Everyone wanted him as president and he set a lot of precedents for future presidents. -
Bill of Rights added to Constitution
Acceptance of the compromise bill on September 25, 1789, the official date of submission of the Bill of Rights to the states. -
Whiskey rebellion
President George Washington issued a tax on all the whiskey sold, the people rebelled and so George enforced it by bringing the U.S. military into action. -
Election of John Adams
Won the election against Thomas Jefferson with Thomas Pinckney as vice president. -
XYZ affair
John Adams sent some men to France to speak with the french minister, but 3 men wouldn’t let them and they tried to make them pay. -
Sedition Act
The Federalists issued the Sedition Act which made it illegal to speak against the government. -
Alien Act
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Election of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson defeated John Quincy Adams the second time he campaigned because the common people all wanted Jefferson, a common man. -
Beginning of Democratic-Republican Party
Those who favoured states’ rights and a strict interpretation of the Constitution rallied under the leadership of Thomas Jefferson, who had served as Washington’s first secretary of state. -
John Marshall appointed
He was appointed by John Adams the night before Thomas Jefferson went into office. -
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory from France for 15 million dollars, he only wanted to buy New Orleans for the port but they offered the whole thing -
Marbury V. Madison
John Adams appointed some judges the night before he left office, some of the judges made it, some didn’t because Madison didn’t give the papers like he was supposed to and Marbury didn’t get his job because of that set judiciary review. -
Lewis and Clark expedition
Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the west. -
Embargo Act
Americans are no longer allowed foreign trade. -
Election of James Madison
James Madison, the Democratic republican, wins the election against Charles Cotesworth Pinckney -
Non-Intercourse Act
Thomas Jefferson changes the Embargo act to the Non-Intercourse Act which makes it so the people can trade with anyone, but the British or French. -
War of 1812
America declared war on the British in Canada for blockading their ports and impressing the American men. -
Battle of New Orleans
American victory in a battle that never had to happen. American forces under General Andrew Jackson defeated British forces on January 8, 1815, several weeks after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, which had officially ended the War of 1812. -
Election of James Monroe
Era of good feelings and he made the Monroe Doctrine. -
McCulloch V. Maryland
Court case where McColloch challenged Maryland’s right to tax the Federal bank in Maryland. The Supreme Court ruled Maryland’s law unconstitutional. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri would be a slave state and maine became a free state, this lead to the 36 30 line, no states above that line could have slaves. -
Expanded suffrage to all white males
Made it so all white men could vote not just the rich, the poor too. -
Monroe Doctrine
Europe couldn’t colonize in the western hemisphere -
Election of 1824
All the candidates were democratic-republican, Andrew Jackson won the popular vote, but no one won the electoral vote. John Quincy Adams won the election because him and Henry Clay had a bargain that if Clay got the House of Reps to vote for Quincy Adams he would become Secretary of state. -
Gibbons V. Ogden
Gibbons refused to pay the navigation tax made by New York for operating his steamboat. The supreme Court declared that New York’s law was unconstitutional. -
Election of Andrew Jackson
He was a comman man, not coming from a rich background and that’s how he won the election. -
Beginning of Democratic Party (Jacksonian Democracy)
Political movement where people supported the average American people. -
Indian Removal Act
President Andrew Jackson signs an Act declaring Indians will be removed from Mississippi and parts of Alabama, Kentucky, and Georgia. -
Worcester vs. Georgia
The supreme court case where they vacated Worcester’s punishment and declared Georgia’s law that white people could not be around Indians unconstitutional. -
Closing of the U.S. Bank
Andrew Jackson closes the federal bank because he thinks it is a scam and will ruin America
