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Election of George Washington
George Washington was the first president of the United States by an unanimous vote. He also set a precedent because he only served four years (2 terms) he was a federalist who also agreed John Adams should be vice president. -
Whiskey Rebellion
A tax protest in 1789. Westerners and farmers used violent protest tactics to prevent the U.S. from obtaining the tax. President Washington sent in 500 men to silence the protesters. The whole thing showed that protest would not be tolerated. -
Bill of rights added to Constitution
Many people wouldnt appove the Constitution unless it had a Bill of Rights. The Federalist and Democratic-Republicans argueed about this for a long time. The reason this was a real trouble is because you can't every Americans right on a piece of paper. -
Beginning of Federalist Party
This is when the houses opinions split into two. Hamiltion was the leader for the Federalist party. The reason they split is because they had TOTALLY differnt views in politics. This lead to every judgement split into two. -
Beginning of Democratic-Republican Party
This is when the the one big group, split into two, This group was lead by Thomas Jefferson. The reason the house split is because they have two TOTALLY differnt views. -
Alien Act
Alien Act: 1798 June 25th. It was part of four bills passed by Federalists. The alien act was the act that states that any aliens entering the U S were to be deported. All of these acts were to strengthen the federalist government and were also under the threat of war. -
Election of John Adams
Adams was a Founding Father, diplomat, and the Second president of the United States. John Adams was highly educated and a Federalist. He was a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress. -
XYZ Affair
The XYZ affair angered many Americans. This only happend because the French were taking our ships and people. We sent three dimplomats to France to sort the matter. France decided to send 3 people whos identidy we don't know and what they told us was to pay them money and they will stop. -
Sedition Acts
Sedition Acts were four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress after the French Revolution's reign of terror. It made it a crime to publish false, scandalous, and malicious writing against the government. -
Election of Thomas Jefferson
Vice-President Thomas Jefferson defeated President John Adams. It was a rematch of the 1796 election. Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson tied and when congress picked the winner Thomas Jefferson. -
John Marshall appointed
He was a Chief Justice from 1801 to 1835 and his court decisions helped decide what to go into the Constitution.He also made the Supreme Cort a coequal branch of government along with the Executive and Legislative. -
Marbury v. Madison
This was the first lawsuit the Judical branch got to the same size as the other branches! See, judical had the ELECTICTORAL REVIEW and this was the first time they actually got to use it. See Marbury was suppose to be a judge but he never got his paper to become one when Madison was in charge, but Madison isn't allowed to pass these statements out so Marbury never became a supereme judge. -
Lewis and Clark Expedetion
Lewis and Clark expedition: 1803-1805 May 14th. Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the new Louisiana territory and wanted to find a water way that connected the Columbia and Mississippi Rivets. The expedition lasted two years. And took a Shoshone Indian along the way as a translator her name was Sacagewea. -
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase: 1803 Decemebr 1st. It was a Treaty signed that stated the US bought Louisiana Territory from France. It was more than a million miles that extended from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. It was more than 15 million dollars and was to be paid directly. -
Embargo Act
The Embargo Act was embargo that was placed on Great Britain and France by America. It wasn’t a liked document. Everyone wanted it gone. It was revoked in Jefferson’s last days of presidency. -
Election of James Madison
James Madison beat John Pinckney in the election.This election was the first time in American history in which a new president would be selected. Pinckney was easily beaten because of the popularity of the other candidates. -
Non-Intercourse Act
The act regulated commerce between the Native Americans and the Americans. It is a five document act. Each of them had to do with purchasing or selling land. -
War of 1812
This is a war that was started because of Great Britain trying to come back into America. The Americans almost lost, but with the help of War hero, Andrew Jackson, the Americans were able to overcome the odds and win the war for America. -
Battle of New Orleans
This was the final major place of war, in the War of 1812. See the big deal about this place is that if they took control of it they had control of the WHOLE entire Mississippi River. The battle is widely regarded as the greatest American land victory of the war. -
Election of James Monroe
James Monroe was the last Founding Father to become president. Monroe won this election easily.The opposition Federalist Party had almost disappeared by the time of the election in 1816, they didn't even pick a canidate to run for the election! -
McCulloch v. Madison
It was a landmark decision by the supreme court. The Court set up the Necessary and Proper Clause of the Constitution, which allowed the Federal government to pass laws that weren’t in the Constitution's list of powers, provided those laws are useful to the powers of Congress under the Constitution. -
Expanded to suffrage to all white males
The Jacksonians believed that voting rights should be extended to all white men. Jackson's supporters began to form the modern day Democratic Party. They fought Adams supporters and eventually it formed a whig. -
Missouri Compromise
The Senate decided to connect the two measures. It passed a bill for the admission of Maine with an amendment enabling the people of Missouri to form a state constitution. Before the bill was returned to the House, a second amendment was adopted on the motion of Jesse B. Thomas of Illinois, excluding slavery from the Missouri Territory. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine gave the other contries a BIG stop sign. What it did is say that the European countries cant take extend anymore.The United States would regard any taking of land in the Western hemispheric affairs as a threat to its security. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
This was another landmark decision made by the Supreme Court. Thomas Addis Emmet and Thomas J. Oakley argued for Ogden, while William Wirt and Daniel Webster argued for Gibbons. Aaron Ogden filed a complaint in the Court of Chancery of New York asking the court to restrain Thomas Gibbons from operating on these waters. Gibbons' lawyer, Daniel Webster, argued that Congress had exclusive national power over interstate commerce according to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution and that to argue -
Election of 1824
The election clearly stated that the Era of Good Feelings finally was coming to an end. All the candidates were Democratic Republics. All the candidates included John Adams,Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John Calhoun, Jackson won. -
Election of Andrew Jackson
The Election of Andrew Jackson was very differnt from the other elections. People saw Jackson as the Common Man. Many people voed for him because they belived he would the people more options. -
Beginning of Democratic Party(Jacksonian)
Jacksonian democracy was the political movement toward a greater democoracy for the common man by Andrew Jackson and his supporters. In this democray Jackson made his thoughts come to law. What he did is make ALL white males be able to vote, kicked some native americans out (trail of tears) and more -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson. The Removal Act was strongly supported in the South, where states were eager to gain access to lands. The Removal Act paved the way for the emigration of tens of thousands of American Indians to the West. -
Worcester v. Georgia
A case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Indians from being present on Indian lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional. Georgia passed laws restricting the right to take away the authority of the Cherokee over their lands. Cherokee signed a removal treaty, the Treaty of New Echota. Jackson lobbied the U.S. Senate to ratify the treaty in 1836, where it passed by a ma -
Closing of the National Bank
Andrew Jackson was not a fan of the U.S. Bank. Jefferson put in an act that closed the U.S. bank for good. Because if that, we currently have multiple banks instead of one big one.
