Presidential Timeline Period 7 Group E

  • Election of George Washington

    Election of George Washington
    George Washington became the president. He won with a uanimous. After a couple of years he realizes he just wants to relax.
  • Bill of Rights Added to Constitution

    Bill of Rights Added to Constitution
    It gave people unalienable rights. The Federalist were for it. It went through much debate and later was added. There are 10 amendments.
  • Beginning of Federalist party

    Beginning of Federalist party
    Federal party was the first political party in America. it controlled the federal government until 1801. It was formed by Alexander Hamilton. During George Washington’s term, this party gained lots of supporters.
  • Beginning of Democratic-Republican party

    Beginning of Democratic-Republican party
    After the Missouri compromise split the nation in half and the Kansas-Nebraska Act shattered the peace between the states, this party formed. This party is against slavery.
  • Whiskey Rebellion

    Whiskey Rebellion
    An excise tax on whiskey was proposed and produced in the United States, and Congress instituted the levy in 1791. In general, the citizens of that time felt negatively toward the idea of taxation. The farmers of western Pennsylvania, many of whom distilled whiskey and profited from its sale, proved outright hostile to the idea.
  • Election of john adams

    Election of john adams
    John Adams was an American Founding Father, lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States (1797–1801). Hailing from New England, Adams, a prominent lawyer and public figure in Boston, was highly educated and represented Enlightenment values promoting republicanism. A Federalist, he was highly influential and one of the key Founding Fathers of the United States.
  • XYZ Affairs

    XYZ Affairs
    It was for to confirme Jays's Treaty. America sent three diplomats with france tallyrand. They sent 3 agents XYZ they had a bribe we refused.
  • Alien Act

    Alien Act
    It was when the government wanted to keep track of immigrants. They did it to protect America. The president had the power to deport them
  • Sedition Act

    Sedition Act
    People couldn’t speak against the government. People did not like this act because it defied their rights stated in the 1st amendment
  • Election of Thomas Jefferson

  • John Marshall appointed

    John Marshall appointed
    Adams appointed John Marshall in 1801 to be Chief Justice. Marshall served as Chief Justice until his death and influenced the Supreme Court to set the main structure of the government.
  • Marbury v. Madison

    Marbury v. Madison
    Marbury v. Madison is a case which William Marbury, a Federalist, was designated as a Justice of Peace in the District of Columbia during the last days of John Adams’ presidency. Several others were also appointed by Adams to governmental posts. These midnight judges did not get their place in the government and Marbury, on behalf of the disgruntled appointees, sued for their jobs back. Madison ended up winning the case.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    Ite expanded from the west Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains. Jefferson bought it. He hired Lewis and they explored the land
  • Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Lewis and Clark Expedition
    Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark on an expedition to map the west coast and make peace with the Native American tribes
  • Embargo Act

    Embargo Act
    Stop U.S. trading with other countries. It hurt America's economy. It was their first attempt to stay independent. It got repealed.
  • Election of James Madison

    Election of James Madison
    The two opponents in the election of 1828 had faced each other before, in the election of 1812 a peculiar affair which became known as “The Corrupt Bargain.” The 1824 race had to be decided in the House of Representatives, and it was widely believed that Speaker of the House henery clay had used his considerable influence to give the victory to John Quincy Adams.
  • Non-Intercourse Act

    Non-Intercourse Act
    Was a first attempt to stop British and the French from attacking American Ships. They banned trade with Britan and France. It was suppose to destroy their economy, but it ended up hurting ours.
  • War of 1812

    War of 1812
    In the United States presidential election of 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected President on February 9, 1825, after the election was decided by the House of Representatives. The previous years had seen a one-party government in the United States, as the Federalist Party had dissolved, leaving only the Democratic-Republican Party as a national political entity. In this election, the Democratic-Republican Party splintered as four separate candidates sought the presidency. This process did not y
  • Battle Of New Orleans

    Battle Of New Orleans
    The Battle of New Orlean was the final major battle of the War of 1812. American Forces defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the vast territory the United States had acquired with the Louisiana Purchase.The Treaty of Ghent had been signed on December 24, 1814 and ratified by the United States Senate on February 16, 1815. However, official dispatches announcing the peace would not reach the combatants until late February, finally putting an end to the war.
  • Election of James Monroe

    Election of James Monroe
    His presidency was marked both by an "Era of Good Feelings" – a period of relatively little partisan strife – and later by the Panic of 1819 and a fierce national debate over the admission of the Missouri Territory. Monroe is most noted for his proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, which stated that the United States would not tolerate further European intervention in the Americas.
  • Expanded Suffrage to White males

    Expanded Suffrage to White males
    Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark on an expedition to map the west coast and make peace with the Native American tribes
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
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  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine
    Doctrine warning European powers to not colonize/interfere with the Americas(North and south)
  • Gibbons v. Ogden

    Gibbons v. Ogden
    Court case over regulation of trade is a state or federal power. it was decided that it’s a federal government power.
  • McCulloch vs. Maryland

    McCulloch vs. Maryland
    The statute provided that all such banks were prohibited from issuing bank notes except upon stamped paper issued by the state. The statute set forth the fees to be paid for the paper and established penalties for violations.
    The Second Bank of the United States was established pursuant to an 1816 act of Congress. McCulloch. the cashier of the Baltimore branch of the Bank of the United States, issued bank notes without complying with the Maryland law. Maryland sued McCulloch for failing to p
  • Election of 1824

    Election of 1824
    In the United States presidential election of 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected President on February 9, 1825, after the election was decided by the House of Representatives. The previous years had seen a one-party government in the United States, as the Federalist Party had dissolved, leaving only the Democratic-Republican Party as a national political entity. In this election, the Democratic-Republican Party splintered as four separate candidates sought the presidency.
  • Election of Andrew Jackson

    Election of Andrew Jackson
    The two opponents in the election of 1828 had faced each other before, in the election of 1812a peculiar affair which became known as “The Corrupt Bargain.” The 1824 race had to be decided in the House of Representatives, and it was widely believed that Speaker of the House henery clay had used his considerable influence to give the victory to John Quincy Adams.
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act
    From 1814 to 1824, Jackson was instrumental in negotiating nine out of eleven treaties which divested the southern tribes of their eastern lands in exchange for lands in the west. The tribes agreed to the treaties for strategic reasons. They wanted to appease the government in the hopes of retaining some of their land, and they wanted to protect themselves from white harassment. As a result of the treaties, the United States gained control over three-quarters of Alabama and Florida, as well as p
  • Worcester v. Madison

    Worcester v. Madison
    Samuel A. Worcester and everyone else excluding Native Americans were indicted in the supreme court in the state of Georgia because they were “residing within the limits of the Cherokee nation without a license” and “without having taken the oath to support and defend the constitution and laws of the state of Georgia.” It was a case about the issue of whether the state of Georgia should move all Native Americans into a reserve outside of the state.
  • Worcester v. Georgia

    Worcester v. Georgia
    Samuel A. Worcester and everyone else excluding Native Americans were indicted in the supreme court in the state of Georgia because they were “residing within the limits of the Cherokee nation without a license” and “without having taken the oath to support and defend the constitution and laws of the state of Georgia.” It was a case about the issue of whether the state of Georgia should move all Native Americans into a reserve outside of the state.
  • Closing of the U.S. Bank

    Closing of the U.S. Bank
    Jackson didn't like the Bank, He vetoed the bank. He did it cause anyone can be in charge of America's money.