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Election of George Washington:
The election of George Washington was when the first president and vice presidents were elected. John Adams was the vice president of the United States. -
Bill of Rights added to the Constitution:
People wanted a bill of rights, but government thought it’d be dangerous. They felt it would actually limit the rights of the Americans, because they wouldn’t be able to list all of the rights. Eventually it was added. -
Beginning of Federalist Party:
The Federalist party were people who advised a strong political government. This portion of the political parties believed that the government should be run by the white, land owning, rich, educated male. They also promoted the national bank. -
Beginning of Democratic Rpublican Party
The Democratic-republican party was the very first political party in the nation and started the whole idea of political parties, George Washington was a strong leader of the Democratic party. -
Whiskey Rebellion:
On October 1st, 1791, a tax placed on all whiskey products angered the farmers of the south. A small rebellion formed to protest against the government. Washington step in and told the south to deal with the tax. This was the first test of the power of the federal government. -
Election of John Adams
This election was considered the first real election ever, because there was an actual battle between the two political parties running for presidency. In the end john Adams won against his opponent Thomas Jefferson. -
XYZ Affair:
May 16, 1797: America was trying to get France accept Jay’s Treaty; America was angry at the number of attacks from France to their ships. France would only accept the treaty if America would pay a bribe. Adams denied the bribe and said “Millions for defence, not one cent for tribute!” This said America wasn’t just going to be pushed around. -
Alien act
The alien act gave the president power to deport. John Adam never used them but it kept people thinking and worried. Instead of a 5 year limit, you would have to live in the U.S. for 14 years before becoming a citizen. This also limited their privacy and rights. -
Sedition Act
It was approved on July 14, 1798 and this act said that people cannot hate on their government. It didn’t allow people to write down their true emotions and feelings about the government. This wasn’t such a good idea because it limited their rights, such as freedom of speech. -
Election of Thomas Jefferson:
(December 3rd, 1800): This election was between Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Aaron Burr. Jefferson and Burr was tied and it was up to the House of Representatives. By only just one vote, Jefferson pulled ahead and won. -
John Marshall Appointed
John Adams nominated John Marshall as Supreme Court, then Secretary of State. He accepted the appointment on February 2, 1801. He was on that position for 35. -
Marbury vs. Madison:
This case caused the Judicial branch to have the equivalent power as the other two branches. It also practised the say of the judicial review for the Judicial branch. -
Louisiana Purchase-
America was afraid of losing control of the Mississippi river when the French took over New Orleans. Napoleon had come with a lack of finance and Sold the whole region from the Mississippi river to the rocky mountains. This nearly doubled the U.S. territory. -
Lewis and Clark expedition:
The President, Thomas Jefferson, just bought the Louisiana Purchase from the French and wanted to explore. Lewis was asked by him to be his secretary and was chosen to be the commander on this expedition. Then Lewis writes to Clark if he wanted to join the journey and he accepts. And on May 14, 1804, the expedition started. -
Embargo Act:
America ended all trade with foreign countries. This hurt American much more than any other country. The act was thankfully suspended. -
Non-Intercourse act:
On March 1, 1809, the Non-Intercourse act stated that it would stop embargo with Britain and France. They wanted to stop them from attacking and invading American ships. And eventually the Americans realized they needed the British more than they needed us. -
Election of James Madison:
On March 4, 1809 James Madison was running against Charles C. Pinckney of South Carolina and Rufus King of New York. James Madison dominated Pinckney by 78 votes and Rufus by 116 votes. As a democratic-republican, he satisfied many the common people. -
War of 1812:
September 11, 1812-1824 December 24th, 1814
The war of 1812 would be the last war fought with Britain. The British were taking American sailors and making them work for them and were supplying the Native Americans with weapons, which wasn’t good for the Americans. Compared to Britain, America had no chance of success. The British army was experienced, well-equipped, and was very formal, that was everything the American militia wasn’t. All though the odds weren’t in their favor, they managed to p -
Battle of New Orleans:
This was a major battle of the war of 1812. This battle was ironic because it was fought after the peace treaty was signed. Because it takes weeks to get across the ocean, they didn’t receive the news until it was too late. -
Expaned suffrage
Jackson dropped the law that it was required to own land and property to vote. Because the common man praised Jackson but had no land, Jackson was the one benefiting from this new voting standards. Just because of a small change in government, he was able to pull ahead in the next election. -
Missouri Compromise:
The difference in economic ways in the north and south led to great conflicts between slavery or non-slavery. In the Missouri Compromise, they split Missouri into a half free, half slave state and separated Maine from Massachusetts. This helped settle some disputes between the balance of slave and free states. -
Monroe Doctrine
Monroe’s doctrine was a document first proclaimed by speech on December 2, 1823. It was to fulfil George Washington’s farewell address. It stated that America will stay independent and not get involved with other nations. -
Gibbons v. Ogden:
Ogden sued Gibbons in worry that Gibbons would get a monopoly from unlicensed boats. When the case was introduced to the supreme court, the question was; Did the federal government have the power to control interstate commerce? Ogden ended up winning the case and federal government had the power to control interstate trade. -
McCulloch vs. Maryland:
The tax placed on the bank of the U.S. was refused to be paid by McCulloch and the case was taken to the supreme court.The federal government gained power through this case. They said that the state bank couldn’t tax the national bank. -
Election of 1824:
This election was called the “corrupt bargain” because the election overall wasn’t fair. Since no candidate won the election with %50 or more votes, the house of representatives had to call for the vote. Since Henry Clay was a excellent speaker and was a representative from congress, Clay was easily able to persuade congress to vote for Adams as president. Adams said that if Clay could make him president, he would make him the secretary of state; making it a corrupt bargain. -
Beginning of Democratic Party:
The Democratic party is one of the oldest of to political parties. Thomas Jefferson was the first Democratic president of the united states he believe that the government should be run by the common man. He favored a strong state government and no national bank. -
Election of James Monroe:
Monroe’s main goal was to maintain foreign policy and remain neutral. In this election James Monroe won by a mile! He beat his opponent, John Q. Adams by 230 votes. -
Election of Andrew Jackson
This election was between John Q. Adams and Andrew Jackson. Jackson beat Adams by a landslide. No one really favored Adams because of his first term, so their only other person was Jackson. He praised the common man, which helped him excel in votes to win the presidency. -
Indian Removal Act:
Indians were being removed from Mississippi and western part of Alabama. This act is often referred to “the trail of tears”, because of the thousands of people died from traveling. They thought that the Indian removal was necessary for the growth in population, wealth, and power. -
Worcester V. Georgia
Georgia began moving Native Americans westward. In the case of Worcester v. Georgia, they battled for the right for Indians to stay in Georgia. They accused that Georgia didn’t have the right to pass laws restricting boundaries of the Cherokee Indians. -
Closing of the U.S.Bank
The U.S bank regulated national debt and prevented America to go bankrupt. It also gave away bonds for people to help pay off debts and also for economic reasons. Unfortunately, this had to end because of Andrew Jackson’s hatred toward them.
