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Election of George Washington and Whisky Rebellion
George Washington was the obvious first President. No one ran against him, and everybody knew him and trusted him to lead them. The whisky rebellion took place while he was in office. Farmers didn’t want to pay the tax required, so Washington sent out military forces to show Americans that they weren’t playing around anymore. Washington was one of the best Presidents. -
Election of John Adams
Election of John Adams:
The election was also known as the election of 1796
John Adams had a lot of experience because he was a vice president for 8 years.
John was almost guaranteed to be the next president after Washington.
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XYZ affair
France became upset with the U.S. because we had not helped them in the French revolution, and because we signed a treaty with Britain encouraging trade with them. So Adams, the President at the time, sent Marshall, Gerry, and Pickney to make peace with them. From the French there were three of their men sent, known as X,Y, and Z. Those men tried to bribe the U.S. representatives and they said, “Millions for defense; not one cent for tribute!” -
Election of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson ran agains John Adams in the election of 1800. During this election was when the federalist party split. The election was also significant beacuse it proved the U.S. could survive through the change in political parties. The aftermath of this election is what caused them to write the 12th amendment. -
Marbury v. Madison
This case was trying to establish what powers of the Supreme Court were when making decisions about the Constitution. In the end this case established the Court’s right to review acts of the President and Congress. The Supreme Court became the final authority on what the Constitution really means. The Judicial Review made the Supreme Court an equal partner in the U.S. government. -
Louisiana Purchase
In 1803 before the purchase, France owned the Louisiana territory. They were in need of money, almost 10 million dollars they needed. The U.S. took advantage of this and bought the Louisiana land for 15 million dollars. The total amount of land in the Louisiana area was bigger than Britain, Italy, Germany, and France all were together. -
Embargo Act
This law stopped all trade between the U.S. and any other country. The purpose of this law was to get Britain and France to stop fighting each other. Although it was a good idea, in the end it wound up hurting American citizens, not helping. They ended this act in1809 because it failed. -
Election of James Madison
Election of James Madison:
Madisons election was in 1808 and started his place in the white house in 1909
James Madison was a major role in the Louisiana purchase which helped his election.He started trying to protect the economy right when he got into office.
He was a Democratic republican candidate. -
Non intercourse act
Non intercourse act:
This was on March 1st in 1809.
This lifted all embargoes off of the America cargo ships except for the ones to France and Britain.
The whole point of this act was to damage Frances economy and Britain's.
The economy that suffered the most though was the United states’. -
War of 1812/ Battle of New Orleans
War of 1812/Battle of New Orleans
The War of 1812 happened because the British kept seizing American ships.
They also impressed American sailors and them blocking us from trading with France, but in the end we came to the Treaty of Ghent in 1815.
The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8th in 1815.
The Battle of New Orleans was a great victory for the U.S. -
Election of James Monroe
This election was what they called the “Era of Good Feelings” because of the lack of partisan. He created the Monroe Doctrine, which warned the European countries about expanding land in the western hemisphere. It was the central foreign policy for the United States. This doctrine is still part of the U.S. foreign policy today. -
Missouri Compromise
This Compromise was created by Henry Clay. It settled the slavery issue for about thirty years. It also admitted Missouri as a slave state, but prohibited slavery in all other Louisiana Purchase land. This compromise kept the peace between northern and southern states for thirty years before the civil war broke out. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
Gibbons v. Ogden:
The court case occurred on March 2nd, 1824.
The Chief Justice was John Marshall.
The subject was how steamboat sailors might need a out-of-state license.
The conclusion was 6 votes for Gibbons and zero against. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
The case was trying to decide whether the federal government should have to have the power to run institutions like the Bank of the U.S. The court said that they did have the power. The power of the national government was strengthened by this case. It allowed it to grow and meet the problems that the Founding Fathers could not foresee. -
Election of 1824
In this election there were four candidates running for President. They were all Democratic - Republicans. Jackson was obviously the popular vote by the people, and he figured he would win. But, in the end Adams won because he had close ties with people in the electoral college. -
Election of Andrew Jackson
The election marked the end of Republican-Federalist framework. During this election Jackson presented himself as a representative of the common man. During the Indian Removal act Jackson moved the Indians out of the south east area and into the west. They call the trail they took to get there the Trail of Tears because so many Indians died on the way there. -
Worcester v. Georgia:
Worcester v. Georgia:
It was held with the U.S. Supreme Court in March 3, 1832
This was about the Cherokee Islands constituted a nation holding specific sovereign powers.
Tribal sovereignty did not protect them from being moved away from their homeland.
The Cherokee’s chief was John Ross and he debated against the U.S. Supreme Court.
