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Election of George Washington
George Washington was a war hero and patriotic legend for the United States.The Electoral College elected Washington unanimously as the first president in 1789,and again in the 1792 election; he remains the only president to have received 100 percent of the electoral votes. -
Whiskey Rebellion
Whiskey was taxed and the farmers rebeled -
Bill of Rights added to the Constitution
The original constitution had very few rights listed and had worried Anti-Federalists. A Bill of Rights listing many basic individual rights was proposed to be added to the constitution September 25, 1789, and was finally ratified on December 15, 1791. -
Alien Act
Authorized the President the power to deport any alien resident citizen that was considered dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States -
The XYZ Affair
Early in 1797 President Adams sent three prominent Americans to Paris to try to reach an agreement with France. The French government refused to receive the Americans officially. Meanwhile the Americans were visited privately by three French officials.The French officials, later identified by President Adams as merely "X, Y, and Z," made three insulting demands. First, the American government must apologize publicly to France for remarks made by President Adams in a speech to Congress, Second, t -
John Marshall Appointed
John Marshall, previously Secretary of State, was appointed as Chief Justice in the supreme court in 1801. Marshall continued to serve as Chief Justice for 35 more years. During his term he helped establish the Supreme Court as the final authority for the meaning of the Constitution. -
Election of Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson was elected and ran against John Adams and won. -
Marbury v. Madison
Court case in which Marbury sued Madison for not letting him have his job as Justice of the Peace, Marbury’s actions were deemed unconstitutional but made another problem that the Supreme Court didn’t have enough power as the other branches and was therefore not equal as said to be. This established Judicial Review. -
Indian Removal Act
States where forcing Indain off thier land. It led to the Trail of Tears. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana purchase was a treaty signed in 1803 where the United States purchased land from France. The Louisiana Territory, more than 2 million kilometers of land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, almost doubled the size of the U.S. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
The Lewis and Clark expedition was the first transcontinental exploration to the Pacific coast after the United States had expanded from the Louisiana Purchase. Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark they set out to find a better trade route and study plant life and wildlife. -
Embargo act
Stopped trade in and out of America -
Election of James Madison
He ran against Charles, and George -
non intercourse
It lifted all embargos on trade except those going to french and british ports -
war of 1812
war was caused because america was not trading with britain -
McCulloch vs. Maryland
Maryland taxed The First Bank of the United States. McCulloch(the bank's cashier) didn't agree. The case went to the Supreme Court, and ruled in favor of McCulloch. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a policy that stated European nations could not colonize North America or South America and it they refused, military force would be used against them. It also made it so that the United States could not interfere with any European affairs. -
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Ogedn purchased an intrest in the monopoly to operate steamoats that New York granted Livington and Fulton. Ogden brought suit on Gibbons for operating rival steamboats between New York city and New Jersy ports. Gibbons was being charged to operate there. The Suprreme Court in favor of Gibbons. -
Worcester vs georgia
Cherokke indians were bveing forced off their land in Georgia. The supreme court ruled that Georgia's laws unconstitutional when a missionary got arrested for sleeping wwith the indians. -
Expanded sufffrage to all white males
With Jackson running as a democrat he was for he common man. He established Jacksonian Democrats.The Jacksonians believed that voting rights should be extended to all white men. By 1820, universal white male suffrage was accepted, and by 1850 nearly all requirements to own property or pay taxes had been dropped. -
Sedition Act
This law made it illegal to critizize the government or the Constituion in a speech or writing.
