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washington takes office
Washington took office on April 30th of 1789 when he started he had lots of problems he had to deal with. when he took office the states also ratified the bill of rights. -
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Washingtons problems and precedents
Washington had lots of problems when he first began as president.
some include making an army or making a good government and he also had to develop a presidential style and he had to establish how to act like a president -
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political parties
the first two political parties were the federalist party and the democratic-republicans. Federalists wanted to ratify the constitution and the democratic-republicans did not want to have powerful central government -
whiskey rebellion
the treasurer had to pay off the debt of the states so he had the idea of taxing whiskey to pay off some debt. Instead, it made the farmers mad and caused them to riot, and eventually, it got bad and violent and George Washington and the army had to stop it. -
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british impressment
Impressment, colloquially "the press" or the "press gang", is the taking of men into a military or naval force by compulsion, with or without notice. European navies of several nations used forced recruitment by various means -
Washingtons farewell adress
George Washington wrote this when he left office, he advised the people ahead of him what they should and should not do. -
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XYZ affair
the XYZ affair was a series of events that lead to a naval war with the us and France -
Adams takes office
John Adams was our 2nd president of the U.S. When he was president he created the alien and seditions act. -
alien act
John Adams put the alien act in place because he did not want to interact with foreigners. the alien act made it to where if you were from a different country you would have to go back. -
sedition's act
the seditions act permitted the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” -
Thomas Jefferson takes office
this is when the constitution made the first peaceful transfer from one political party to another -
marbury v madison
this case decided the principle of judicial review. the case decided that something was unconstitutional and made the judicial review possible. -
Louisiana purchase
the Louisiana purchase was made when the French were running out of money so they sold a huge chunk of their land. Thomas Jefferson bought the land for $15,000,000 which was cheap for how much land he was getting -
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Lewis and Clark
the lewis and Clark expedition was when lewis and Clark went out to discover new parts of the land that the U.S. just bought. -
embargo act
Embargo Act, (1807), U.S. Pres. Thomas Jefferson's nonviolent resistance to British and French molestation of U.S. merchant ships carrying or suspected of carrying, war materials and other cargoes to European belligerents during the Napoleonic Wars. -
madison takes office
The presidency of James Madison began on March 4, 1809, when James Madison was inaugurated as President of the United States and ended on March 4, 1817. Madison, the fourth United States president, took office after defeating Federalist Charles Cotesworth Pinckney decisively in the 1808 presidential election -
battle of tippecanoe
Battle of Tippecanoe, (November 7, 1811), the victory of a seasoned U.S. expeditionary force under Major General William Henry Harrison over Shawnee Indians led by Tecumseh's brother Laulewasikau (Tenskwatawa), known as the Prophet. ... The U.S. victory broke Tecumseh's power and ended the threat of an Indian confederation. -
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war of 1812
War of 1812, (June 18, 1812–February 17, 1815), conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. It ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent -
star-spangled banner
On June 1, 1812, the United States of America declared war on the British. During the attack, Francis Scott Key penned his famous poem The Star-Spangled Banner, known today as the national anthem of the United States. The War of 1812 came to end in 1815 with the ratification of the Treaty of Ghent -
treaty of Ghent
On December 24, 1814, The Treaty of Ghent was signed by British and American representatives at Ghent, Belgium, ending the War of 1812. By terms of the treaty, all conquered territory was to be returned, and commissions were planned to settle the boundary of the United States and Canada. -
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era of good feelings
Both the United States and Great Britain were relieved to end the war. Because of westward expansion and economic prosperity, the years immediately following the war would be labeled as the Era of Good Feelings. -
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battle of new Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815 between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson, roughly 5 miles southeast of the French Quarter of New Orleans, in the current suburb of Chalmette, Louisiana -
monroe doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine is a key part of U.S. foreign policy. President James Monroe issued the policy in 1823. It stated that North and South America were no longer open to colonization. It also declared that the United States would not allow European countries to interfere with independent governments in the Americas