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Election of Geoirge Washington
The United States presidential election of 1788-1789 was the first quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Monday, December 15, 1788 to Saturday, January 10, 1789. It was the first presidential election in the United States of America under the new United states constitution. -
Bill of Rights Added
First ten amendments to the constitution. Proposed by James Madison in 1789. A resolution between the pro-constitution and anti-constitution states. -
Beginning of The Fed. Party
The Federalist party was the first American political party. The Federalists controlled the federal government until 1801. -
Beginning of Republican-Democratic Partys
Organized by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in 1791 to 1793. Opposed the Federalist Party and was popular after the Election of 1800. Later split into today's Democrat and Republican Parties. -
Whiskey Rebellion
Tax on Whiskey, Supposed to increase Central Government Power. More than 500 men went to attack the fortified home of tax inspector General John Neville. Washington responded by sending peace commissioners to negotiate with the rebels, while at the same time calling on governors to send a militia force to enforce the tax. It demonstrated the power of Washington during that time. -
Election of John Adams
John adams beat Thomas Jefferson in the election of 1796 after George Washington refused to run for a third term. Thomas Pickney was the next most popular Federalist. Aaron Burr was the next most popular Democrat-Republican. -
XYZ Affair
The XYZ Affair was when the French demanded large payments before discussing peace terms, Americans were outraged. They called it the XYZ Affair for the three French agents involved. Many Americans wanted it, but Adams worked carefully to avoid a war with France so soon. The U.S. Navy had a very small army. Adams built up the U.S. Army and Navy for protection, while sending Americans to France to work on peace. The U.S. never officially declared war, but between 1797 and 1800, both sides were at -
Alien Act
Act that was passed on June 25 and allowed the president to deport aliens that might be harmful to the health of the country. Passed to help strengthen the federal government. Designed to help keep Democratic-Republicans out of the government. -
Sedition Act
Declared that any treasonable activity was punishable by fine and Imprisonment. Signed by president John Adams in 1798. Was considered a high misdemeanor and caused 25 men to be arrested. -
Election of Thomas Jefferson
The Election of 1800, Jeff won with a surprising 61% versus John Adams’s 38%. Nicknamed the “Revolution of 1800”, Caused the eventual demise to the Federalist Party and ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican Rule. -
Marshall Appointed
Federalist President John Adams nominated his Secretary of State, John Marshall, to the office of Chief Justice of the United States in 1801. Democratic-Republic party leader Thomas Jefferson defeated Adams in the Presidential election of 1800, so Adams placed as many Federalists in the judiciary as possible before leaving office on March 4, 1801. -
Marbury v.s Madison
Marbury sued Madison after he refused to give him papers make him a justice. Adams tried to strengthen the Federalist impact in the Government before he left and Thomas Jefferson tried to weaken it. Marbury was called the midnight judge. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the U.S. in 1803 of 828,000 square miles of France’s claim to the territory of Louisiana.Lewis and Clark explored it. -
Lewis & Clark
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition (1804–1806), was the first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific coastundertaken by the United States. Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson, it was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. -
Embargo Act
An act that stated that American ships were no longer allowed to sail to foreign ports, and it also closed American ports to British ships. Passed in 1807 and repealed in 1809. -
Election of James Madison
The United States presidential election of 1808 was the 6th quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Friday, November 4 to Wednesday, December 7, 1808. The Democratic-Republican candidate James Madison defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Madison had served as United States Secretary of State under incumbent Thomas Jefferson, and Pinckney had been the unsuccessful Federalist candidate in the election of 1804.
Sitting Vice President George Clinton, who had served -
Non-Intercourse Act
A law passed in 1809 by the United States Congress to ban all commerce between Americans and the European nations of France and Great Britain. It was designed to replace the unpopular Embargo Act of 1807, which banned international shipping with all nations. Like the other acts, it was difficult to enforce and widely violated. It was replaced about a year after and is generally believed to have been a failure. -
War of 1812
June 18th, 1812 America declares war. August 15,1812 was the first battle of the war in Detroit,Michigan, and the British had won. -
Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815 and was the final major battle of the War of 1812.[6][7] American forces, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the vast territory the United States had acquired with the Louisiana Purchase. -
Election of James Monroe
Called the Election of 1820, There was really nothing oppousing him so there was barley any campaign. -
Expanded Suffrage
Expanded Suffrage to all white males banned some men rights like the right to vote, and other little things that add up. the sufferage started huge fights and eventually become so important that the needed to do somthing quickly to help. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north -
Monroe Doctrine
Doctrine that said europe had to stay on the Eastern side of the world and could not get involved with the South American countries. An attempt to weaken the influence of Europe in the west. Passed on December 2nd, 1823. -
Gibbons v.s Ogden
A New York state law gave two individuals the exclusive right to operate steamboats on waters within state jurisdiction. Laws like this one were made elsewhere which led to trouble as some states would require foreign (out-of-state) boats to pay substantial fees for navigation rights. In this case a steamboat owner who did business between New York and New Jersey challenged the monopoly that New York had granted, which forced him to obtain a special operating permit from the state to navigate on -
McCulloch v.s Maryland
In 1816, Congress made The Second Bank of the United States. In 1818, the state of Maryland passed legislation to impose taxes on the bank. McCulloch, the cashier of the Baltimore branch of the bank, refused to pay the tax. -
Election of 1824
The United States presidential election of 1824 was the 10th quadrennial presidential election. It was held Tuesday, October 26 to Thursday, December 2, 1824.John Quincy Adams was elected President on February 9, 1825, after the election was decided by the House of Representatives in what was termed the Corrupt Bargain. 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 politic -
Election of 1824
John Quincy Adams was elected as presedent on February 9, 1824 -
Jacksonian Democracy
Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by American politician Andrew Jackson and his supporters. Jackson's policies followed the era of Jeffersonian democracy which dominated the previous political era. The Democratic-Republican Party of the Jeffersonians became factionalized in the 1820s. Jackson's supporters began to form the modern Democratic Party; they fought the rival Adams and Anti-Jacksonian factions, which soon emerged as the -
Election of Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson became the 7th presedent. And defeated the Indian army. -
Indian Removal
The act authorized him to negotiate with the Native Americans in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands -
Closing of The U.S Bank
President Andrew Jackson announces that the government will no longer use the Second Bank of the United States, the country's national bank. He then used his executive power to remove all federal funds from the bank
