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(1) Whiskey Rebellion, (2) Battle of Fallen Timbers & (3) Jay's Treaty with Britain
- a protest caused by tax on liquor; Washington's quick response showed the government's strength and mercy.
- the U.S. Army defeated the Native Americans under Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket and ended Native American hopes of keeping their land north of the Ohio River.
- said that Britain was to pay for Americans ships that were seized in 1793, Americans had to pay British merchants debts owed from before the revolution & Britain had agreed to remove their troops from the Ohio Valley.
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Washington's Farewell Address
The Washington's Farewell Address warned Americans not to get involved in European affairs, not to make permanent alliances, not to form political parties, and to avoid sectionalism. -
(1) Marbury v. Madison & (2) Louisiana Purchase
- A case in which the supreme court first asserted the power of Judicial review in finding that the congressional statue expanding the Court's original jurisdiction was unconstitutional.
- territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million.
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United States declares War on Britain
This was an especially ill-fought and divisive war; with no burning national anger, the American people were divided and apathetic towards the war; the army was ill-trained, ill-disciplined, and scattered, and the offensive strategy was poorly conceived; nevertheless, despite the unimpressive outcome, Americans emerged front the war with a renewed sense of nationalism. -
Hartford Convention
Meeting held by New England Federalists during the last days of the War of 1812, to discuss grievances and draft a list of demands; some delegates discussed secession, but their final report only requested financial assistance for lost trade and a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote in Congress to impose embargoes, admit new states, or declare war. Delivered to Washington as the rest of the nation celebrated the victory in New Orleans. End of the Federalist party. Ends in 1815. -
(1) Russo-American Treaty of 1824 & (2) Gibbons v. Ogden Case
- Signed in St. Petersburg between the representatives of Russia and the U.S. on April 17, 1824. It gave Russian claims on the Pacific Northwest coast of North America south of the parallel 54 degrees 40' north over Oregon Country.
- 1824 "Steamboat case"; It was an attempt by New York to grant to a private concern a monopoly of water-borne commerce between New York and New Jersey. Marshall stated that the Constitution conferred on Congress alone the control of interstate commerce.
