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| 218888845 | Population Growth (1791) | Philadelphia was largest city in America. 90% was rural. 5% in the east | |
| 218888846 | George Washington | Unanimous election by Electoral College in 1789. Sec. of State was Thomas Jefferson. Adopted Bill of Rights. Established Judiciary Act of 1789 which created the Supreme Court (John Jay was first Justice) | |
| 218888847 | Alexander Hamilton | Secretary of treasury. Had Hamilton Proposal where states assumed all the nations debts together. Imposed a tariff law to raise revenue and protect infant industries. Also created excise tax (on whiskey notably). Proposed a national bank | |
| 218888848 | Whiskey Rebellion | In 1794, Pennsylvania challenged the government by revolting against the high excise tax on whiskey. George Washington crushed revolt, gained respect | |
| 218888849 | JDR's vs. Federalists | Federalists were pro-british who believed in a strong central government. Jeffersonians believed in states rights and weak central gov (pro-french) | |
| 218888850 | Battle of Fallen Timbers | British had supplied the Indians. General wayne crushed them and the indian confederacy gave up vast tracts of the North West | |
| 218888851 | Jays Treaty | John Jay made a deal with the British that the British had to pay for seizure of american ships but nothing about impressment or maritime seizures were talked about. Also US had to pay for pre-revolutionary debts | |
| 218888852 | Pinckney's Treaty | Spain gave American navigation of the Mississippi, the right of deposit at New Orleans, and large disputed territory in Florida | |
| 218888853 | George Washington Farewell address | Warned against political parties, and permanent alliances | |
| 218888854 | John Adams | Succeeded George Washington. Federalist who was hated by Hamilton. XYZ affair | |
| 218888855 | XYZ Affair | 3 envoys were sent to France to negotiate terms dealing with the Franco-American treaty and the french seizure of american merchant vessels. Privilage to talk to Talleyrand amounted to a 250,000 dollar bribe. Sent wave of anger in America | |
| 218888856 | Convention of 1800 | Ended alliance between America and France. America would pay for its own damages | |
| 218888857 | Alien Laws | The change of the residence requirements from 5 to 14 years | |
| 218888858 | Sedition Act | Freedom of speech/press was weakened, where people who talked bad about the government were imprisoned | |
| 218888859 | Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | Supported compact theory, aimed to destroy alien and sedition acts | |
| 218888860 | Jefferson | Very Democratic/Republican. Won due to the 3/5's compromise which gave him more power in the South. Kicked out the excise tax. Repealed the Judiciary Act of 1801. Reduced military to a mere police force. | |
| 218888861 | Revolution of 1800 | Election of Jefferson, a "return to the original spirit of Revolution" | |
| 218888862 | Marbury v. Madison | Established that the Supreme Court had the right of Judicial Review. (decided what was constitutional or not) | |
| 218888863 | Tripolitan War | Small war against pirates of Tripoli. America paid $60,000 in ransom for captured Americans | |
| 218888864 | Spanish Betrayal | Spain took away the right of deposit for Americans which greatly angered farmers. | |
| 218888865 | Louisiana Purchase | Napoleon negotiated with James Monroe in Paris. Louisiana was ceded to the US for $15 million dollars. | |
| 218888866 | Aaron Burr | Ex-secretary of state who was dismissed in Jefferson's second term. He then turned on Jefferson and plotted the secession of New England and New York. Alexander Hamilton then foiled the plot and they dueled--- Hamilton refused to fire, and was killed. Later fled to France where he urged Napoleon to make peace with Britain and then attack the US | |
| 218888867 | Orders in Council | Closed European ports under french control to foreign shipping, including American, unless they stopped at a British port first | |
| 218888868 | Impressment | Forcible enlistment of sailors which was used by British | |
| 218888869 | Chesapeake Affair | British officer demanded four deserters but American Officer refused. British fired at the boat killin 3 americans. Infuriated US | |
| 218888870 | Embargo Act of 1807 | Forbade the export of all goods from the US. Failed though because US economy shook before those of the European powers | |
| 218888871 | Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 | Repealed the Embargo Act and this measure formally reopened trade with all the nations of the world, except Britain and France | |
| 218888872 | Madison | Took presidency in 1809. Stopped Non-intercourse act and signed Macon's bill No. 2 | |
| 218888873 | Macon's Bill No. 2 | This reopened American trade with all the world (if either France or Britain repealed their commercial restrictions, America would restore the embargo against the non-repealing nation). France jumped on the offer and restrictions were put on the British | |
| 218888874 | War Hawks | Detested impressment, Orders in Council, and the indian threat (especially those who were being supplied by British) Wanted to go to war with the British! | |
| 218888875 | William Henry Harrison | Routed the Shawnees and burned their settlement at the Battle of Tippecanoe. Marked end of Indian Confederacy. | |
| 218888876 | War of 1812 | Caused by impressment, Orders in Council, British armament of Indians, Chesapeake affair (etc.). Trio of invading forces from Detroit, Niagara, and Lake Champlain. Americans took to the seas, they had better crews, thicker sides, heavier firepower. | |
| 218888877 | New York Invasion | Tom Macdonough snatched a victory on the Champlain Waterway which was momentous. British retreated | |
| 218888878 | Washington and New Orleans | British troops landed in the chesapeake region and set fire to the White House and the Capitol. Americans held strong in Baltimore and kept a firm grasp there. In 1814 British attempted to destroy New Orleans but Andrew Jackson led the Americans to victory in the Battle of New Orleans. | |
| 218888879 | Treaty of Ghent | Armistice between the British and Americans to stop fighting and restore conquered territory. No grievances were addressed. | |
| 218888880 | Hartford Convention | Federalists led a convention due to the wars terrible effects on commerce. New England's people were defiant and Federalists sought to address the grievances. Demanded financial assistance to compensate lost trade | |
| 218888881 | Rush-Bagot Agreement | Restricted naval armament on the Great Lakes | |
| 218888882 | Tariff of 1816 | first tariff in history for protection, not revenue | |
| 218888883 | Henry Clay | Found of the American System of 1824. This system had 3 main parts 1. strong banking system which would provide easy credit 2. Advocated a protective tariff where manufacturing could flourish 3. Tariff would provide funds for canals and roads | |
| 218888884 | James Monroe | Presidency in 1816. Continued virginia dynasty of Washington, Jefferson, and Madison. Provoked nationalism with his goodwill tour. | |
| 218888885 | Panic of 1819 | Brought deflation, depression, bankruptcies, bank failures, unemployment, soup kitchens, and overcrowded debtors' prisons (Due to over-speculation of frontier lands) | |
| 218888886 | Land Act of 1820 | Buyer to purchase 80 acres at a minimum of $1.25 an acre | |
| 218888887 | Tallmadge Amendment | No more slaves should be brought to Missouri and for a gradual emancipation of slaves already there | |
| 218888888 | Missouri Compromise | Asserted that Missouri was a slave state. But then all of the states being created in the Louisiana Purchase would be non-slave states | |
| 218888889 | Judicial Nationalism | Bolstered the power of the federal government at the expense of the states | |
| 218896593 | Judicial Dikes | Bolstered judicial power against democratic or popular leader attacks on property rights | |
| 218896594 | Anglo-American Convention | Americans to share the Newfoundland fisheries with the canadians | |
| 218896595 | Andrew Jackson 1818 campaign | Swept across Florida and seized St. Marks and Pensacola. Led to Florida Purchase Treaty of 1819 where Spain ceded Florida and parts of Oregon for American claims in Texas | |
| 218896596 | Monroe Doctrine | Nonintervention and Noncolonization |
