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| 15576045615 | Washington as President | -Unanimously elected by the Electoral College, who was not necessarily angled for office who established a cabinet to help be the heads of the executive-branch departments | 0 | |
| 15576171359 | Bill of Rights | -The first ten amendments of the Constitution written by James Madison that assured individual rights for all citizens | 1 | |
| 15576224605 | 10th Amendment | -The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people -Considered the most important amendment of the Bill of Rights | 2 | |
| 15576297907 | Accomplishments of the First Congress | 1. Created President's cabinet 2. Passed the first tariff 3. Bill of Rights established 4. Set up the judicial system, with James Jay as Chief Justice of the United States | 3 | |
| 15576459675 | Hamilton's Plan to Solve Debt | -Wanted the government to repay all of the federal and state debt, with bigger states wanting the plan but smaller states not -Got his way in an agreement that the District of Columbia would be established on the Potomac River, pleasing a reluctant Virginia | 4 | |
| 15576561008 | Hamilton's Plan to Pay Debt | -Hamilton proposed the Tariff of 1789, which proposed an 8% value on imports -Hamilton also proposed the Whiskey Tax, which the goal was to insure additional money -It should be noted that although his plans were intended to pay off the insane debt, Hamilton also hoped that the money could kick off an Industrial Revolution within America | 5 | |
| 15576975993 | Hamilton's Bank | Hamilton used the "necessary and proper" clause to authorized Congress to do whatever was necessary to carry a national bank of sorts -Wealthy American investors would fund the bank allowing it to issue paper money and deal with government funds. -The national bank was a huge controversy as it gave a huge amount of power to the federal government, something anti-federalists feared -However at the same time it took care of national debt which was the goal | 6 | |
| 15577056887 | The Whiskey Rebellion | -In 1794, farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey -The army, led by Washington, put down the rebellion, which showed that the new government under the Constitution could react swiftly and effectively to such a problem unlike with Shay's | 7 | |
| 15577110318 | Two-Party System | -A political system dominated by two major parties in America that existed following intense political feud between Jefferson and Hamilton over revenue-raising and thus created a two party system that started in Congress and then emerged within the citizens | 8 | |
| 15594390544 | Neutrality Proclamation | -stated that the United States would not take sides with any European countries that were at war, as the nation was new and did not want to cause potential problems | 9 | |
| 15594363468 | Adams vs. Jefferson | -First real election candidates, ends with a 71-68 vote in the electoral college -Leader of the Democratic-Republicans on one side, and the Vice President on the other | 10 | |
| 15594390545 | Treaty of Greenville | -Gave the United States claim to most Indian lands in the Northwest Territory after winning the battle for it, most land was in Ohio | 11 | |
| 15594390546 | John Jay's Plan | -Britain promised to evacuate the posts on British soil, as well as pay damage to the American ships they had done, but America had to pay the British on pre-Revolutionary accounts -The people believed that Jay was a traitor because he was engaging in deals with the British, and were fearful | 12 | |
| 15594469227 | XYZ Affair | -Following France's dislike of Jay's Plan, France began to feel worried that Britain and America would become allies, and they began seizing American vessels in the ocean -America sent John Marshall and other men to meet with the French foreign minister, but three men appeared and demanded $250,000 to speak to the minister, which the Americans were outraged -Made the Federalists laugh at the Democratic-Republicans that their "friend" would go against them, and made Americans want to retaliate against Great Britain once again | 13 | |
| 15594711706 | Convention of 1800 | -A conference between the U.S. and France which ended the naval hostilities after Adams did not want to bring war to a new country -France agreed to stop the hostile, as long as America payed for the naval damage | 14 | |
| 15594846578 | Alien Laws | -Although never fully established, acts passed by a Federalist Congress raising the residency requirement for citizenship to fourteen years to prevent Jeffersonians from getting more votes as immigrants typically voted that way | 15 | |
| 15594961608 | Sedation Laws | -Laws that were passed by the Federalist-Congress that made talk against President Adams or any Federalist in politics illegal -Despite being unconstitutional, a Federalist-filled Supreme Court let the law slide | 16 | |
| 15595100615 | Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | -Written anonymously by Jefferson and Madison in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, they declared that states could nullify federal laws that the states considered unconstitutional | 17 | |
| 15595388420 | Federalist Beliefs | -Leaders: Alexander Hamilton and John Adams -Appealed To: Manufacturers, Merchants, Wealthy and Educated, Seaboard Cities -Government Ideals: Strong Government over the States but Loose Interpretation of the Constitution, Limit Freedoms of Speech and Press -Domestic Policy: Supported National Bank, Excise tax, National government pay for State Debt, High Tariffs, National government pay National Debt -Foreign Policy: Opposed the French Revolution, wanted War against the French, Favored British | 18 | |
| 15595534847 | Democratic-Republican Beliefs | -Leaders: Thomas Jefferson and James Madison -Appealed To: Farmers, Planters, Common Man, South and the West -Government Ideals: States Rights over the National Government, Strict Constitution Interpretation, Bill of Rights very important, lesser government -Domestic Policy: Against National Bank, No Excise Tax, State and Nation Pay Own Debt, Low Tariffs -Foreign Policy: Supported French Revolution, no War against the French, Favored French | 19 |
