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The Election of George Washington
It was the first presidential election held in the United States under the new United States Constitution. George Washington was elected to serve 2 terms and his vice president was John Adams. Everyone voted for Washington. 100% of the votes went out to Washington because he was the only one who was running for president. John Adams received the most votes in becoming the vice president of the United States. -
Bill of Rights added to the Constitution
It was the first presidential election held in the United States under the new United States Constitution. George Washington was elected to serve 2 terms and his vice president was John Adams. Everyone voted for Washington. 100% of the votes went out to Washington because he was the only one who was running for president. John Adams received the most votes in becoming the vice president of the United States. -
Beginning of Democratic-Republican Party
1792, Republicans were known as the federalist, and people thought they were selfish. they wanted a strong national government. the democratic party believed that the best government was the one that governed least. -
Beginning of Federalist Party
It was the first presidential election held in the United States under the new United States Constitution. George Washington was elected to serve 2 terms and his vice president was John Adams. Everyone voted for Washington. 100% of the votes went out to Washington because he was the only one who was running for president. John Adams received the most votes in becoming the vice president of the United States. -
Whiskey Rebellion
Washington put a tax on whiskey and brandy. Farmers protested and sang Revolutionary songs. The people refused to pay the tax. -
Election of John Adams
1796, john adams was george washingtons vice president. washington was resigning from his presidency and supported adams during the campaign. hamilton did not want adams to become president. the federalist agreed that adams would and should follow in washington’s footsteps. and thats exactly what he did beating hamilton a total of 71 electoral votes. -
XYZ Affair
It was the first presidential election held in the United States under the new United States Constitution. George Washington was elected to serve 2 terms and his vice president was John Adams. Everyone voted for Washington. 100% of the votes went out to Washington because he was the only one who was running for president. John Adams received the most votes in becoming the vice president of the United States. -
Alien Act
It was the first presidential election held in the United States under the new United States Constitution. George Washington was elected to serve 2 terms and his vice president was John Adams. Everyone voted for Washington. 100% of the votes went out to Washington because he was the only one who was running for president. John Adams received the most votes in becoming the vice president of the United States. -
Election of Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson was elected as the 3rd president. He believed in the laissez faire. The Louisiana Purchase happened through Jefferson. -
John Marshall’s appointed
1801, John Marshall was appointed to the supreme court by president John Adams in the year of 1801. Marshall took action to strengthen the power of the court on March 5. Thomas Jefferson was coming into office as president, his party dominated congress. Marshall feared his court could be ignored and marginalized, because Jeffersons party opposed central federal powers. In the case of Marbury v. Madison(in 1803), which was devised and written by Marshall, for the first time was overturned an act -
Marbury v. Madison
It was the first presidential election held in the United States under the new United States Constitution. George Washington was elected to serve 2 terms and his vice president was John Adams. Everyone voted for Washington. 100% of the votes went out to Washington because he was the only one who was running for president. John Adams received the most votes in becoming the vice president of the United States. -
Louisiana Purchase
1803, on April 30th, 1803, a treaty was signed by the united states purchasing the Louisiana territory from France. They purchased the land from the mississippi river to the rocky mountains. They bought the land so they could use the mississippi river as a port for goods so they could import goods to other countries. As well as using it to get goods from other countries. They didn’t just use it for importing goods, but they used the land for farming and a larger population so their economy could -
McCulloch v. Maryland
McCulloch was a teller at a federal bank. Maryland wanted to tax all banks that weren’t Maryland banks. McCulloch refused to pay and the case ended up in Supreme Court. The Supreme Court decided that McCulloch didn’t have to pay. This established the fact that state corporations could not tax Federal businesses. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
It was the first presidential election held in the United States under the new United States Constitution. George Washington was elected to serve 2 terms and his vice president was John Adams. Everyone voted for Washington. 100% of the votes went out to Washington because he was the only one who was running for president. John Adams received the most votes in becoming the vice president of the United States. -
Non-Intercourse Act
Jefferson admitted he made a mistake with the Embargo Act. He decided to only limit trade with Britain. This act limited trade with Spain and Britain. -
Embargo Act
This act stopped all trade with Great Britain. The purpose of the act was to hurt Great Britain, but it mainly hurt American shippers. Eventually the act was removed. -
Election of James Madison
Madison was part of the Federalist Party. He was the first president to declare war. During the War of 1812, Madison was president. -
War of 1812
Madison declared war on Britain because they continued to impress American shippers for the British navy. After the war began the British navy blockaded the American ports. Multiple battles were fought at sea. One battle involved the USS Constitution. The Constitution fought with a British ship and won. The last battle was the Battle of New Orleans. America signed a treaty with Britain to restore things to the way they were before the war. -
election of james monroe
Election of James Monroe- 1820, james monroe became the 5th president of the united states. he is known as the era of good feelings and the mississippi compromise. he wrote a doctrine called the monroe doctrine. -
Monroe Doctrine
It was the first presidential election held in the United States under the new United States Constitution. George Washington was elected to serve 2 terms and his vice president was John Adams. Everyone voted for Washington. 100% of the votes went out to Washington because he was the only one who was running for president. John Adams received the most votes in becoming the vice president of the United States. -
gibbons v. odgen
Gibbons v. Ogden- 1824, a new york state law gave two individuals the right to operate steamboats on waters within the state boundaries. a law like this were duplicated elsewhere which led to friction as some states would require out of state boats to pay substantial fees. a steam boat owner, gibbons, did business between new york and new jersey had challenged the monopoly that new york had granted. this forced him to obtain a special operating permit from the state to navigate on its waters. -
Sedition Act-
The alien and sedition acts were passed in 1798 by the federalist congress and signed into a law by president adams. it said that if you want to live in the us for the rest of your life, you must become a us citizen you have to take classes and you must stay in the us for at least 10 years.
