Presidents bracket

By NicholasC7
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    George Washington

    1. He is from Westmoreland County, VA
    2. Minimal formal education, mostly at a local school in Virginia. Educated by mother and half-brother. Also self educated himself through books
    3. British provincial militia, the continental army, the U.S. army
    4. surveyor of Culpeper County in the Colony of Virginia
    5. Augustine Washington (father), Mary Bell Washington (mother), Jane Washington (half-sister), Butler Washington (half-brother), Lawrence Washington (half-brother),
    6. French and Indian war

  • Inauguration

    Inauguration Day is the day when the president-elect and vice-president-elect are sworn in and take office

  • First naturalization law

    The first ever naturalization law has been made

  • Ratifying the Constitution

  • Copyright law

  • Establishing the capital

  • Revolutionary War debts

    President Washington signs a bill into law that directed the federal government to assume the Revolutionary War debts of the states.

  • Ratifying the Bill of Rights

    The states officially ratify the first ten amendments to the Constitution, also known as the Bill of Rights. President Washington had called for their ratification in his first inaugural address.

  • Proclaiming neutrality

    President Washington issues a proclamation of neutrality, warning Americans to avoid aiding either side in the emerging conflict between Britain and revolutionary France.

  • Warships

    Congress responds to British aggression by authorizing the production of six warships (March 11) and announcing a sixty-day embargo on American shipping (March 26). The Washington administration supports both measures.

  • Farmers' rebellion

    Farmers in western Pennsylvania rebel over the strict enforcement of an excise tax on whiskey passed in 1791. President Washington issues a proclamation on August 7 ordering the insurgents to return home. When this fails, he calls up more than 12,000 militiamen and dispatches them to Pennsylvania, whereupon the insurrection dissolves.
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    John Adams

    1. Braintree, MA
    2. Harvard University
    3. Served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, established a continental navy
    4. U.S. government as a senior diplomat in Europe
    5. John Adams Sr. (father), Susanna Boylston (mother), Peter and Elihu Adams (brothers) 6.Helped negotiate the treaty of peace

  • Trade wars

    Under the terms of Macon's Bill Number 2, Madison accepts a French offer to stop confiscation of American supplies and ships. In February 1811, he declares a halt in trade with Britain unless the Orders are repealed. Undeterred, Britain vows to continue to seize American ships until France ends its trade restrictions.

  • Inaugural Address

  • Special session

    Adams calls the first special session of Congress to debate the mounting crisis in French-American relations. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, the American envoy in France, had left France after being insulted by the French foreign minister.

  • XYZ Affair

  • The Eleventh Amendment

    The Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is declared in full force by President Adams. It stipulates that federal courts shall not have the jurisdiction over litigation between individuals from one state against individuals from another state.
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    Thomas Jefferson

    1. Shadwell, VA
    2. studied at the college of William and Mary in Williamsburg
    3. No military service
    4. Jefferson was the nation's first U.S. secretary of state under George Washington and then the nation's second vice president under John Adams
    5. Martha Wayles Skelton (wife), Martha and Mary Jefferson (children)
    6. the crisis in France had passed, he slashed Army and Navy expenditures, cut the budget, eliminated the tax on whiskey so unpopular in the West.

  • Tripoli declares war

    Yusuf Karamini, pasha of Tripoli, declares war on the United States by symbolically cutting down the flagpole at the U.S. consulate. This action came after the United States refused to pay more tribute to the Tripolitans in exchange for protection from piracy against American ships.

  • Enabling Act

    President Jefferson signs the Enabling Act, establishing procedures under which territories organized under the Ordinance of 1787 can become a state. The law effectively authorizes people of the Ohio territory to hold a convention and frame a constitution.

  • Ohio becomes a state

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • The Twelfth Amendment

    Motivated by the infamous election of 1800, Congress passes the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution, requiring electors to vote for President and vice president separately. This ends the tradition of the runner up in a presidential race becoming vice president and prevents chances for a deadlock tie.
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    James Madison

    1. Port Conway, Virginia
    2. Princeton University 3.James Madison was commissioned as colonel and commander of the Orange County Regiment, Virginia Militia.
    3. Madison won election to the U.S. House of Representatives
    4. James Madison, Sr., and Eleanor Rose Conway (parents)
    5. Madison vetoes two bills of Congress, Madison delivers a tentative war message to Congress, indicating his shift in policy.

  • West Florida tensions

    Prompted by tensions with Spain over West Florida, Madison calls for renewal of an act authorizing the President to call out 100,000 militiamen, fill up the regular army to its authorized strength, establish a force of 20,000 volunteers for immediate emergencies, and reactivate idle components of the naval fleet

  • Occupation of West Florida

    Madison issues a proclamation authorizing occupation of West Florida, also claimed by Spain, as part of the Louisiana Purchase.

  • Presidential vetoes

    Madison vetoes two bills of Congress, one granting land in the Mississippi Territory to a Baptist congregation and the other incorporating an Episcopal church in Washington, D.C. Madison argues that both bills violate the non-establishment clause of the First Amendment. Later in the year, Congress will pass a Religious Freedom Act

  • War message

    Madison delivers a message to Congress, justifying war against Britain and asking for a declaration of war. On June 4, the House of Representatives votes 79-49 for war against Britain. On June 16, Britain revokes its Orders in Council in an attempt to avoid war with the United States, but news of the British decision will reach the United States too late. On June 17, Senate votes 19-13 for a declaration of war.

  • Declaration of war

    Madison issues a declaration of war against Britain. In addition to concern over British actions with regard to international trade, some proponents of war also endorse territorial expansion into British Canada and Spanish Florida; they also hope to end suspected British support of Indian attacks. Without the Bank of America and with an Army of only 6,700, the United States faces dire economic and military straits at the war's outset.

  • Madison reelected

    Despite fierce competition and conflict within the Democrat-Republican party, Madison wins reelection, securing 128 electoral votes to Federalist DeWitt Clinton's 89. The electoral results indicate a divide within the nation.

  • The Battle of the Burnt Corn

    The Battle of the Burnt Corn in the Mississippi Territory brings the Creek Indians into the war against the United States.

  • End of the War of 1812

    News arrives of the December 1814 Treaty of Ghent that ends the War of 1812. On February 15, Congress appropriates $500,000 for the reconstruction of federal buildings. The Senate ratifies the Treaty of Ghent on February 16.

  • War on Algiers

    With Madison having secured a declaration of war on Algiers, Captain Stephen Decatur leads a flotilla from New York against the Mediterranean pirates, who attack American ships during the War of 1812. Algiers surrenders on June 30

  • Re-chartering a national bank

    Madison signs a bill re-chartering a new national bank in Philadelphia. The charter is set for a twenty-one year term
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    James Monroe

    1. Monroe Hall, VA
    2. William and Mary, Campbelltown Academy
    3. Enlisted in the Third Virginia Infantry
    4. Served as a governor of Virginia

  • Rush-Bagot Agreement

    Britain's minister to the United States, Charles Bagot, agrees to the conditions of the Rush-Bagot Agreement. Following negotiations, acting Secretary of State Richard Rush sends the document to Britain in August 1816. This is the final version of a treaty that Monroe, while secretary of state under Madison, negotiated with British foreign minister Robert Stewart Castlereagh.

  • The Panic of 1819

    The Panic of 1819 begins to take shape. A sharp decline in real estate values and a severe credit contraction (an inability to secure bank loans) inflates the currency and causes imports and prices to fall. In March, the price of cotton collapses in the English market. The conservative policies of the Second Bank of the United States, founded in 1816, accelerates the crisis, which ends around 1823

  • The Transcontinental Treaty

    The Transcontinental Treaty, also known as the Adams-Onis treaty, is resolved in February after the conclusion of negotiations dating back to July 1818. The treaty transfers the Floridas from Spain to the United States for $5 million, and advances the U.S. border across Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. Spain also relinquishes claims to the Oregon Territory. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams orchestrates the proceedings with the Spanish minister to Washington, Luis de Onis.

  • McCulloch v. Maryland

    Under Chief Justice John Marshall, the United States Supreme Court rules against the state of Maryland in McCulloch v. Maryland. In a unanimous decision, the Court finds that states cannot tax federal agencies. The ruling establishes a precedent of broad federal power, marking a blow to states' rights.

  • Military Establishment Act

    Monroe signs the Military Establishment Act, forwarded by Secretary of War Calhoun, to reduce the Army's manpower by 40 percent to 6,126 men. The move reflects a shift in national priorities toward commerce and negotiation, and away from intimidation, as the primary tool of foreign policy

  • Monroe Doctrine Announced

  • Tariff of 1824

    Monroe signs the Tariff of 1824 into law, implementing protectionist measures in support of local manufactures and goods. Complaints arise in the South with cotton-growers fearful of British retaliation for the increase in price. Northern manufacturers are pleased with the law

  • General Survey Bill

    Monroe signs the General Survey Bill, departing from his opposition to congressionally sponsored internal improvements. The United States Army Corps of Engineers prepare to produce surveys, plans, and estimates to improve navigation. Monroe subsequently purchases 1,500 shares of stock in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Co. for $300,000.