FLOW CHART OF CAUSATION IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC
Events
Date
President
- Constitution replaces ineffective Articles of Confederation
1789
- Reports on Public Credit
- Assumption of Debt
- Excise Taxes
- Reports on Public Credit
- Whiskey Tax
- First Bank of the U.S. established to deal with monetary
policy
- Tariffs Proposed (not passed)
- Washington’s Proclamation of Neutrality in response to French
Revolution
- Citizen Genêt Affair in response to Neutrality
- Whiskey Rebellion in response to Whiskey Tax
1790
George Washington
(no party affiliation)
- Jay’s Treaty in response to failures of Treaty of Paris
- Pinckney’s Treaty (Treaty of San Lorenzo) to clarify U.S. possessions
and access to the Mississippi River
- Washington’s Farewell Address
- Election of Adams with Jefferson as VP
- XYZ Affair as a result of growing conflict with France because of
Jay’s Treaty and Citizen Genêt Affair; causes Quasi War (1798-1800)
- Alien & Sedition Acts because of “trouble with France (and Britain)”
- Virginia and Kentucky Resolves as a result of Alien & Sedition Acts
- JQ Adams negotiates resolution to problems with France ending
justifiability of Alien & Sedition Acts
- “Revolution of 1800”
- Democratic-Republicans into power as a result of Federalist policies
- Midnight Appointments as a result of Federalists’ fears of
Democratic-Republican control
- First Barbary War begins (ends 1805)
- Marbury v. Madison decision (a result of Midnight Appointments)
establishes judicial review
- Louisiana Purchase
1795
- 12th Amendment (response to elections of 1796 and 1800)
1804
- Non-Importation Act as a result of Napoleonic Wars disrupting
American shipping
- Leopard and Chesapeake Incident as a result of conflict with Britain
over trade with France during Napoleonic Wars
- Embargo Act as a response to Leopard and Chesapeake Incident
- Federalists in North assert right to nullify Embargo of 1807
1806
1791
1793
1794
1796
1797
John Adams
(Federalist)
1798
1799
1800
1801
1801
1803
1807
Thomas Jefferson
(Democratic-Republican)
- Federalist influenced Congress repeals Embargo
1809
- Macon’s Bill No.2 in response to end of Embargo of 1807 allows for
opening of trade with either France or Britain; Madison chooses France
- Charter of the First National Bank Expires
1810
- War of 1812 begins (ends 1814) under pressure from War Hawks as a
result of British failures to live up to Treaty of Paris and Jay’s Treaty
- Hartford Convention as a result of sectional conflict during War of
1812
- War of 1812 ends (Treaty of Ghent)
- Battle of New Orleans elevates Andrew Jackson to hero figure
- Second Barbary War as a result of unprotected merchant ships in the
Mediterranean during the War of 1812
- Federalist Party dissolves as a result of growing internal conflict and
inability to effectively meet the needs of most Americans
- Second National Bank established
- Era of Good Feeling begins as a result of one party system, limited
foreign conflict, and economic stability
- McCulloch v. Maryland sets the precedent for the use of the
Necessary and Proper Clause
- Growing sectionalism as north industrializes and slavery expands in
the south
- Monroe Doctrine as a result of independence of Central and South
American countries and
1812
James Madison
(Democratic-Republican)
1811
1814
1815
1816
1817
1819
1820
1823
James Monroe
(Democratic-Republican)