The Presidencies of George Washington, John
Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
George Washington
John Adams
Constitution
strong
National court system
“Cabinet” to advise him
Federal takeover of state war debts
National bank to regulate the economy
cabinet
precedents
John Jay
Henry Knox
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Bill of Rights
Anti-Federalists
Federal court system
ratification
Supreme Court
Judiciary Act of 1789
bank
trade
make money
war debt
Jefferson
bank
debt
Hamilton
National bank
Manufacturing & trade
implied
Loose/liberal
taxes
farming
money
tariff
products
domestic
protects
competition
Excise Tax
increased
economy
Literally say
Strict/conservative
cheaper
Hamilton
whiskey
farmers
Pennsylvania
government
army
strong
Napoleon
England
sailors
navy
impress
Impressment kidnapping
war
Neutrality
Proclamation
weak
Jay’s Treaty
2nd
two terms
precedent
Farewell Address
permanent
neutral
hurt
isolationism
help
John Adams
James Madison
most
1796
John Pinckney
Thomas Jefferson
ticket
Vice President
John Adams
The French
France
bribes
refused
divisive
arrest French immigrants
criticizing any other Federalist
Democratic-Republicans
states
unconstitutional
Jefferson
Madison
slave revolt
Richmond
hanged
France
Sign a treaty recognizing American independence
Federalists in Congress
Tory- still loyal to England
Alien
In an affair with his slave
(Sally Hemmings)
Sedition
War with England
enemy
bankrupt
XYZ Affair
The presidential election of 1800, won by Thomas
Jefferson, was the first American presidential election in
which power was peacefully transferred from one
political party to another.
Impressing
stealing
end
diplomacy
Non-Intercourse Act
England France
ships
Napoleon
end
France
threatened
trade
Indian
annoying
political
Federalists
diplomatic
British
Democratic-Republicans
French
England
D-R
Indians
British
US invades Canada
hoping they will join
us against England
Divides the US. NE refuses to send
troops because they are opposed
to the war & want to trade with
England
Americans & British
fight naval battles on
the Great Lakes
US Navy is better than
expected! Britain mostly
fights Napoleon in England
England invades the
US, sails to
Washington DC,
burns the capitol,
then attacks Ft,
McHenry
(Baltimore)
Napoleon is defeated,
Americans win the Battle
of Ft. McHenry & Francis
Scott Key writes the “Star
Spangled Banner” there.
Threats arrive in DC the same
day the war ends (Treaty of
Ghent), making the Federalists
look like traitors. Their party
dies out.
Battle of New Orleans- Jackson becomes a war heroand eventually president.
Andrew Jackson leads
Americans win the last battle,
the American army to making us feel more powerful
defeat the British
than we really are (nationalism)
Federalists in NW meet
to oppose the wardemanding an end or
they will secede
James Monroe
Federalists
Alexander Hamilton
Era of Good Feelings
one
Economic prosperity
Western farmers
leave it alone
This is called “laissez-faire.”
recover
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison