Critical Period Articles of Confederation Robert Livingston Robert Morris Benjamin Lincoln Land Ordinance of 1785 Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Jay-Gardoqui Treaty Shay's Rebellion Annapolis Convention Constitutional Convention "Demi-gods" Benjamin Franklin George Washington James Madison COMPROMISE Virginia Plan New Jersey Plan Connecticut Compromise 3/5 Compromise Separation of Powers Checks & Balances Ratification Federalists Antifederalist The New Government 4 March 1789 George Washington John Adams Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson Henry Knox precedents Bill of Rights Funding & Assumption Bank of the United States Edmund Genet Anthony Wayne Whiskey Rebellion Republicans Federalists Rule of 1756 Jay's Treaty Pinckney's Treaty (of San Lorenzo) "Farewell Address" John Adams XYZ Affair Maurice Talleyrand Quasi-War Convention of 1800 Logan Act Alien & Sedition Acts Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions Revolution of 1800 Thomas Jefferson Fries Rebellion Judiciary Act of 1801 John Marshall Midnight Appointments Marbury v. Madison Judicial Review Tripolitan War Philadelphia Louisiana Purchase Haiti Touissant L'Ouverture Treaty of San Ildefonso Robert R. Livingston Lewis & Clark Expedition Sacajawea Zebulon Pike Burr Conspiracy Essex Junto Austerlitz & Trafalgar Tiger & Shark Essex Case Orders in Council Continental System Berlin Decree Milan Decree Non-Importation Act Chesapeake Incident Embargo James Madison Non-Intercourse Macon's Bill #2 War Hawks Tecumseh William Henry Harrison William Hull Isaac Brock Stephen van Rensselaer Henry Dearborn Oliver Hazard Perry Battle of the Thames Battle of Horseshoe Bend Thomas MacDonough Robert Ross (Washington, D.C.) Joshua Barney Baltimore (Fort McHenry) Francis Scott Key New Orleans Thomas ap Catesby Jones (Lake Borgne) Andrew Jackson Treaty of Ghent Status Quo Antebellum Hartford Convention Era of Good Feelings 2nd Bank of the United States Great Triumvirate Henry Clay John C. Calhoun Daniel Webster Protective Tariff Internal Improvements National Road (Cumberland) National Defense "American System" James Monroe John Q. Adams William Crawford Panic of 1819 Missouri Controversy Eli Whitney Talmadge Amendment 1st Missouri Compromise Thomas Amendment 2nd Missouri Compromise Denmark Vesey Affair Negro Fort Andrew Jackson Ambrister & Arbuthnot Transcontinental Treaty (Adams-Onis Treaty) Monroe Doctrine Corrupt Bargain National-Republicans Democratic-Republicans Tariff of Abominations South Carolina Exposition and Protest Revolution of 1828 Universal White Manhood Suffrage King Mob Spoils System Kitchen Cabinet Eaton Affair Peggy O'Neal Timberlake Eaton Sequoyah Cherokee Nation v. Georgia Worcester v. Georgia Trail of Tears Nullification Tariff of Abominations Foote Resolution Maysville Road Veto Jefferson Birthday Dinner Winfield Scott Force Bill Great Compromiser Bank War Nicholas Biddle Pet Banks Louis McLane William Duane Roger Taney Specie Circular Panic of 1837 Distribution Nullification Tariff of Abominations Foote Resolution Maysville Road Veto Jefferson Birthday Dinner Winfield Scott Force Bill Great Compromiser Bank War Nicholas Biddle Pet Banks Louis McLane William Duane Roger Taney Specie Circular Panic of 1837 Distribution Martin van Buren "Little Magician" Whigs Independent Treasury Caroline Affair William Mackenzie Alexander McLeod William Henry Harrison John Tyler Martin van Buren "Little Magician" Whigs Independent Treasury Caroline Affair William Mackenzie Alexander McLeod William Henry Harrison John Tyler