Early American Government
The Administrations of
Washington, Adams,
Jefferson, and Madison
George Washington
1789-1797
Washington’s Mount Vernon
Virginia
Washington’s Oath of Office
Washington statue outside
Federal Hall New York
Jefferson and Hamilton
Sec. of State Sec. of the Treasury
The Federalist &
The Anti-Federalist
Hamilton’s
Report on the Public Credit
Funding
Assumption
National Bank
Excise Tax on Whiskey
The French Revolution of 1789
The fall of Louis XVI
Political factions favor different countries
Federalist favor England
Anti-Federalists
(Dem-Republicans) favor France
The unpopular
Jay’s Treaty
What of the Native Americans?
Thomas Pinckney’s Treaty with Spain
The Whiskey Rebellion demonstrates the power of the
new government
Washington reviewing troops ready to suppress the
rebellion
Washington’s Farewell
1796
• Avoid political factions
• Avoid “entangling
foreign alliances”
• Friendly to all
countries
The Presidency of John Adams
1797-1801
Election of 1796
Adams over Jefferson
The XYZ Affair
“Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute”
John Marshall
The Alien and Sedition Acts 1798
A fight in Congress over the Sedition Act
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Can states nullify federal law?
T. Jefferson and J. Madison
The Peaceful Revolution
The 1800 Election of
Democratic Republican
Thomas Jefferson
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“Smaller Federal Government
Reduced Government Spending
Smaller Military/Spending
Broader participation in Government
President Thomas Jefferson
1801-1809
Jefferson’s Montecello
Virginia
Election of 1800
Louisiana Purchase Treaty
• Solving the
“Constitutional
Dilemma”
• 1803
• $15 Million
• Doubles the size of
the US
Livingston, Monroe & Talleyrand
• Emperor Napoleon
Bonaparte of France
Revolt in Haiti
Meriwether Lewis and
William Clarke
• Meriwether Lewis and
William Clarke and
Sacagawea
Lewis and Clark Expedition
1804-1806
The End of Slave Importation
1808
Jefferson’s second term is plagued by foreign affairs
problems
The Barbary Pirates
The shores of Tripoli
The Embargo Act of 1807
Troubled relations with England and France (Quasi-War)
The death of Alexander Hamilton
Weehawken, N.J. 1804
Chief Justice John Marshall’s decision
William Marbury vs. James Madison
1803
President James Madison
1809-1817
Madison’s home at Montpellier
Virginia
The Election of 1808
James Madison
America’s Second War for Independence
“Mr. Madison’s War”
Background Causes
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Impressment
The War Hawks
Desire to expand into Canada
Desire to pacify Native Americans
Violation of neutral rights at sea
Impressment of U.S Sailors
Leading War Hawks
Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun
First Lady Dolly Madison
British burning of the White House
The Battle of Fort McHenry
1814
“The Star Spangled Banner”
Francis Scott Key
The Harford Convention
1814
First threats of Secession
The Battle of New Orleans
1815 after the Treaty of Ghent
The hero of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
The Treaty of Ghent 1814
Status Quo
Results/Significance of the
War of 1812
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American Manufacturing grows
The fading of the Federalist party
Acceptance of British Canada
The emergence of Andrew Jackson and William Henry Harrison
Increased US international credibility
Growing spirit of “Nationalism”