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First 4 Presidents (Adams (XYZ affair (the U.S. signed the Jay Treaty in…
First 4 Presidents
Adams
XYZ affair
the U.S. signed the Jay Treaty in 1795. One of the provisions of the treaty limited the ability of nations that were hostile to Great Britain to trade in U.S. ports
U.S. and French negotiators restored peace with the Convention of 1800, also known as the Treaty of Mortefontaine
a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War
Alien/Sedition Acts
A series of laws known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed by the Federalist Congress in 1798 and signed into law by President Adams
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Midnight appointments
MIDNIGHT JUDGES refers to the judicial appointments made by President John Adams just before he was succeeded by President Thomas Jefferson. Adams saw the appointments as a way to preserve Federalist influence in the federal government during the Jeffersonian tenure
John Marshall
became the fourth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1801. He is largely responsible for establishing the Supreme Court's role in federal government
Jefferson
Barbary Pirates
were Ottoman and Maghrebi pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa, based primarily in the ports of Salé, Rabat, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli
United States President Thomas Jefferson refused to pay this tribute. Sweden had been at war with the Tripolitans since 1800.
seizing American merchant ships and holding the crews for ransom, demanding the U.S. pay tribute to the Barbary rulers
Louisiana Purchase
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U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million
The treaty was dated April 30 and signed on May 2. In October, the U.S. Senate ratified the purchase
Embargo Act
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Instead, the act had a devastating effect on American trade
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Washington
Hamiltons economic plan
The paramount problem facing Hamilton was a huge national debt. He proposed that the government assume the entire debt of the federal government and the state
His plan was to retire the old depreciated obligations by borrowing new money at a lower interest rate
The Compromise of 1790 was a compromise between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson with James Madison wherein Hamilton won the decision for the national government to take over and pay the state debts, while Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital
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Whiskey Rebellion
uprising that afforded the new U.S. government its first opportunity to establish federal authority by military means within state boundaries
as officials moved into western Pennsylvania to quell an uprising of settlers rebelling against the liquor tax
Opposition to the whiskey tax and the rebellion itself built support for the Republicans, which overtook Washington's Federalist Party for power in 1802
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In foreign affairs, he warned against long-term alliances with other nations
he warns against long-term foreign alliances that might undermine the sovereignty of the United States
Monoe
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monroe doctrine
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At the same time, the doctrine noted that the U.S. would recognize and not interfere with existing European colonies nor meddle in the internal concerns of European countries
Madidson
The War of 1812
Great Britain had violated American sovereignty by refusing to surrender western forts as promised in the Treaty of Paris after the Revolutionary War
Great Britain began stopping American sea vessels and forcing subjects on the vessels into the British military. This practice was called "impressment
a series of economic sanctions taken by the British and French against the US as part of the Napoleonic Wars and American outrage at the British practice of impressment, especially after the Chesapeake incident of 1807
Hartford Convention
a series of meetings from December 15, 1814 to January 5, 1815, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States
the New England Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government
was unpopular in New England, where it was felt that its commercial interests were being sacrificed by the Southern and new Western states
During the war, Federalists discouraged enlistment and resisted attempts at conscription
Era of good feeling
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a period in the political history of the United States that reflected a sense of national purpose and a desire for unity among Americans in the aftermath of the War of 1812
Exaltation replaced the bitter political divisions between Federalists and Republicans, between northern and southern states, and between east-coast cities and settlers on the western frontier
Domestic politics under Monroe revolved around three main issues: The Second Bank of the United States
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