George Washington to James Madison PET's List (might kay em ess!)

i hate this class so much it is genuinely making me miserable xoxo gossip girl

First President

George Washington

First Vice President

John Adams

First Secretary of State

Thomas Jefferson

First Secretary of Treasury

Alexander Hamilton

First Secretary of War

Henry Knox

First Attorney General

Edmund Randolph

Second President

John Adams

Third President

Thomas Jefferson

4th President

James Madison

Alexander Hamilton

- Federalist

- Came up with financial plans to get US out of debt

John Jay

- 1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court - Negotiated Jay Treaty

Edmond Genet

French diplomat sent to the United States to recruit American volunteers to attack British ships

War Hawks

Those who were eager for war with Britain

O.H. Perry

United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812

Francies Scott Key

Composer of "Star Spangled Banner at Battle of Baltimore

Whiskey Tax and Rebellion

• This passed a tax on whisker, the Farmers got mad - The _ of 1794 was used as an example by the national government to show that it could enforce its authority

Battle of Fallen Timbers

The U.S. Army defeated the Native Americans under Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket and ended Native American hopes of keeping their land that lay north of the Ohio River

Treaty of Greenville

This treaty between the Americans and the Native Americans. In exchange for some goods, the Indians gave the United States territory in Ohio. Anthony Wayne was the American representative.

XYZ Affair

incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from U.S. diplomats in exchange for france to stop attacking US ships trading with GB

Quasi War

Undeclared war fought entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800. The French began to seize American ships trading with their British enemies and refused to receive a new United States minister when he arrived in Paris in December 1796.

Election of 1800

Jefferson and Burr each received 73 votes in the Electoral College, so the House of Representatives had to decide the outcome. The House chose Jefferson as President and Burr as Vice President.

12 amendment

Constitutional amendment that created a separate ballot for president and vice president.

Lousiana Purchase

The selling of Lousiana by the French to the United States in 1803 for about $15 million; Jefferson was hesitant about the purchase, as he didn't believe it was constitutional, however he eventually submitted to the treaties of Congress. It essentially doubled the size of the U.S.

Barbary Pirate Wars

two wars between the United States of America and Barbary States in North Africa in the early 19th century. At issue was the pirates' demand of tribute from American merchant vessels in the Mediterranean Sea. American naval power attacked the pirate cities and extracted concessions of fair passage from their rulers.

Marbury v. Madison

This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review

Battle of Tippecanoe

Battle between Americans and Native Americans. Tecumseh and the Prophet attempted to oppress white settlement in the West, but defeated by William Henry Harrison. Led to talk of Canadian invasion and served as a cause to the War of 1812.

Battle of New Orleans

Jackson led a battle that occurred when British troops attacked U.S. soldiers in New Orleans on January 8, 1815; the War of 1812 had officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in December, 1814, but word had not yet reached the U.S.

Bill of Rights

The first ten amendments to the Constitution

Pinckney's Treaty

agreement between the united states and spain that changed floridas border and made it easier for american ships to use the port of new orleans

Judiciary Act of 1789

i. Positions: 5 associate & 1 Chief (Jay Chief) ii. Act created 1 Supreme & 3 Circuit Courts iii. Act created 13 District Courts (1 per State) iv. Act created the position of Attorney General

Judiciary Act of 1801

a law that increased the number of federal judges, allowing President John Adams to fill most of the new posts with Federalists

i. create additional Federal Judgeships

ii. The Judiciary Act of 1801 expanded federal jurisdiction, eliminated

iii. Supreme Court justices' circuit court duties, and created 16 federal circuit court judgeships.

iv. Federalists plan to control 1 Branch (lost Leg & Exe Branch)

Washington's Farewell Address

before leaving office washington wrote a farewell letter to the american people. it warned the people of sectionalism, foreign partisanship, foreign entanglements.

Alien Act

1798 (JA), gave president authority to deport individuals whom he considered threat to US

Sedition Act

Made it a crime to criticize the government or government officials. Opponents claimed that it violated citizens' rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press, gauranteed by the First Amednment.

Virgina and Kentucky Resolutions

Written anonymously by Jefferson and Madison in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, they declared that states could nullify federal laws that the states considered unconstitutional.

Embargo Act

1807 act which ended all of America's importation and exportation. Jefferson hoped the act would pressure the French and British to recognize U.S. neutrality rights in exchange for U.S. goods. Really, however, just hurt Americans and our economy and got repealed in 1809.

Impressment

British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service

Treaty of Ghent

Treaty that ended the War of 1812 and maintained prewar conditions