Presidents Timeline & Policies

George Washington (1789 - 1797)

#1 President

Citizen Genet Affair

Proclamation of Neutrality

Jay’s Treaty

The Whiskey Rebellion

Washington’s Farewell Address

John Adams (1797 - 1801)

#2 President

The XYZ Affair

The Alien Act

The Sedition Act

Thomas Jefferson (1801 - 1809)

#3 President

Marbury v. Madison

Louisiana Purchase

First Barbary War

Embargo Act

James Madison (1809 - 1817)

#4 President

Nonintercourse Act

War of 1812

The Hartford Convention

James Monroe (1817 - 1825)

#5 President

“The Era of Good Feelings”

Henry Clay’s The American System

The Panic of 1819

Adam’s Onis Treaty

Missouri Compromise

Monroe Doctrine

John Quincy Adam’s (1825 - 1829)

#6 President

1824 Election (Stolen Election/“Corrupt Bargain”)

The Erie Canal

Andrew Jackson (1829 - 1837)

#7 President

Jacksonian Democracy & The Common Man

Presidential Power (Use of Vetoes)

Indian Removal Act

Martin Van Buren (1837 - 1841)

#8 President

Trail of Tears

William Henry Harrison (1841)

#9 President

First President to die in office and the shortest term of any US President

John Tyler (1841 - 1845)

#10 President

Became President after Harrison since he was his VP

Nickname “A President without a party”

James K. Polk (1845 - 1849)

#11 President

Texas Statehood

Wilmot Proviso

Mexican War

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo