Important Events from Washington - Monroe Presidencies

Adams

________ tried to negotiate by sending Pinckney, Marshall, and Gerry to France.

Hamilton

________ argued that the military alliance of 178 was void because the alliance was with the French gov and because the new French gov was unstable, likely to provoke war, and fundamentally different from the other one, its interests and those of the US were no longer compatible.

Jefferson

________ used this as an excuse to not submit the treaty to the Senate for ratification.

HOR

________ attempted to negate the treaty but Washinton resisted the Houses efforts arguing that the president and the Senate alone had the constitutional right to make treaties.

New England

________ states blocked a military draft and refused to allow their militias to serve beyond state borders and boycotted federal bond sale to finance the war.

Madison

________ announced that US would reopen trade with Britain and close it with France.

Erskines bargain

________ was not approved by the British foregin secretary who rejected it.

Congress

________ supported Adams attempt to protect neutral trading rights by passing legislation expanding both the army and navy.

Opponents

________ saw the plan as favoring the elites and growth of a manufacturing economy.

french minister Talleyrand

The ________ sent three mysterious emissaries to demand a $ 25, 000 bribe before he would even meet with them.

Monroe

________ bought it for $ 15 million without waiting for Jefferson.

Washington

________ sent John Jay to England to negotiate.

DR

________ saw the treaty as a F surrender to the British.

Washinton

________ asked the Cabinet members whether the US was obligated to honor the treaties even though the government and circumstances had changed.

Sedition Act

________ prohibited publication or utterance of false, scandalous, and malicious writings against the gov.

Tribes

What were ordered to the lands west of the Mississippi? Answer with a single words or term.

Francy

________ released the US from its treaty obligations.

Napoleon

________ had received Louisiana from Spain in order to use the region to supply his colonies in the Caribbean.

Bastille fever

________ swept across the nation and the US felt influential in world affairs.

Taxation

________ was increased to pay for the expanding military.

Washingtons

Back to Genet: ________ cabinet agreed to receive Genet.

France

________ agreed and US discontinued trade with Britain.

War hawks

________ used this, impressment, and the effect of Macons Bill # 2 on trade to make a case.

Ohio Governor Harrison

________ got three Native American chiefs drunk and convinced them to sign three million acres of land.

Naturalization Act

Alien Act gave the president the power to deport any alien he thought endangered the nation's security. ________ increased the time it took to become a citizen from 5 to 14 years.