The Early Republic

What are the 5 issues Washington phased?

Dept.
lack of guidelines
Spain closing new Orleans (port to the Mississippi closed)
Tiny Army
British keeping forts in American territory

When was Washington inaugurated?

April 30, 1789

What was Washington's most important legacy?

he understood how much a new nation was depending on him to set a precedent (a standard)

What does the constitution call for?

one supreme court while leaving congress in charge of organizing the lower federal courts

Who was the first chief justice of the Supreme court?

John Jay

Who created the first presidential cabinet?

George Washington

What is a cabinet?

an advisory body made up of the heads of the executive departments that are appointed by the president

What was the secretary of state?

Thomas Jefferson - foreign policy

Who was the secretary of treasury?

Alexander Hamilton - nations finances

Who was the secretary of war?

Henry Knox

Who was the Attorney general?

Edmund Randolph

What were Hamilton's views?

strong central government & army was needed
an agricultural economy was backward
the U.S. should be industrialized

What did the USA agree to do relating to dept.?

they agreed to pay all federal and state debts

What was the 1st step to paying all the dept.?

fully pay all federal and state debt.
bonds were issued
Hamilton wanted to prove to the people here & abroad that the united states would honor its debt in full

What was the 2nd step?

Make a national bank
-many states still printed their own money

What did the establishment of a national bank enable the government to do?

it enabled the government to deposit money in safe place and print a national currency

What was step 3?

More taxes!
-the only way for the government to make money yay taxes

Who was not pleased with Hamilton's plan?

the south

What was the agreement between Hamilton and the south?

moved the capital to the south from nyc to dc aka Virginia

Why did the whiskey rebellion happen?

farmers in western PA are upset because of the tax on Whiskey

What did the whiskey rebellion prove?

it showed the new government was working

What were the two parties?

Democratic-Republicans & Federalist

Who were Democratic-Republicans led by?

Thomas Jefferson & James Maddison

Who were the Federalists led by?

Hamilton & John Adams

What did Democratic-Republicans support?

State government

What did Federalist support?

Central government

What example did Washington set?

broke the cycle by establishing the concept of two terms and your out of the presidency

The Election of 1800

John Adams was up for re-election against his own vice president Thomas Jefferson

What was significant about Jefferson's election?

first win for the Democratic-Republicans

What is the 12th amendment? and why did they make it?

the vice president is not the loser since that didn't go too well for certain someone

What did Marbury vs. Madison establish?

judicial review

What is Judicial review?

the authority of the supreme court to strike down unconstitutional laws

who was the Haitian revolution led by?

Toussaint L'Overture

Louisiana Purchase

Thomas Jefferson and Napolean make a deal one buy one sell yaya we got more land doubles our land woohoo and its illegal but yk ignore that part ok now Louisiana territory outs hip hip horrey

Who was the forth president?

James Madison

who was the war of 1812 between?

a young United States and Britain

Who are the war hawks?

people starting to push for war

Who declared war on who in 1812?

In the spring of 1812 congress declared was on Britain

Who was Britain also fight at this time?

They were fighting the USA and also France at the same time

What happened during the invasion of Canada?

Americans troops are defeated in Canada, Detroit is captured

What did General William Henry Harrison do?

He pushed back the British into Canada and reclaimed Detroit

What group allied themselves with the British during the war of 1812?

Native Americans

Who forced Natives to give up acres of land?

Andrew Jackson

What allowed the British to send more troops to America?

The British had finally defeated Napoleon

What happened when the British invaded Washington?

DC was burned to the ground, the White House & capitol were both destroyed

What was the US's response to the burning of DC

They burned the Canadian government building

How did the war end?

The British were tired from all the fighting so talks of peace began and on Christmas eve 1814 the two sides signed a treaty ending the war

What treaty ended the war of 1812

the Treaty of Ghent

What was the Industrial Revolution?

it was an increase in production brought about by the use of machines and characterized by the use of new energy sources

Who was President #5?

James Monroe

What was the era of Monroe's presidency called?

The Era of Good feeling aka post-war of 1812

What did Monroe do in his presidency?

Established a doctrine which prevented Europe from colonizing North and South America

What president is responsible for acquiring Florida from the Spanish

Andrew Jackson

What happened in the election on 1824?

four canidates ran for president and none won the majority in electoral votes, so by law the house of representatives votes and decides outcome

What is the Corrupt Bargain?

When Adams promised Henry Clay that he would make him the secratory of state so Clay voted Adams and he became president while Jackson no like this cuz he won popular vote

What happened in the election of 1828?

Jackson wins and becomes president #7 and picks his own cabinet something about spoils system

What was the trail of tears?

natives lived in nice land, people want, Indian removal act by Jackson, Orders to remove natives from land east of the Mississppi and relocate to Okalahoma

SC theatens to cecede

AhHH they leave jackson no like no no no

What political party came from the Bank war?

whigs

Who were the Whigs?

supporters of the bank by henry clay

What is Manifest Destiny?

from sea to shining sea America was destined by God to expand its dominion and spread democracy, capitalism, and freedom across the entire North American continent