Ch. 11

McCullough vs. Maryland

McCullough vs. Maryland

1819

• John Marshall forbade Maryland from taxing federal bank notes

Conclusions:

• state can’t tax federal government

• implied powers were legitimate

Cohen vs. Virginia

1821

Cohen brothers sued up to the Supreme Court for being wrongly convicted. Court upheld the decisions

Conclusions:

• Supreme Court could overturn lower court’s decisions

US vs. Peters

1809

• Court could coerce state legistatures

Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee

1816

• court could overrule a state court

Marbury v. Madison

1803

• established judicial review

Gibbons v Ogden

1824

• Only Congress can regulate interstate commerce

Dartmouth College v Woodward

1819

• disallowed states from prohibiting or changing contracts/charters

• precedent that states could not interfere with chartered corporations

Martin v. Mott

1827

• denied states the right to withhold militias from service

Legacy of Marshall Court

• primacy of federal government over states in controlling the economy

• opened up increased federal role in promoting economic growth

• protection for corporations and other private economic institutions from local government interference

  • allowed growth of new industrialist capitalist economy

Where should the American’s have focused their Canadian efforts?

Montreal

• center of population and transportation

What important leader died in 1813? What were the consequences?

Tecumseh died

• broke pan-Indian alliance

Oliver Hazard Perry

• American naval officer

• captured British ships on Lake Champlain

What happened after the USS Constitution defeated the HMS Guerriere?

The US became a top power

What route did the 10,000 invading British soldiers use?

• route along Lake Champlain

• Burgoyne had tried to use it in Rev. War

Who stopped the British invasion in 1814? Where? When?

Thomas Macdonough stopped them at Plattsburgh

September 11, 1814

What happened in/around DC and Baltimore?

• British invaded

• burnt down the white house, the capitol

• couldn’t capture Fort McHenry

  • later inspired National Anthem

What was the third British offense in 1814?

Attacked New Orleans

Countered by Andrew Jackson

What happened at the battle of New Orleans?

Jackson defeated British

What tactic did the British employ in 1814?

• blockade

• raiding parties

Treaty of Ghent

• armistice

• both sides would stop fighting and return conquered land

• basically no one wins

• “Not one inch of territory lost or gained”

Hartford Convention