QUIZ 18 - Class 20: Impressment, Federalists vs. Republicans, Unconstitutional Acts

French Upset

The French did not want the Jay Treaty, and it broke the Franco-American alliance

- War of attrition hurt

Impressment

The British stopping American ships and capturing the merchants to serve in the British/American Navy

Haitian Revolution (1791)

The slave revolution in Santo Domingo, led by Tussaint Leuvature vs. the French

- 68,000 free vs. 500,000 slaves

Haitian Revolution Results

1. Refugee migration to USA

- Black slaves, white fear

2. Innocents killed

Election of 1800

Federalist President: John Adams with a Republican Vice President: Thomas Jefferson

American-British Trade

90% of America's trade

- Revenue w/ tax

- X MFNT b/c preferred British goods and trade

Federalists and France

Wanted war b/c of ship seizures

Hamilton vs. John Adams

Ultra conservative vs. looser "non-war" president

XYZ Affair

3 French agents wanted a bribe for the US to access Foreign Minister Talliran b/c 200 American ships got seized in the Carribean

- "Quazi-war"

Treaty of 1800

The treaty which:

1. Compensated the stolen ships

2. Ended the Franco-American alliance

The Enemy Inside

Federalists believing French-American citizens were spies

Convention of 1798

The convention that Federalists created acts used to silence democrats

1. Naturalizatoin Act

2. Sedition Act

3. Alien Act

Naturalization Act

The act stating it took 14 years instead of 5 years to naturalize

- Problems:

1. Affected Democratic voters by pushing them back 9 years

2. Partisan "cheapshot" b/c somewhat constitutional

Alien Act

The act allowing "dangerous aliens" to be detained and deported

- Problems:

1. X Presidential Constitutional power check

2. X due process

3. "Dangerous" interpretation

Sedition Act

The act allowing media and journalists who spoke badly about the President with libel to be jailed

- Problems:

1. X 1st Amendment free speech

3-Acts Question

How can a state/people protect themselves against a Federal Law that is unconstitutional?

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

Madison wrote Virginia's resolution, and Jefferson wrote Kentucky's resolution

- Came up with principle of states rights

States Rights

The right of states to:

1. Nullify/make void unconstitutional congressional acts/laws

2. Allow states to secede from the Union

- Meant to expose Federalists through propaganda

Compact Theory of Union

The theory stating the states created Congress and the President

- Contract

Political Dinosaur (1816)

The name for the Federalist party dying b/c it did not adapt to a Democratic America evolution

Thomas Jefferson vs. Aaron Burr

Tied w/ 72 electoral votes each, Jefferson president and Burr vice president

- Jefferson sworn in March b/c Federalist sabotage attempts

- Irony b/c Hamilton supported Jefferson

Hamilton and Burr

Called Burr dangerous, duel to protect honor

- Burr K Hamilton