Washington, Adams, and Jefferson

Whiskey Rebellion

Farmers from western Pennsylvania rose up in protest of what they saw as unfair taxation and provided the new nation, and George Washington, with a looming crisis

Neutrality Proclomation

Declared that the United States would remain neutral in the conflict between revolutionary France and Great Britain

Pinckney’s Treaty

An agreement between the United States and Spain that established the southern boundary of the United States and gave American ships the right to navigate the Mississippi River

Farewell Address

George Washington warned against political parties, foreign alliances, and sectionalism

Quasi War

An undeclared naval war between the United States and France that lasted from 1798 to 1800

XYZ Affair

A diplomatic incident (failed negotiation) between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi War

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

Political statements in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts that asserted the right of states to declare federal laws unconstitutional

Election of 1800

Thomas Jefferson (democratic-republican) defeated the incumbent John Adams (federalist); it was a peaceful transfer of power

Marbury v. Madison

Firmly established that the Supreme Court of the United States has the power to determine the constitutionality and validity of the acts of the other two branches of government

The Chesapeake Incident

A British warship attacked an American ship off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia; it led to the war of 1812