New Government
Alien and Sedition Acts
As president, I Abolished internal taxes and reduced military expenditures
Thomas Jefferson
This law linked the colonies together against Britain
Stamp Act of 1765
These two parties made up the "First Party System"
Federalist
Democratic Republicans
These are the first three states to be added to the US after the original 13 colonies
Vermont (1791)
Kentucky (1792)
Tennessee (1796)
One of the first major cabinet decisions was to stay neutral in this international conflict
the French Revolution
-Hypocrisy or necessary decision?
-Washington's Farewell address
I was the first president to win in a contested election
John Adams
The origins of plantation slavery in the United States can largely be linked to this colony
South Carolina
This agreement put the national capital in Washington DC
the Compromise of 1790
This party mostly opposed the Louisiana Purchase
Federalists
-Thomas Jefferson and his dream of the American Country Side means he loves the idea
George Washington gathered a militia of 12 thousand troops to end this uprising in 1794
Whiskey Rebellion
I was a Native American woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition
Sacagwea
This set of laws imposed on the colonies by the British banned town gatherings and allowed for trials outside of the colonies
the Intolerable acts
This amendment provided a separate vote for President and Vice President
12th
-Jefferson and Burr and the election of 1800
This agreement began as just a plan to purchase New Orleans but became much more
Louisiana Purchase
- Constitutional?
This agreement after the American Revolution signalled the United States' need to build their own navy
the Treaty of Paris
I was the first Secretary of War
Henry Knox
This was one of the first major meetings between states to work together on a federal issue, in this case developing the Potomac river.
The Mount Vernon Conference (1785)
Thomas Jefferson colluded with Aaron Burr to win this state and the Presidency for the Democratic Republicans
New York
This agreement ceded the Northwest territory to the US
the Treaty of Paris
This conflict was the first major test of a President's authority to effectively go to war even without an authorization by congress
Barbary Wars
I was the President who oversaw the Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson
Crafted by James Madison, this plan was a blueprint for the modern Constitution
Virginia Plan
Passage of this set of laws is largely responsible for the federalist losing power between the election of 1796 and 1800
Alien and Sedition Acts
This agreement outlawed slavery in the Northwest Territory
Northwest Ordinance