Early American Government

The Administrations of Washington,

Adams, Jefferson, and

Madison

George Washington1789-1797

Washington’s Mount VernonVirginia

Washington’s Oath of Office

Washington statue outsideFederal Hall New York

Jefferson and HamiltonSec. of State Sec. of the

Treasury

The Federalist & The Anti-Federalist

Hamilton’s Report on the Public Credit

Funding

Assumption

National Bank

Excise Tax on Whiskey

The French Revolution of 1789

The fall of Louis XVI

Political factions favor different countries

Federalist favor EnglandAnti-Federalists

(Dem-Republicans) favor France

The unpopular Jay’s Treaty

What of the Native Americans?

Thomas Pinckney’s Treaty with Spain

The Whiskey Rebellion demonstrates the power of the

new government

Washington reviewing troops ready to suppress the rebellion

Washington’s Farewell1796

• Avoid political factions• Avoid “entangling

foreign alliances”• Friendly to all

countries

The Presidency of John Adams1797-1801

Election of 1796Adams over Jefferson

The XYZ Affair“Millions for defense, but not

one cent for tribute” John Marshall

The Alien and Sedition Acts 1798

A fight in Congress over the Sedition Act

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Can states nullify federal law?

T. Jefferson and J. Madison

The Peaceful RevolutionThe 1800 Election of

Democratic Republican Thomas Jefferson

• “Smaller Federal Government• Reduced Government Spending• Smaller Military/Spending• Broader participation in Government

President Thomas Jefferson1801-1809

Jefferson’s MontecelloVirginia

Election of 1800

Louisiana Purchase Treaty

• Solving the “Constitutional Dilemma”

• 1803

• $15 Million

• Doubles the size of the US

Livingston, Monroe & Talleyrand

• Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte of France

Revolt in Haiti

Meriwether Lewis and William Clarke

• Meriwether Lewis and William Clarke and Sacagawea

Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804-1806

The End of Slave Importation1808

Jefferson’s second term is plagued by foreign affairs

problems

The Barbary Pirates

The shores of Tripoli

The Embargo Act of 1807

Troubled relations with England and France (Quasi-

War)

The death of Alexander Hamilton

Weehawken, N.J. 1804

Chief Justice John Marshall’s decision

William Marbury vs. James Madison1803

President James Madison1809-1817

Madison’s home at MontpellierVirginia

The Election of 1808James Madison

America’s Second War for Independence

“Mr. Madison’s War”

Background Causes

• Impressment

• The War Hawks

• Desire to expand into Canada

• Desire to pacify Native Americans

• Violation of neutral rights at sea

Impressment of U.S Sailors

Leading War HawksHenry Clay and John C.

Calhoun

First Lady Dolly Madison

British burning of the White House

The Battle of Fort McHenry1814

“The Star Spangled Banner”

Francis Scott Key

The Harford Convention1814

First threats of Secession

The Battle of New Orleans1815 after the Treaty of Ghent

The hero of New OrleansAndrew Jackson

The Treaty of Ghent 1814

Status Quo

Results/Significance of the War of 1812

• American Manufacturing grows• The fading of the Federalist party• Acceptance of British Canada• The emergence of Andrew Jackson

and William Henry Harrison• Increased US international credibility• Growing spirit of “Nationalism”