IMPORTANT EVENTS

• Farmer rebellion• Shay – leader

• War debt and taxes

SHAY’S REBELLION

• Set up national court system (made of circuit court, district court, and the Supreme Court)

• Now federal laws can be enforced at the state level• Federal judiciary power was superior to the states

JUDICIARY ACT OF 1789

• First 10 amendments of the Constitution• Protects civil rights and liberties

BILL OF RIGHTS

• 1793• War between France and Great Britain

• US was allied with France (Treaty of Alliance)• US did NOT participate in war

• NEUTRAL

PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S PROCLAMATION OF

NEUTRALITY

• Tax on whiskey• Farmers in W. Pennsylvania thought the tax was unfair

and refused to pay• Riots

• Federal governments sent militia to stop the riot• ***First time Federal government used its force in order

to make sure it’s laws were being passed down

WHISKY REBELLION 1794

• Washington retired 1797• Letter: stated how the

country should run

• No more treaties or agreements with other countries

• No foreign wars

• Political parties should get along better

PRESIDENT WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL ADDRESS 1796

• Tensions between France and US• French were seizing ships

• Negotiations were planned but France was upset by anti-French remarks made by John Adams

• France demanded that Adams apologize and bribe the US of $250,000 (XYZ affair)

• The American government was upset and created a Naval dept.

CREATION OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT 1797

• 1798• 4 laws by the Democratic-Republican party

• Alien Act- increased the number of years required to live in US before become US citizen from 5 to 14 yeasr

• Sedition Act: illegal for US citizens to say or write remarks about the gvmnt.

• Jefferson and Madison protested• Issue between state and national power (Some states

declared these acts null and void, Federalists did not agree, only Supreme court can declare a law

unconstitutional)

ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS

• Before, President was elected by the most electoral votes and vice president was the second most votes

• 1800: Jefferson and Burr had the same amount of votes, Adams was last

• The House of Rep, did not want Jefferson to be elected, however, in the end, they had Jefferson be the President • Separated vote from President and Vice President

ELECTION OF 1800

MARBURY VS. MADISON

• US acquired Louisiana Purchase from France• Doubled the size of the US

• Doubts on legality (Constitution had no specifics if president could legally purchase territory)• Jefferson “for the nations best interest”

LOUISIANA PURCHASE 1803

• Prohibited American exports to all foreign ports• Method to stay away from the war between Great Britain

and France• Hurt American business, later lifted the act to allow

exports everywhere except the two countries

EMBARGO ACT 1807