History - First three presidents Flashcards
How many votes did Washington get
everyones
who was washington’s vice president
John Adams
Why couldn’t alexander hamilton become president
he wasn’t born in America
where did washington come from
Virginia
what were the reasons washington was elected president
-he was from virginia
-he had family history in gov
-he had military experiece
-he was the president of the constitutional convinction
who was the president of the constitutional convintion
washington
when was the judiciary act
1789
cabinet- thomas jefferson
secretary of state
cabinet- henry knox
secretay of war (defense)
cabinet- edmund randolph
attorney general
cabinet- hamilton
secretary of treasury
who were the members of the cabinet
TJ, Henry Knox, Edmund randolph, alexander hamilton
what was the conflict about american’s moving toward the west
they wanted to move into the mountains but the native american’s already lived there
tensions had gotten bad between the native americans and the americans
1794
battle of the fallen timbers
anthony wayne started a way against the western confederacy and took troops over the ohio river valley to beat them, anthony won
treaty of greenville
anthony wayne gave the cheifs too much to drink and tricked them into signing a treaty that gave up their entire region instead of a small part
whiskey rebellion
farmers started to turn corn into whiskey, they made a ton of money off of it, then washington placed a whiskey tax, the farmers started to rebel, washington made a very big statement when he took a huge army to go and collect the taxes
french revolution
it was inspired by the american revolution, they wanted us to help them bc they helped us
american neutrality
washington didn’t want america to get in the middle of the french revolution bc america was still too fresh, and they did too much trading with britian that fighting in a war against them would be very bad
Jay’s treaty
england had been trading with our native americans and started impressment, so they made Jay’s treaty, washington sent John J to england and they signed a treaty
what was on Jay’s treaty
-america will not get involved with france
-the british have to leave america and can’t trade with the native americans
(impressments is never mentioned, but after they signed they stopped for a while)
northern and southern disagreement with Hamilton’s plan
the southern states already paid off their debt and didn’t want to pay off others
district
washington DC had no rep bc their were a district
when was adam’s presidenct
1796
who was john Adams vice president
TJq
who helped thomas jefferson get votes
hamilton
what did john adams propose
the decleration of independence
what did john adams do as a lawer
amastad
what happened after jay’s treaty
french impressments
what is the XYZ thing
adams sent people to france to talk to napolean about impressments, they waited for days but he didn’t show, finally three people came and asked for money if they wanted to see him
quasi war
fake war between france and america
alien sedition act
changed the natralization act that you have to wait 15 years instead of 5 to become a citizen so that when imigrants came (that were mostly democrats) they couldn’t vote against him
alien friends act
allowed the president to send to jail any non american who they think is “dangerous”
sedition act
means that states can not talk bad about the government
federal juciciary act
the midnight judges, judges that were elected by the previous president during the lame duck period and were denied being judges, came to make judicial review
what happened during the time of washington
battle of fallen timbers, whiskey rebellion, jay’s treaty, war bonds, hamilton’s plan, growth of political parties
what happened during adams presidency
proposed declaration, bad reactions to jays treaty, XYZ thing, quasi war, alien sedition act, midnight judges act
what were the four parts of the alien sedition act
natrlization act, alien friends act, alien enemis act, sedition act
TJ voting proccess
Tj what a relected person, kept on tying with adam burr, on the 36th vote they didn’t tie
Jefferson philosophy
wanted a simple way of living, wanted america to be a small farm land
undoing federalis acts
gets rid of the alien sedition act
marbury vs. madison
midnight judges act
louisiana purchase
we want to buy new orleans, napolean ends up selling their whole region, TJ can’t decide whether they spend 25 mil and buy or don’t he sends it to congress
lewis and clark expedition
the corps of discovery, took york with them, lived out their for months, stopped in mandian village, goal was to find a water route meet sacajewea, brother was the chief of shoshones, brother helped them navigate the rockies,
pikes expedition
explored the south, find the source of the red river, never made it but had great info
U.S.S. Chesapeake vs. H.M.S. Leopard
US naval ship was in the process of impressment, british fire, act of war, america wanted war by TJ said no
the embargo act
stopped trade with france and british, smugglers made money, south america started to trade, new england seccession (became their own country)
what happened during TJ’s presedency
marbury vs. madison, louisiana purchase, lewis and clark expidition, pike expedition, the embargo act
