This document provides an overview of key events and issues in early U.S. history from Washington's presidency through the War of 1812. It discusses the establishment of executive departments, Hamilton's financial plan and the emerging partisan divide between Federalists and Republicans. Major events covered include the Whiskey Rebellion, tensions with France and Britain, the Louisiana Purchase and the War of 1812.

1. Washington, Westward, and Those Pesky
British

2. President Washington
 Executive departments created
 Department heads become chief advisers

3. What kind of country will we
be?

4. Alexander Hamilton
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFf7nMIGnE
 (Hamilton rap)

5. Hamilton’s Plan
Debt Assumption
 Federal gov’t assumes state debt. Why?
National Bank
 Paper money & gov’t finances
 Why does Madison oppose?
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=notJuFGXQ9w (Hamilton and Jefferson argue)

6. First Political Parties
 What’s the issue?
Federalists
 Hamilton
 Strong central gov’t
Republicans
 Jefferson
 Strong state gov’ts

8. Whiskey Rebellion
 Hamilton pushes an
excise tax on whiskey
 Who’s upset? Why?
 Western PA farmers
refuse to pay
 Washington sends
militia to break up
 Long-term impact?

9. French Revolution
 Should the US support?
 Jacobins declare war on Britain
 Hamilton Y British
 Jefferson Y French
 Washington declares neutrality

10. Citizen Genet
 French diplomat
 Hires American sailors to fight
British
 Washington outraged
 Why does Jefferson resign?

11. Washington’s Farewell
 Warning!

12. Election of 1796
 Federalist nominee:
 Republican
nominee:
 The growing specter
of sectionalism

13. John Adams

14. #OldWorldProblems
XYZ Affair
 Adams sends diplomats to
France
 Talleyrand a no-show
 Demand bribe before
negotiations
 “Millions for defense, not a cent
for tribute.”
 Anti-French furor grips nation
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r161cLYzuDI
(11:18)

16. Alien & Sedition Acts
 Growing criticism of gov’t worries Adams
 Laws allow deportation of “undesirables”
 What is sedition?
 Fines and jail time for those critical of gov’t
 Who’s prosecuted?

17. Can states void acts of
Congress?
 Republicans:
Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions
 Jefferson & Madison encourage states to nullify

18. Election of 1800
 Federalist:
 Republican:
 Why does the House decide?
 Hamilton helps Jefferson. Why?

19. Thomas Jefferson

20. Jefferson’s Simple Presidency
 Symbolic moves:
 Cuts army and navy
 Eliminated internal taxes
 Reduced influence of National Bank
 Free Trade

21. What happened to the
Federalists?
 Jefferson’s moderation
 Refusal to campaign
 National expansion
 Where does Federalist power go?
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3Ox6vGteek (7:15- end of thought bubble)

22. John Marshall Remakes the
Court
 Federalist
 Chief Justice 30 years
 Strengthens the SC & federal gov
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
 Establishes judicial review

23. Expanding West

24. Louisiana Purchase
 France regains control of territory 1800
 Sells to US for $15 million
 Size of US doubles
 Constitutional Crisis?
 America Story of US (8:19-11:36)

25. War of 1812

26. Tension with Britain
 Seizing American ships
 Impressing American soldiers
 Chesapeake Incident
 Embargo Act of 1807
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3Ox6vGteek (10:30)

27. Tecumseh & the Prophet
 Shawnee brothers
 Cast off the traces of white “civilization”
 Tecumseh negotiates for British assistance
 1811 – Prophet leads attack on US troops
 Shawnee capital burned

28. What’s a “War Hawk”?
 Young, pro-war members of Congress
 Southern and Western
 Why do they want war?
Sen. John Calhoun (SC) Sen. Henry
Clay (KY)

29. War of 1812
 Why does Madison go to war with Britain?
 Americans unprepared for war. Why?

30. War of 1812
 By 1813, British blockade keeps American ships in port.
 1814 – Britain burns White House & Capitol
 Armistice signed Christmas Eve, 1814

31. What changes after the war?
 Crash Course

32. Election of 1796

33. Electio
n of
1800