Early Administration

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Themes

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1. Governments firmly established
2. American caught in the English French wars
3. Parties develop
4. Boundaries enlarged by Louisiana Purchase

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Adams (1797-1801)

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1. Domestic:
parties formed – Federalists ( Adams, Hamilton)
Republicans or “Democratic-Republicans” or “Jeffersonian Republicans” (Jefferson)

Alien and Sedition Acts – restrictions on freedom of speech and on foreigners
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions – Ky. and Va. Assemblies protest the Alien and Sedition Acts
2. Foreign
XYZ Affair – French won’t receive American ambassador
Adams refuses to go to war with Franc

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Jefferson (1801-1809)

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1. Domestic:
laissez faire
tries to restrict federal judges – can’t
Marbury v. Madison – John Marshall declares Supreme Court can decide whether a law is constitutional (judicial review)
2. Foreign:
Louisiana Purchase
sends Lewis and Clark into wilderness
war with Barbary Pirates
tries to make France and England respect American neutral rights with the
Embargo Act – unsuccessful

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Madison (1808-1816)

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1. War of 1812 against England
2. Caused by land greed, nationalism (War Hawks), impressment, fur forts in Ohio, seizing ships
3. British invasion of America – burned Washington D.C.
4. Jackson’s victory at New Orleans
5. Treaty of Ghent – nothing changes
6. Hartford Convention - New England threatens to secede; adds to demise of Federalists

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Washington (1789-1797)

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1. domestic achievements:
federal courts established
Bill of Rights passed
Hamilton’s banks and manufacturing strengthened
2. foreign affairs:
Neutrality Proclamation
Jay Treaty – England leaves fur posts in Ohio Valley
Genet affair – Resist attempts of France to get aid for French Revolution