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24 Cards in this Set
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George Washington
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Elected 1st president in Apr. 1789 under the new constitution; as Pres. tried to remain neutral in political struggles between federalists and demo republicans; unanimously reelected in1793, his farewell address warned americans against established permanent alliances
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James Madison
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"father of bill of rights; later with Jefferson wrote the Virginia resolutions in protest of alien and sedition acts; as president involved in war of 1812
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Alexander Hamilton
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New Yorker and 1st secretary of treasury formulated U.S. fiscal policies and established the Bank of the United States
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John Jay
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Appointed to serve as 1st Chief Justice of Supreme Court; negotiated unpopular treaty with Britain in 1794 intended to prevent war
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Thomas Pinkney
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Negotiated a treaty with Spain (1795) that gave westerners the right to use the Mississippi River for shipments and Spain accepted the boundary claims of U.S.
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John Adams
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Served as 1st Vice President; aligned with the Federalists favoring a strong central government; 1796 elected president; his administration had problems with France, Alien and Sedition acts defeated by Jefferson in 1800
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Thomas Jefferson
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U.S. minister to France (1785-1789); Washington's sec. of state who became leader of the Anti-federalist faction; quarreled with Hamilton and his economic acts; became leader of the democratic republicans, elected president in 1800
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John Randolph
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Virginia demo republican congressman who led the attack on the federal court system and helped to launch the impeachment of justice Samuel Chase; broke with Jefferson and became leader of the "Old Republicans" or "quids"
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John Marshall
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Served as Chief Justice for 34 years, established a national court based on three concepts: supremacy of the federal courts, "implied powers" and private property
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Aaron Burr
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political leader from New York who aligned with Jefferson; elected VP in 1800; became involved in a western conspiracy to develop a spanish colony in the Mississippi Valley with James Wilkinson, commander of Louisiana in 1805, arrested for treason; shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel; ended his political career
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Citizen Edmond Genet
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Foreign minister of the French Republic sent to U.S. to win support for the French War against France; caused diplomatic crisis when he attempted to raise troops and commission U.S. merchant ships as French privateers, Washington demanded his recall
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John Fries
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organized an army of Pennsylvania Germans to fight assessors in 1799; arrested by federal troops and tried and sentenced to death; pardoned in 1800 by Adams
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Thomas Pickering
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Federalist senator from Mass. who was the leader of the essex junto which hatched a scheme involving the seccession of New England and New York from the union; involved Aaron Burr
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Tallyrand
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French Foreign minister responsible for XYZ affair
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Daniel Webster
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Senator from Mass. who led federalist opposition to the war of 1812
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Henry Clay
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Speaker of the House from Kentucky and leader of the war hawks with South Carolina congressman John C. Calhoun; author of the Missouri Compromise
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Matthew Lyon
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Republican congressman from Vermont convicted under the Sedition Act of criticizing President Adams
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Mad Anthony Wayne
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Appointed by Washington in 1794 as commander of American troops in the Northwest Territory; defeated the Miami confederacy at the battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 and successfully negotiated the Treaty of Greenville ending Indian control of the area
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Oliver Hazard Perry
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U.S. naval hero in war of 1812 who defeated British on Lake Erie; famous for quote: "We have met the enemy and they are ours."
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Thomas Macdonough
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U.S. naval commander of the Saratoga who defeated British Flotilla on Lake Champlain - Sep. 11, 1814
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Andrew Jackson
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Successfully defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend; became hero for his defeat of the British in the Battle of New Orleans
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William H. Harrison
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American Commander who led an army against Tecumseh forces and defeated his brother Tenskwatawa at the battle of Tippecanoe
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Tecumseh
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Shawnee leader who took control of the indian movement in the Northwest and received aid and supplies from the British in Canada; killed in Battle of Thames during War of 1812
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John Q. Adams
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Led the U.S. negotiation team at the Treaty of Ghent, Sec. of State for President Monroe who authorized the Monroe doctrine
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