I. Washington's Presidency (1789 - 1797)

A. Washington as a Man

 

B. Setting Precedents

 

C. Washington's Administration

 

1. First Cabinet

a) Sect. of State - Jefferson

b) Sect. of Treasury - Hamilton

c) Sect. of War - Knox

d) VP - John Adams

2. Judiciary Act 1789

 

a) Set up Supreme Court

b) One Chief Justice (John Jay) and 5 Associate Justices

c) Also set up district courts and circuit courts

 

3. Bill of Rights (ratified in 1791)

 

D. Economic Plan

1. Alexander Hamilton?

 

2. Government Bonds and the National Debt

 

a) What the problem was

 

b) Hamilton's plan for repayment

 

c) opposition to Hamilton's plan

 

3. Compromise on Repayment of State Debts

 

4. National Bank

 

5. Protective Tariff

 

6. Results

 

E. The Whiskey Rebellion

 

1. Whiskey Tax 1791

2. Rebellion

3. The Government's Response

 

F. Foreign Relations

 

1. The French Revolution 1789

 

2. American Reaction

 

3. Problems of Neutrality

 

4. Jay's Treaty 1795

 

a) What the problem was

 

b) The Treaty

 

c) Reaction

 

5. Pinckney's Treaty 1795

 

G. Indian Relations and the Battle of Fallen Timbers 1793

H. Washington's Farewell Address 1796

 

1. Respect for the Constitution and Devotion to the Union

2. Neutrality: Avoid Entangling Alliances

3. Avoid Political Parties

4. Avoid Regional loyalties

 

II. Rise of Political Parties

A. Differing Personalities of Hamilton and Jefferson

 

B. Emergence of Parties

 

1. Democratic Republicans (or Republicans)

2. Federalists

 

C. Differing Positions on Policy

 

1. Federal or State Governments

2. Manufacturing or Farming

3. Hamilton's Economic Plan

4. Interpretation of the Constitution

III. John Adams' Presidency (1797 - 1801)

A. Election of 1796

 

B. Who was John Adams?

 

C. XYZ Affair (1798)

 

D. Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)

 

E. KY and VA Resolutions and "Nullification" (1798 -99)

 

IV. Thomas Jefferson's Presidency (1801 -1809)

A. The "Revolution" of 1800

1. Main Issues

2. Significance of Election

3. Twelfth Amendment (1804)

 

B. Comparison and Contrast of Jefferson with the Federalists

 

C. Marbury v. Madison (1803)

 

1. Chief Justice John Marshall

 

2. What was the case and the decision?

 

3. Judicial Review

 

D. The Barbary Pirates

 

E. Louisiana Purchase (1803)

 

1. Why Napoleon wanted to sell

2. The deal

3. Was it constitutional?

4. How it affected the history of the US

 

F. Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804 - 1806)

 

1. Jefferson's goals

2. Who were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?

3. Sacagawea

4. Encounters with Indians

5. Discoveries

6. Historical Significance

 

G. Problems with Great Britain

 

1. Background

 

2. Embargo Act (1807)

 

3. Nonintercourse Act (1809)

IV. Path Towards War

     

  1. Problems with Indians

      2.  

    1. Tecumseh and The Prophet

      2.  

    2. William Henry Harrison and the Battle

       

      of Tippecanoe (1811)
  2. Problems with England

    3.  

  3. The War Hawks

    4.  

    1. Henry Clay

      2.  

    2. Madison’s attitude

      3.  

    3. Disagreements in Congress

      4.  

    4. Misconceptions about the French Canadians

       

      V.The War of 1812

 

  1. British Advantages and Disadvantages

    2.  

  2. American Advantages and Disadvantages

    3.  

  3. The War in the Northwest

    4.  

    1. Invasion of Canada

      2.  

    2. American Plan

      3.  

    3. Defeat at Detroit (August, 1812)

      4.  

    4. Great Lakes

      5.  

    5. Battle of Lake Erie (Sept., 1813) and Oliver H. Perry

      6.  

    6. Battle of the Thames (Oct., 1813) and Wm. Henry Harrison

      7.  

  4. The War at Sea

    5.  

    1. American advantages

      2.  

    2. Battle of the Constitution vs. the Guerriere

      3.  

  5. The British Offensive

      6.  

    1. The British Plan

      2.  

    2. Fighting in the Chesapeake Bay

      3.  

    3. Burning of Washington

      4.  

    4. Battle of Baltimore and Fort McHenry

      5.  

    5. Fighting in the North

      6.  

  6. The Hartford Convention

    7.  

  7. Battle of New Orleans (January, 1815)

    8.  

    1. Jackson’s "army"

      2.  

    2. British defeat

      3.  

    3. Significance

     

  8. The Treaty of Ghent (Dec. 24, 1814)

    9.  

    1. Status quo ante bellum

      2.  

    2. Significance of the Settlement

      3.  
    1. V.The War of 1812

 

  1. British Advantages and Disadvantages

    2.  

  2. American Advantages and Disadvantages

    3.  

  3. The War in the Northwest

    4.  

    1. Invasion of Canada

      2.  

    2. American Plan

      3.  

    3. Defeat at Detroit (August, 1812)

      4.  

    4. Great Lakes

      5.  

    5. Battle of Lake Erie (Sept., 1813) and Oliver H. Perry

      6.  

    6. Battle of the Thames (Oct., 1813) and Wm. Henry Harrison

      7.  

  4. The War at Sea

    5.  

    1. American advantages

      2.  

    2. Battle of the Constitution vs. the Guerriere

      3.  

  5. The British Offensive

      6.  

    1. The British Plan

      2.  

    2. Fighting in the Chesapeake Bay

      3.  

    3. Burning of Washington

      4.  

    4. Battle of Baltimore and Fort McHenry

      5.  

    5. Fighting in the North

      6.  

  6. The Hartford Convention

    7.  

  7. Battle of New Orleans (January, 1815)

    8.  

    1. Jackson’s "army"

      2.  

    2. British defeat

      3.  

    3. Significance

     

  8. The Treaty of Ghent (Dec. 24, 1814)

    9.  

    1. Status quo ante bellum

      2.  

    2. Significance of the Settlement

      3.  
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