Chapter 6:
America Gets Started

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1.George Washington 1st US President.
2.He was the most obvious choice
3.Create Judicial Branch: Judiciary Act of 1789
4.Supreme Court: 1 Chief Justice and 5 judges

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5. State court decisions could be appealed in
Supreme Court
6. Presidential Cabinet: president’s chief advisers
7. Thomas Jefferson: Secretary of State
8. Alexander Hamilton: Secretary of Treasury

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9. Henry Knox: Secretary of War
10. John Adams: Vice President
11. US Debt: Hamilton made plan
to pay it ALL back b/c this would
put faith in US Gov’t (foreign
countries)

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12. South mad b/c they already
paid their debt
13. They thought Nat’l gov’t taxing
them b/c Northern debt
14. Hamilton wanted to create the
Bank of the U.S. to handle National
Gov’t money

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15. People against Hamilton used
Constitution to opposed him
16. Said it wasn’t written so
Federal Gov’t had no power to do a
bank
17. Enter Article 1 Section 8 Clause
18: Necessary and Proper

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18. It is also called the elastic
clause: Congress has power to
make sure enumerated powers
(written) can be carried out
19. Compromise: Keep South
happy, move Capital between
Maryland & Virginia
(Washington, D.C.)

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20. Federalists supported Hamilton:
today’s Republican Party
21. Democratic-Republicans supported
Jefferson: today’s Democratic Party
22. It is basically the 2 party system we
have today

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23. Whiskey Rebellion: tax on
American Whiskey (excise tax)
24. Pennsylvania whiskey makers
refused to pay and beat up federal
marshals
25. National Gov’t shows power by
sending military to PA to get money

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26. France helped US defeat
British in American Revolution
27. France wanted help against
British during French Revolution
28. US Political Parties were
split: result was neutrality

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29. Neutrality: not taking a side during a
conflict
30. Pinckney’s Treaty = Treaty of San
Lorenzo
31. Florida is still Spain, but MS River can be
used by US
32. US traders could use New Orleans as
well

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33. Northwest = Midwest: Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois
34. British and Natives still in the area
35. Miami Confederacy defeated US
until the Battle of Fallen Timbers
36. Treaty with Miami Confederacy:
$20G up front and $10G a year for Ohio

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37. Jay’s Treaty: removed British from
Ohio, but allowed them to still fur trade.
38. John Adams elected 2nd Pres.
Thomas Jefferson was Vice President
b/c he received 2nd most electoral
votes: result is sectionalism.

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39. Sectionalism: Adams from North and
Jefferson from South
40. XYZ Affair: US sent delegates to France
b/c they attacked US ships
41. It was called this b/c French diplomats
were unimportant and they simply wanted a
bribe

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42. Result of XYZ Affair: undeclared naval war with
France
43. Alien and Sedition Acts: Federalists feared that
Democratic-Republicans and immigrants threatened the
US gov’t

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44. Alien and Sedition Acts: US citizenship increased to
14 years and attempted to fine/jail anyone who talked
bad about the Gov’t
45. This violated 1st Amendment: result was VA and KY
resolutions = nullification (void)

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46. State Gov’t in Virginia and Kentucky voted
to NULLIFY federal laws
47. Nullification means VOID
48. Only if laws were unconstitutional
49. Died out, but showed balance b/t US Gov’t
and State Gov’t

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50. Jefferson 3rd Pres of the US
51. He was 1st Pres in new capital,
Washington D.C.
52. He wanted to limit power of Nat’l Gov’t
53. He won Presidency by runoff in
Congress (House of Reps)

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54. Marbury v Madison: important Supreme Court case
that established Judicial Review
55. Judicial Review is when Supreme Court decides if
Congress-passed laws are Constitutional

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56. 1803: Louisiana Purchase
57. Middle Half of U.S.
58. Jefferson bought from France for
$15 million (cheap)
59. MS River to Rocky Mountains
(doubled size of US)

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60. Lewis and Clark explored the new area of Louisiana
Territory
61. Eventually found the Pacific Coast
62. Sacajawea helped
63. Called the Corps of Discovery

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64. Impressment: kidnapping American
sailors and forcing them to serve in the
British navy
65. Over 1500 US ships captured b/c
Britain and France tried to blockade
each other

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66. Pres Jefferson tried an embargo:
refused to send goods to Europe
67. Embargo hurt US more than France &
GB
68. Natives in the US had British guns they
got in Canada: War Hawks (Congressmen)
wanted to fight Great Britain

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69. Shawnee in the Indiana/Ohio area
fought US at Battle of Tippecanoe
70. Shawnee lost but helped British in the
War of 1812
71. US declared war on Great Britain in
1812

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72. US not very good: lost in Canada
73. US Navy did well until the Big British
navy blockaded the entire East Coast
74. In 1814, Great Britain burned down
Washington D.C.

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75. Andrew Jackson defeated the
Creek Natives and the British at the
Battle of New Orleans
76. No real reason to fight, Treaty of
Ghent was signed: armistice = just
stop fighting 1814

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77. 49th parallel b/c border b/t Louisiana Territory and
Canada
78. Open trade b/t US and Great Britain
79. Both has access to Oregon Territory for a couple of years
80. National Anthem: “The Star Spangled Banner” was
written by Francis Scott Key when Great Britain attacked
Washington D.C.