Unit 3 Exam Review

Federalists: limit the role of the national government favoring local control -Favored a strong central government with the power to control commerce, tax, declare war , and make treaties. -Opposed the French Revolution and opposed American support for the anti-monarchy group -Supported the Alien & Sedation acts as necessary to prevent growth of Democratic Republicans and to limit the criticism of Federalist officials. Democratic Republicans: -Sought to. -Supported the popular forces in the French Revolution and favored American assistance -Opposed the Alien & Sedation Acts along with the enlarged army, as a threat to citizens individual liberties. Neutrality Proclamation Announcement by George W. in 1793 where he declared the nation neutral in the war between France and Great Britain. Alien & Sedation Acts- A collective name to four given acts passed by congress in 1798 that curtailed freedom of speech and the liberty of foreign residents in the United States. These Acts Consist of: 1) Naturalization Act 2) Alien Act 3) Alien Act 4) Sedition Act Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions: were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional. Election /Revolution of 1800- Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adams in the 1800 election, and pushed in an era of the Democratic - Republican Party also known as the Virginia Dynasty. It also showed a decline in the Federalist Party. Marbury vs. Madison- was significant Supreme Court case in 1803 where the Unites States where William Marbury did not deliver his commissions to John Adams ,the Case is significant because its the most important Supreme Court case in U.S history , and it defined boundaries between executive and judicial branches of Government. John Marshall- The Leader of the Federalist party at the time, he made several changes relating to federalism, and affected the balance of power between the federal government and the states during the early years of the republic.

Louisiana purchase- 1803 bought from France. Paid total of $15 million. Talleyrand asked Livingston what the US would pay for all the Louisiana Purchase.. Doubled national domain.. Extra constitutional act.. technically unconstitutional. War Hawks- Members of congress predominantly from the south and west who aggressively pushed for a war against Britain after their election in 1810. The Panic of 1819- was the first major financial crisis in the United States,[1] and occurred during the political calm of the Era of Good Feelings. The Monroe Doctrine -a policy of the United States introduced on 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression requiring U.S. intervention. The Doctrine noted that the United States would neither interfere with existing European colonies nor meddle in the internal concerns of European countries Hartford Convention- Meeting to consider the problems of New England in the War of 1812 (not aware of Treaty of Ghent yet). Also wanted to change Constitution in favor of New England; Require a two-thirds Congressional majority to declare war, admit new state, or interdiction of foreign commerce; Remove the three-fifths representation advantage of the South; Limit future Presidents to one term; require each President to be from a different state than his predecessor. Hamiltons assumption plan- a tax on spending on goods and services. The tax base of such a tax is the money spent on consumption. Consumption taxes are usually indirect, such as a sales tax or a value added tax. Federal City- formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the Residence Act approved the creation of a capital district located along the Potomac River on the country's East Coast. American System- This was a plan created by Henry Clay that included higher tariffs to protect industries and create revenue for the government, preservation of the Bank of the US, development of system of internal improvements (roads, canals,etc.), and maintenance of high public land prices. Lewis & Clark expedition- the first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific coast undertaken by the United States..objectives were both scientific and commercial to study the area's plants, animal life, and geography, and to learn how the region could be exploited economically USS Chesapeake & Impressment- wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. men into a navy by force and with or without notice. Impressment was used by the Royal Navy, in the early summer of 1807, when three deserters from the British frigate HMS Melampus lying in Chesapeake Bay enlisted on the American frigate USS Chesapeake.

Embargo Act of 1807- a general embargo enacted by the United States Congress [1] against Great Britain and France during the Napoleonic Wars. This action hurt the US economy and Jefferson became wildly unpopular. Erie Canal- Made to increase trade and commerce speeds. The construct payed itself In only 10 years. The canal fostered a population surge in western New York State, opened regions farther west to settlement. Era of good feeling- The period from 1817 to 1823 in which the disappearance of the federalist enabled the republicans to govern in a spirit of seemingly nonpartisan harmony. Ironically it was during the panic of 1819. Missouri Compromise- This was the compromise in 1820 that added Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It rose because of the representational issues in Congress (3/5 & Great compromises). Maine became a state in 1820, Missouri in 1821. War of 1812- War with Britain; caused by Macon's Bill No. 2, anti-British sentiments from issues like western Indians and economy, and also territorial expansion and prestige for America; Burning of Washington D.C. The war was largely due to the trading restrictions. Treaty of Ghent- Treaty signed on Christmas 1814 between the US and Britain that ended the war of 1812. Rush Bagot Treaty- Treaty between the US and Britain (again) that demilitarized the Great Lakes by sharply limiting the number of ships each power could station on them. Transcontinental Treaty of 1819- Treaty between the US and Spain in which Spain ceded Florida to the US, surrendered all claims to the pacific northwest, and agreed to a boundary between the Louisiana Purchase territory and the Spanish Southwest.