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1798
Alein: anti-immigrant = against french from canada--> harder to become a citizen, live in US for 14 years makining it harder for them to vote
Sedition: speaking against he government is a crime
Controversy: Cause a loss of freedom and is against the bill of rights |
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Edmund Genet comes to America and dispite Washingtons objection, tries to get wealthy Americans to Privatley fund france against the British
Washington kicks him out of the country (would normally be considered a prelude to war) |
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| Compact Theory/nullification |
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States gave up their powere to the federal government but kept the right to nullify laws that are seen by the states to be unconstitutional
EX: states pass resolutions to nullify the the Aleien and Sedition acts |
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1794
John Jay is sent to GB to ngotiate the Jay Treaty over GB SSI
If Fed gov't pays back the loyalists then GB will remove the forts on american soil but will not stop SSI
Washington ratifies the treaty --> jefferson resigns |
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Ends quasi war with france at a stalemate
ends Franco-American Alliance |
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| each state gets a federal district court, 3 appealate courts/circuit courts 1 for each district (southern, middle, northern), then the supreme court |
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| Judiciary Act of 1801 (midnight Justices) |
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| Adams appoints 13 new judges (federalists) while in the lame duck period |
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Spain closed off the mississippi to america and caused a confusion of land
Treaty of 1795
spain removes forts, 31st parallel is the border, allows access to MS river and we have the right to deposit (dont have to pay to use New Orleans Port) |
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1794
British sells guns to indians from the forts on american soil --> inidans killing fronteirsmenled by Little Turtle |
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| Treaty for Battle of Fallen timbers with the indians: america gets control of the ohio river valley |
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| Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions |
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| Compact theory; no other states followed suit, matters because it instills the idea in america thus becoming a long term cause of the Civil war |
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| Establishess a cabinet: Alexander Hamilton as Sec of Treasury, Thomas Jeff as Sec of State sets cabinate as a PRECEDENT |
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1794
mob violence in western Pennsylvania refusing to pay the excise tax
Washington takes millitary force of 12,000 troops himself to PA to enforce the law --> rebels go home without a fight and no deaths |
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1797
Send Pickney to france to negotiate over frnce SSI but instead is told to pay a bribe of 10M just to see the French King --> causes outrage and a quais war with France |
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