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''' XYZ Affair (1797-98)''' | ''' XYZ Affair (1797-98)''' | ||
* '''Alien & Sedition Acts, 1797-8: | * '''Alien & Sedition Acts, 1797-8: | ||
** Adams and congressional allies attempted to outlaw dissent | ** Adams and congressional allies attempted to outlaw dissent | ||
''' | '''Washington DC as national capitol | ||
'''Quasi-War''' 1798 | |||
''' Taxation''' and '''Fries's Rebellion''' | |||
* as US prepared for the Quasi-War with France | |||
** Congress imposed a "direct tax" upon all of the states | |||
*** = a federal tax apportioned by population per state | |||
**** the "Direct House Tax of 1798" was calculated by houses, lands, and slave ownership | |||
*** the only time a direct tax was ever imposed by Congress | |||
* the tax was unpopular | |||
* in 1799, John Fries, a German-American, organized resistance to the tax in Pennsylvania | |||
** local militia captured tax "assessors" (who were to "assess" property values for the tax assessment) | |||
** Federal marshals arrested resistance leaders, but local groups liberated them | |||
** Adams ordered federal troops to arrest the insurgents | |||
** Fries and others were arrested and charged with treason | |||
*** Adams granted amnesty to them in 1800 | |||
Other concepts & terms: | Other concepts & terms: | ||
'''Republican Motherhood''' | '''Republican Motherhood''' | ||
* idea that a woman's role was to nurture virtuous male citizens | * idea that a woman's role was to nurture virtuous male citizens | ||
'''Northwest Territories''' | '''Northwest Territories''' | ||
'''Indian Wars''' | '''Indian Wars''' | ||
''' new States''': | ''' new States''': | ||
* Vermont (territory ceded by New York) 1791 | |||
* Kentucky (“western”), 1792 | |||
* Tennessee (“western”), 1796 | |||
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