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== 1790s Washington administrations ==
== 1790s Washington m& Adams administrations ==
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! '''PERIOD / TIMELINE'''
! '''PERIOD / TIMELINE'''
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* 1796 Pinckney's Treaty<br><br>
* 1796 Pinckney's Treaty<br><br>
* 1798: Alien & Sedition Acts<br><br>
* 1798: Alien & Sedition Acts<br><br>
* 1798-99 Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions<br><br>
* 1800: Washington, D.C. opened
* 1800: Washington, D.C. opened
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=== Hamilton "Report on Manufactures" ===   
=== Hamilton "Report on Manufactures" ===   
* promoted activist Federal governance re. economy
* promoted activist Federal governance re. economy
=== European wars & domestic U.S. politics ===   
=== European wars & domestic U.S. politics ===   
* pro-British or pro-French sentiments
* pro-British or pro-French sentiments
* political partisanship
* political partisanship
=== Alien & Sedition Acts 1798 ===
* restricted naturalization (citizenship)
* criminalized "false statements"
* allowed imprisonment & deportation of "dangerous" non-citizens




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* warned against "foreign entanglements"
* warned against "foreign entanglements"


=== Adams presidency
=== Adams presidency ===
* avoided war with France
* avoided war with France
* marked by severe political partisanship  
* marked by severe political partisanship  
* Alien & Sedition Acts
* Alien & Sedition Acts
* "Midnight appointments"
* "Midnight appointments"
=== Alien & Sedition Acts 1798 ===
* restricted naturalization (citizenship)
* criminalized "false statements"
* allowed imprisonment & deportation of "dangerous" non-citizens
=== Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions ===
* state legislatures declared Alien & Sedition Acts unconstitutional
* states rights & "strict construction" of Constitution
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'''BIG IDEAS'''
'''BIG IDEAS'''
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* "An Act Concerning Aliens" authorized imprisonment or deportation of "dangerous" non-citizens  
* "An Act Concerning Aliens" authorized imprisonment or deportation of "dangerous" non-citizens  
* Sedition Act criminalized "false statements" critical of the federal government  
* Sedition Act criminalized "false statements" critical of the federal government  
* unpopularity leads to Democrat-Republican wins in 1800 elections


'''Washington DC as national capital, 1800
'''Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions''' 1798-99
* "Federal City" opened
* state legislatures "nullified" Alien & Sedition Acts
* capitol moved from New York
** declared them unconstitutional
* Adams first President to occupy the White House
* "''Principles of '98''"
* Supreme Court was located in the Capitol building
** = as stated in the Resolutions
* initial population was 14,093
** states rights
* "strict construction" of the Constitution




''' Taxation''' and '''Fries's Rebellion'''
''' Taxation''' and '''Fries's Rebellion''' 1799
* as US prepared for the Quasi-War with France
* as US prepared for the Quasi-War with France
** Congress imposed a "direct tax" upon all of the states
** Congress imposed a "direct tax" upon all of the states
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** Fries and others were arrested and charged with treason
** Fries and others were arrested and charged with treason
*** Adams granted amnesty to them in 1800
*** Adams granted amnesty to them in 1800
'''Washington DC as national capital, 1800
* "Federal City" opened
* capitol moved from New York
* Adams first President to occupy the White House
* Supreme Court was located in the Capitol building
* initial population was 14,093