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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 | ||
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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 | |||
''' | '''Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions''' 1798-99 | ||
* " | * state legislatures "nullified" Alien & Sedition Acts | ||
* | ** declared them unconstitutional | ||
* | * "''Principles of '98''" | ||
* | ** = as stated in the Resolutions | ||
* | ** 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 | |||