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US History timeline & concept chart: 1789-1860 Early Republic to Antebellum: Difference between revisions
US History timeline & concept chart: 1789-1860 Early Republic to Antebellum (view source)
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** state nullification of federal law | ** state nullification of federal law | ||
* impact: | * impact: | ||
** the Resolutions were authored in secret by Jefferson (then Vice President) and Madison | |||
** = statement of their interpretation of the Constitution | |||
** Washington called the Resolutions "a recipe for disunion" (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_and_Virginia_Resolutions Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (wikipedia)] | ** Washington called the Resolutions "a recipe for disunion" (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_and_Virginia_Resolutions Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (wikipedia)] | ||
** | ** statement of southern states rights ideology | ||
''' Taxation''' and '''Fries's Rebellion''' 1799 | ''' Taxation''' and '''Fries's Rebellion''' 1799 | ||
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*** Adams granted amnesty to them in 1800 | *** Adams granted amnesty to them in 1800 | ||
'''Washington DC as national capital, 1800 | '''Washington DC''' opened as national capital, 1800 | ||
* "Federal City" opened | * "Federal City" opened | ||
* capitol moved from New York | * capitol moved from New York | ||
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* Supreme Court was located in the Capitol building | * Supreme Court was located in the Capitol building | ||
* initial population was 14,093 | * initial population was 14,093 | ||
'''Midnight appointments''' | |||
* after election of 1800 | |||
* last minute appointments by Adams for 60 federal positions at end of his administration to fill offices with loyalists/federalists | |||
** including appointment of John Marshall as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | |||
* Jefferson mocked the appointees as "'''Midnight Judges'''" | |||
* several appointments were not delivered before end of Adams administration, including one to William Marbury | |||
**the new Jefferson administration refused to deliver them | |||
** in 1801 Marbury sued the government under grounds that he had been duly appointed | |||
Leads to the "landmark" case, '''Marbury v. Madison''' that established '''judicial review''' (see below) | |||