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US History timeline & concept chart: 1789-1860 Early Republic to Antebellum: Difference between revisions

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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)]
** fueled southern states rights ideology
** 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)