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AP US History – Presidents Timeline w/ Events & Themes
AP US History – Presidents Timeline w/ Events & Themes


== Washington administration ==
here for [[US Presidents simple timeline]] (under construction)
 
== Early Republic: Washington's presidencies ==
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|Election year
|Election year
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|1788-89
|1788-89
|1789
|1789
|'''George Washington'''
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=== George Washington ===
* establishing executive branch & defining its powers
* establishing executive branch & defining its powers
* national unity
* national unity
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|1792
|1792
|1793
|1793
|'''George Washington'''
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=== George Washington ===
* treaties with Britain & Spain to consolidate US territory
* treaties with Britain & Spain to consolidate US territory


* exercising federal power to put down Whiskey Rebeliion  
* exercising federal power to put down Whiskey Rebeliion
* Farwell Address
* Farwell Address
* Two-term precedent
* Two-term precedent
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** with war between England and France, the U.S. was pressured by each side not to trade with or support the other
** with war between England and France, the U.S. was pressured by each side not to trade with or support the other
** Washington issued is Neutrality Proclamation in order to uphold the U.S. position of not favoring either side and to maintain trade with both
** Washington issued is Neutrality Proclamation in order to uphold the U.S. position of not favoring either side and to maintain trade with both
** the position was unteneble, becuase Britan and France both objected to US trade / support for the other, and actively blocked, attacked, or seized U.S. vessels  
** the position was unteneble, becuase Britan and France both objected to US trade / support for the other, and actively blocked, attacked, or seized U.S. vessels


* "Citizen Genet" (1793) affair
* "Citizen Genet" (1793) affair
** French diplomat who tried to raise money & arms for French war w/ Britain
** French diplomat who tried to raise money & arms for French war w/ Britain
** marked division between Americans who  
** marked division between Americans who


* Whiskey Rebellion (1794)
* Whiskey Rebellion (1794)
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** causes:
** causes:
*** British occupied forts in U.S. Northwest Territory and along Canadian border
*** British occupied forts in U.S. Northwest Territory and along Canadian border
*** US reneged on paymenbt  
*** US reneged on paymenbt
** Britain agreed to leave U.S. Territory  
** Britain agreed to leave U.S. Territory
** US agreed to pay some war debts
** US agreed to pay some war debts
** established "arbitration" as a means of settling disputes
** established "arbitration" as a means of settling disputes
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** Jeffersonians hated its trade preferences w/ Britain
** Jeffersonians hated its trade preferences w/ Britain
** southerners felt betrayed by Jay for not pursuing compensation for losses of slaves during the Revoluationary War
** southerners felt betrayed by Jay for not pursuing compensation for losses of slaves during the Revoluationary War
** 1796: House of Reps demanded White House documents from the treaty,  
** 1796: House of Reps demanded White House documents from the treaty,
** Washington refused,
** Washington refused,
***  = establishing "executive privilege"
***  = establishing "executive privilege"
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|1796
|1796
|1797
|1797
|'''John Adams'''
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=== John Adams ===
* political divisions
* political divisions
* Alien & Sedition Acts
* Alien & Sedition Acts
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|1800
|1800
|1801
|1801
|Jefferson
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|*Revolution of 1800
=== Thomas Jefferson ===
 
* Revolution of 1800
* Louisiana Purchase
|Revolution of 1800


* 1st transition of power from one faction to another w/o violence
* 1st transition of power from one faction to another w/o violence
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Louisiana Purchase (1802)
Louisiana Purchase (1802)


* Monroe sent to France (which acquired Louisana from the Spanish)
* Monroe sent to France (which acquired Louisiana from the Spanish)


* French no longer needed New Orleans bc of Haitian rebellion
* French no longer needed New Orleans bc of Haitian rebellion
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* Essex Junto w/ Aaron Burr plotted secession, anti-Jefferson
* Essex Junto w/ Aaron Burr plotted secession, anti-Jefferson
Marbury Madison (1803)
* Supreme Court asserts principal of Judicial Review
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
* main goal to find passage to Pacific Ocean
* mapped Louisiana Purchase
* scientifically documented encounters and discoveries
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|1804
|1804
|1805
|1805
|'''Thomas Jefferson'''
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|*British-French conflict:
=== Thomas Jefferson ===


* 1805 blockades start by Fr & Brit
* Embargo Act of 1807
|British-French conflict (Napoleonic Wars):


* Brit start impressment of US sailors
* 1805 blockades start by France & Britain


* Embargo Act of 1807: US response to blockades, shut down trade
* British impressment of US sailors
 
* Embargo Act of 1807:  
** US response to blockades, shut down trade
** reduced US foreign trade
*** was deeply opposed by New England merchants who turned to smuggling and change in overseas trade networks
** but led to increase in US industrial production, especially in cotton mills


* New England economy collapse
* New England economy collapse
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|1816
|1816
|1817
|1817
|'''James Monroe'''
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=== James Monroe ===
* Era of Good Feelngs
* Era of Good Feelngs
|Era of Good Feelings
|Era of Good Feelings
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|1820
|1820
|1821
|1821
|'''James Monroe'''
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=== James Monroe ===
* Monroe Doctrine
* Monroe Doctrine
* Missouri Compromise of 1820
* Missouri Compromise of 1820
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|1824
|1824
|1825
|1825
|'''John Quincy Adams'''
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=== John Quincy Adams ===
* disputed election
* disputed election


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|1828
|1828
|1829
|1829
|'''Andrew Jackson'''
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=== Andrew Jackson ===
|*1st president not born in Virginia or named Adams
|*1st president not born in Virginia or named Adams


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|1832
|1832
|1833
|1833
|'''Andrew Jackson'''
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=== Andrew Jackson ===
|Indian affairs:
|Indian affairs:


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|1836
|1836
|1837
|1837
|'''Martin Van Buren'''
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=== Martin Van Buren ===
|Van Buren continued Jackson economic policies, anti-national bank
|Van Buren continued Jackson economic policies, anti-national bank


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|1840
|1840
|1841-1841
|1841-1841
|'''William Henry Harrison'''
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=== William Henry Harrison ===
 
* died shortly after inauguration
|elected 1840 as a Whig
|elected 1840 as a Whig


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|1841
|1841
|'''John Tyler''' assumes office
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=== John Tyler ===
 
* assumes office after death of the Whig Harrison
* governed mostly as a Democrat
|John Tyler = former Democrat, assumed office as Whig (VP to Harrison)
|John Tyler = former Democrat, assumed office as Whig (VP to Harrison)


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|1844
|1844
|1845
|1845
|'''James K. Polk'''
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=== James K. Polk ===
 
* Mexican-American War
|* defeated Henry Clay in presidential election  
|* defeated Henry Clay in presidential election  


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* Whigs: anti-war
* Whigs: anti-war
** Lincoln promoted "Spot" resolutions to ridicule Polk (show the “spot” where American blood had been shed) < didn’t go anywhere
** Lincoln promoted "Spot" resolutions to ridicule Polk (show the “spot” where American blood had been shed) < didn’t go anywhere


* Wilmot Proviso, 1846
* Wilmot Proviso, 1846
** proposed all that no territory taken from Mexico could have slavery
** did not pass the House


 * no territory taken from Mexico could have slavery
* Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago, 1848 ended the war  
 
** Mexican Cession: AZ, NM, CA, NV, UT
* Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago, 1848 ended war
** these were areas not suitable for cotton slavery
 
* Mexican Cession: AZ, NM, CA, NV, UT
 
** areas not suitable for cotton slavery


* Effect on Slavery issue:
* Effect on Slavery issue:
** “popular sovereignty”: pushed by Southerners to allow slavery into new territories < let the residents of territories decide
** “popular sovereignty”: pushed by Southerners to allow slavery into new territories  
**renders Compromise of 1820 untenable
** let the residents of territories decide
**renders Compromise of 1820 untenable (obsolete)
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|1848
|1848
|1847-1850
|1847-1850
|'''Zachary Taylor'''
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=== Zachary Taylor ===
|from Virginia, not a politician, recruited by the Whigs to run for president given his fame as military hero from Mexican-American War
|from Virginia, not a politician, recruited by the Whigs to run for president given his fame as military hero from Mexican-American War


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|1850
|1850
|Millard Fillmore assumes office
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=== Millard Fillmore ===
 
* assumes office after death of Taylor
* signs various Compromise of 1850 legislation
|Whig from upstate New York  
|Whig from upstate New York  


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|1852
|1852
|1853
|1853
|Franklin Pierce
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|*pro-Southern northerner Democrat
=== Franklin Pierce ===
 
* pro-slavery northerner
|pro-Southern northerner Democrat


* ineffectual vs. sectional conflict
* ineffectual vs. sectional conflict


* issued “Ostend Manifesto”
* issued “Ostend Manifesto"
 
** that called for annexation of Cuba with European support
* called for annexation of Cuba with European support
** goal was to expand U.S. slavery
 
** northerners outraged
 * goal was to expand U.S. slavery
 
* northerners outraged
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|1856
|1856
|1857
|1857
|James S. Buchanan
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|*pro-Southern, northern Democrat
=== James S. Buchanan ===
 
* oversaw rise of Civil War
|pro-Southern, northern Democrat


* had been diplomat service so was not tainted by Compromise of 1850
* had been diplomat service so was not tainted by Compromise of 1850
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* accepts the civil war as inevitable
* accepts the civil war as inevitable
* did send reinforcements to Ft. Sumter which affirmed federal claims on forts and territories


 * does nothing to stop it, especially after Lincoln’s election (Nov. 1860) up to leaving office in March, 1861
 * does little to stop it, especially after Lincoln’s election (Nov. 1860) up to leaving office in March, 1861
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