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Land Ordinance of 1785
This law answered the question of how the lands in the Ohio Valley would be divided. It split the land into sections and townships and reserved section 16 as land for public education. -
Shay's Rebellion
A rebellion led by Daniel Shay who was upset over difficulties involving farmland mortgages. This made people was a stronger government because they feared such violence occuring. -
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
This answered the question of how the new states will become states once the people move. The law said that the territory to statehood process would go throiugh stages including being owned by the United States, aquiring 60,000 citizens, writing a constitution and becoming a state through approval by Congress. -
Constitutional Convention
This is when the Constitution of the United Staes was written. 55 delegates met in Philadelphia in 1787. 12 of the 13 states showed up, all besides Rhode Island. -
Judiciary Act of 1789
This act set of the Federal Court System for the United States. It also set up the Supreme Court system. This was put into place in order to complete the branches of government. -
Bill of Rights
The Constitution was not written with a Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was written by James Madison. The 9th and 10th amendments are especially important in the Bill of Rights. -
Bank of the United States (National Bank)
Hamilton came up with a financial plan that included the creation of a National Bank. In the year 1791, he recieved a twenty year charter. The bank was built in Philadelphia where it sold its public stock in merely two hours. -
Neutrality Proclamation
President Washington gave his Neutrality Proclamation reguarding the stance of America in the French Revolution. He decided that America would not get involved in the Revolution and this statement resulted in the Democratic-Republican party becoming upset. -
Whiskey Rebellion
This rebellion broke out on the Pennsylvania frontier. It broke out when the whiskey-makers became upset with the take that had been placed on whiskey. President Washington had sent 13,000 troops to stop this rebellion. This action led to a lot of criticism from Anti-Federalists. -
Jay's Treaty
John Jay was sent to Britain to smooth things over and to avoid war. Instead, he came back with a treaty that wasn't neccessarily good for America. The treaty stated that America would have to pay off all pre-revolution debts to England. Also, Britain agreed to leave their frontier posts once again, however they said that before and had yet to do it. -
President Washington's Farewell Address
President Washington gave his Farewell Address as he would not be running for president again. In this address, he warned the people to avoid political parties and to also avoid permanent alliances with other nations. -
Judiciary Act of 1801
This law created 16 new federal court districs and also appointed new Federalist Judges. This was done in an attempt to strengthen the government but in reality just initiated more problems for the government. -
Marbury v. Madison
This was a court case in which a Democratic-Republican judge is attempting to fight to get the commission that he was owed. This resulted in the idea of "judicial review" which said that the Supreme Court was the final say on whether things were contitutional or not. Marbury did not get the commission that he was fighting for. -
Louisiana Purchase
Two people were sent to offer to buy part of the Louisiana territory for only $10 million, however there was a counter offer to give all of the territory for only $5 million more. There were problems with this offer because the two people were only given $10 million, but the offer was too good to refuse. This purchase ended up doubling the size of America. -
Embargo Act
Jefferson made this law that forbade all trade with any nation. This was put into place for all nations whether they were at war or not. It was hardest on New Enlgand because slowly the merchants went broke. This also hurt the couth and the west because their crops began to pile up and go to waste.
