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Washington becomes President
George Washington was not sure he wanted to be president . The American public greatly wanted him to be their first president. Washington wanted to make sure the office of president was respected at home abroad -
Whiskey Rebellion
This should that the authority of the federal government didnt have control over the people. It showed that people of all states were willing to fight -
John Adams become President
John Adams was a leader of the Revolution and had represnted the United States in peace negotiations with the Britain and had served as Vice President for two terms under President Washington . John Adams sided with the Federalists. He distrusted the common people and believed that liberty could best be preserved by a powerful government headed by a strong and able executive such as himself. -
Alien and Sedition acts
Republican newspaper and politicians lounched a scrier of virulent attacks on the president federalists as the deadst of vermat changed the adams was they tired to attack the president because he didnt not pick a side -
Thomas Jerfferson becomes President
Jefferson was the 3rd president. His republicain view that the federal government should be small , frugal and limit powers. he had faith in the coman man -
Marbury V Madison
Marbury appealed to the Supreme Court to force Madison to deliver his commission. The decision was that Chief Justice John Marshall declared that William Marbury did indeed have a legal right to his commission and scolded Madison for withholding it. This established that the for the first time the power of the Surpreme Court to strike down an act of congress that violated the Constitution a power we todday call judicial review. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana purchase was a piece of land . It viewed that the federal government should be smaller , frugal and limited in its power. some people feared for the future of the republic should large a territory be added to the nation. -
Embargo Act
The cause of the Embargo act was that many amercians wanted to go to war but jerfferson didnt want to because of the due to the budget cuts this is why the Embargo act was created.
