A | B |
excise tax | Hamiltonian economic measure repealed by Jefferson and Gallatin |
pardoned | Action Jefferson took toward Reblican "martyrs" convicted under the Federalist Sedition Law |
"midnight judges" | Derogatory Republican term for Federalist judges appointed at the last minute by President Adams |
Marbury v. Madison | Precedent-setting Supreme Court case in which Marshall dismissed a Federalist judge's suit but also declared part of the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional |
"judicial review" | The principle, established by Cheif Justice Marshall ina famous case, that the Supreme Court can declare laws unconstitutional |
impeachment | Action voted by th house of Representatives against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase and feared by Cheif Justice Marshall |
Santa Domingo | Sugar-rich island where Toussaint L'Ouverture's slave rebellion disrupted Napoleon's dreams of a vast New world empire |
Great Plains | Territory beyond Lousianna, along the Columbia River, explored by Lewis and clark |
$15 million | price paid by the United States for the Louisianna Purchase |
Chesapeake | American ship fired on by British in 1807, nearly leading to war between the two countries |
Embargo Act | Jefferson's policy of forbidding the shipment of any goods in or out of the US |
war hawks | Militantly nationalistic western congressmen who were eager for hostilities with the Indians, Canadians, and British |
Battle of Tippecanoe | Battle in 1811 where General Harrison defeated the Indian warrios Tecumseh and the Prophet |
Mr. Madison's War | Derisive Federalist name for the War of 1812 the blamed it on the Republican president |
1800 | Jefferson defeats Adams for presidency |
1801 | Judiciary Act of 1801 |
1801-1805 | Naval war with Tripoli |
1802 | Revised naturalization law and Juciciary Avt of 1801 repealed |
1803 | Marbury v. MAdison and Lousianna Purchase |
1804 | Jefferson reelected and Impeachment of Justice Chase |
1804-1806 | Lewis and Clark expedition |
1805 | Peace treaty with tripoli |
1805-1807 | Pike's explorations |
1806 | Burr treason trial |
1807 | Chesapeake affair and Embargo Act |
1808 | Madison elected president |
1809 | Non-Intercourse Act replaces embargo act |
1810 | Mabon's Bill no. 2, Napolean announces (falsely) repeal of blockade decrees, and Madison reestablishes nonimportation against Britain |
1811 | Battle of Tippecanoe |
1821 | US declares war on britain |
1813 | Battle of Thames |
1814 | Battle of Horseshoe bend |