Post Constitution Unit

Presidents and political events1789-1820’s

Washington (1789-1797)

Whiskey Rebellion (1794)

John Adams (1797-1801)

• Federalist

• Alien and Seditions Acts

John Marshall• Marbury vs. Madison (1803)

resulted in Judicial Review

• John Marshall was the first • Supreme Court Chief Justice

Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)

• 4 way tie for president, resulting in the 12 amendment

• Louisiana Purchase• War between

France and England• Impressment• Embargo Act (bad news)

Embargo Act

James Madison (1809-1817)

• Economy improved

• “War Hawks” wanted war against England

• War of 1812 (aka:“Mr. Madison’s War”

War of 1812 (1812-1815)* US unprepared for war•US vs. Great Britain (“Second War for Independence”)•Francis Scott Key•Treaty of Ghent

James Monroe (1817-1825)

• “Era of Good Feeling”

• Financial panic

• 49th parallel

• Monroe Doctrine

Monroe Doctrine