Alien and Sedition acts

John Adams

John Adams is the first president to live in the White House, 1800

XYZ Affair: Resulting diplomatic incident after the U.S. signed a treaty with Great Britian in 1797. U.S. refused to pay the money required to see the French Foreign Minister

Alien and Sedition acts: Enabled the president to deport anyone he pleased for any reason he saw fit and made criticizing the government illegal.

Mississippi Territory: John Adams establishes the mississippi territory in 1798

Library of Congress: Established in 1800

U.S. Capitol: moved from PA in 1800

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson on the 2$ bill

Thomas Jefferson giving Ben Franklin and John Adams the Declaration Of Independence for review

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson is the father of the Declaration of Independence, being the one who wrote it. He was also the president that acquired the Lousiana Territory from France. In 1802 he founded West Point and also organized the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804-1806. During his second term he enacted the Embargo Act of 1807 which allowed the US to place an Embargo on all foreign nations

Andrew Jackson

Trail of Tears 1838-39

Jackson on the 20$ bill

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson is a great president for many, but also a horrible man for signing the Indian Removal Act in 1830 and forcing Indians to walk hundreds of miles to Oklahoma. He is known for being a war hero and earned the nickname "Old Hickory" after his service in the War of 1812. In particular, at the battle of New Orleans, Jackson and his men held the city. He was also the first president to be targeted by an assassin. The democrat logo came out of Jacksons election too, his opponents nicknamed him "Jackass" and Jackson liked it so much he used a donkey as his campaign logo.

Inventions of the Time

The Cotton Gin, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 was revolutionary in terms of machinery but greatly increased the output of cotton which meant that plantation owners would need many more slaves to pick cotton and use the machines since the profit was so great.

Inventions of the Time

Typewriter, invented in 1829 by W.A. Burt was the first working model of a typewriter allowing printed materials to be "written" much faster and with less effort