Critical Period COMPROMISE Articles of Confederation Virginia Plan Robert Livingston New Jersey Plan Robert Morris Compromise Benjamin Lincoln 3/5 Compromise Land Ordinance of 1785 Separation of Powers Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Checks & Balances Jay-Gardoqui Treaty Ratification Shay's Rebellion Federalists Annapolis Convention Antifederalist

Constitutional Convention "Demi-gods" Benjamin Franklin George Washington James Madison

The New Government Anthony Wayne 4 March 1789 Whiskey Rebellion George Washington Republicans Federalists Alexander Hamilton Rule of 1756 Thomas Jefferson Jay's Treaty Henry Knox Pinckney's Treaty (of San precedents Lorenzo) Bill of Rights "Farewell Address" Funding & Assumption Bank of the United States Edmund Genet

John Adams Fries Rebellion XYZ Affair Judiciary Act of 1801 Maurice Talleyrand Quasi-War Midnight Appointments Convention of 1800 Marbury v. Madison Logan Act Judicial Review Alien & Sedition Acts Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions Revolution of 1800 Thomas Jefferson

Tripolitan War Austerlitz & Trafalgar Philadelphia Tiger & Shark Essex Case Haiti Orders in Council Touissant L'Ouverture Continental System Treaty of San Ildefonso Berlin Decree Robert R. Livingston Milan Decree Lewis & Clark Expedition Non-Importation Act Sacajawea Chesapeake Incident Zebulon Pike Embargo Burr Conspiracy James Madison Essex Junto Non-Intercourse Macon's Bill #2

War Hawks Robert Ross (Washington, Tecumseh D.C.) William Henry Harrison Joshua Barney William Hull Baltimore (Fort McHenry) Isaac Brock Francis Scott Key Stephen van Rensselaer New Orleans Henry Dearborn Thomas ap Catesby Jones Oliver Hazard Perry (Lake Borgne) Battle of the Thames Andrew Jackson Battle of Horseshoe Bend Treaty of Ghent Thomas MacDonough Status Quo Antebellum Hartford Convention

Era of Good Feelings Missouri Controversy 2nd Bank of the United States Eli Whitney Great Triumvirate Talmadge Amendment Henry Clay 1st Missouri Compromise John C. Calhoun Thomas Amendment 2nd Missouri Compromise Protective Tariff Denmark Vesey Affair Internal Improvements Negro Fort National Road Andrew Jackson (Cumberland) Ambrister & Arbuthnot National Defense Transcontinental Treaty "American System" (Adams-Onis Treaty) James Monroe Monroe Doctrine John Q. Adams Corrupt Bargain William Crawford National-Republicans Panic of 1819 Democratic-Republicans Tariff of Abominations South Carolina Exposition and Protest Revolution of 1828 Jefferson Birthday Dinner Universal White Manhood Winfield Scott Suffrage Force Bill King Mob Great Compromiser Spoils System Bank War Kitchen Cabinet Nicholas Biddle Eaton Affair Pet Banks Peggy O'Neal Timberlake Louis McLane Eaton William Duane Sequoyah Roger Taney Cherokee Nation v. Georgia Specie Circular Worcester v. Georgia Panic of 1837 Trail of Tears Distribution Nullification Tariff of Abominations Foote Resolution Maysville Road Veto

Nullification Martin van Buren Tariff of Abominations "Little Magician" Foote Resolution Whigs Maysville Road Veto Independent Treasury Jefferson Birthday Dinner Caroline Affair Winfield Scott William Mackenzie Force Bill Alexander McLeod Great Compromiser William Henry Harrison Bank War John Tyler Nicholas Biddle Pet Banks Louis McLane William Duane Roger Taney Specie Circular Panic of 1837 Distribution

Martin van Buren "Little Magician" Whigs Independent Treasury Caroline Affair William Mackenzie Alexander McLeod William Henry Harrison John Tyler