Fifteen Institute Lessons in Language, Arithmetic, and U.S. History

Part 2

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MISCELLANEOUS.—Dark-skinned hunters, an empty continent, burial-mounds, 164 ft., 5000 people, island of frost and flame.

DICTIONARY WORK.—Wigwams, area, maize, bananas, tropical, solitary, basins. (Give meaning, and tell how each happens to be used.)

GENERAL TOPICS.—A Lonely Land, The Mound-builders, Wares from Ancient Workshops, Origin of the Early Inhabitants of America.

U. S. HISTORY.—MEN AND MEASURES.

1801. Fourth Presidential Term. 1805.

FEDERAL. │ REPUBLICAN. 18│01 │ =Pres. Jefferson= called an │=Thom. Jefferson=______=Pres.= atheist; a fanatic in politics; │=Aaron Burr=______=Vice Pres.= and his party called │ disorganizers and revolutionists. │ _Simple Ceremonials._ │ _Lenient towards France._ │ _Hostile towards Eng._ │ 7th│C. │ │Reduction in the army, navy, │ taxes, and duties. │ │Nat. Law of ’95 restored. │ 18│02 │ Unsuccessful attempt to fasten a │ Judiciary Law repealed. charge of mismanagement upon the│ Treasury Department. │Unsuccessful attempt to abolish │ the “Mint.” │ │The “_Burrites_” a faction of the │ Reps. │ 18│03 │ Some of the Feds. contemplate } __│__ { =Purchase of La.= “Secession.” } │ { │ 8th│C. │ │ French Treaty ratified. │ 18│04 │ │ Judge Chase impeached. │ Opp. by New Eng. members ____│____ XIIth Amend. passed. │ Presidential Candidates. │ =C. C. Pinckney & R. King= ____│____ =Jefferson & Geo. Clinton= │ Presidential Election; 17 States vote. │ Elec. Vote:—P. & K. (14) ____│____ J. & C. (162). │ The Federals espouse the cause of │Trial of Judge Chase, Judge Chase, who is acquitted. │ Burr presiding.

1793. Second Presidential Term. 1797.

FEDERAL. │ DEMOCRATIC. │ REPUBLICAN. 17│93 │ =Geo. Washington.= Pres. │ =John Adams=, V. Pres. │ │ Trouble with France. │ │ Neutrality Proclamation. _________│____ Opposed, as nullifying Treaty │ of 1778, with Fr. The treaty regarded as nullified │ by the change of government │“Democratic Clubs” encourage Genet in France. │ and denounce Wash. │ 3rd│C. │ BRITISH PARTY. │ FRENCH PARTY. │ │=Jeff.= leaves the Cabinet, │ Dec. 31. │ 17│94 │ Embargo, 60d. │Friendly to Fr.; hostile to Eng. │ =Jay= app. E. E. to Eng. │ │ Indirect taxation voted ____│____ Opposed; direct tax favored. │ │XIth Amend. passed. │ │ =Whisky Insurrection.= │ 17│95 │ =Hamilton= resigns. │ │ Debate on Jay’s Treaty. │ Jay’s Treaty ratified. │=Jay= hung in Effigy. │ Naturalization Law. │=Washington= accused of incapacity │ and embezzlement, and │ called the “Stepfather of his │ Country!” │ 4th│C. │ 17│96 │ Pres. Proc. legalizing Jay’s │An increase of duties successfully Treaty. │ opposed. │ House Resolution for carrying │ Treaty into effect; another │ debate. │ │ =Fisher Ames.= ____│____ =Albert Gallatin.= │ Washington’s “Farewell Address.” │Party name shortened to │ REPUBLICAN. │ The _Federals_ claim to be— │The _Republicans_ claim to be— (_a_) The authors of the Gov. │ (_a_) The advocates of economy. (_b_) The friends of neutrality,│ (_b_) The friends of liberty and peace, and prosperity. │ of the rights of man. (_c_) The direct inheritors of │ (_c_) The protectors of the Washington’s policy. │ rights of the States. │ Presidential Candidates. │ =John Adams=; =T. Pinckney=. │ =T. Jefferson=; =Aaron Burr=. │ Presidential Election; 16 States vote; 1st Presidential contest. │ Elec. Vote:—A. (71); P. (59) ___│___ J. (68); B. (30).

1797. Third Presidential Term. 1801.

FEDERAL. │ REPUBLICAN. 17│97 │ =John Adams=, President. │ =Thomas Jefferson=, V. P. │ 5th│C. │ President’s Address to Cong. │ Envoys sent to France. │ Treaties with Fr. annulled. │ 17│98 │ =X. Y. Z.= letters published. │ │ Preparations for war. ____│____ Vehement protestations │ against war measures. Naturalization Law made more │ rigid. │ The “=Alien Law=.” ______________ │} ___ Opposed as violations of the The “=Sedition Law=.” ___________ │} 1st Amend. │ │ =Ky. Resolutions= (=Jeff.=) │ =Vir. Resolutions= (=Mad.=) │ 17│99 │ Three Envoys sent to Fr. │ Ky.’s Null. Resolutions. │ Quarrel between Adams & Ham. │ │ 18│00 │ Treaty with Napoleon, │ N. Y. elects a Rep. legislature. September 17, 1800. │ │Caucus nomination of presidential The Federals claim to be the │ candidates. authors of the Government; the │ friends of neutrality, peace, │Republican Platform:—Free Speech, and prosperity; and the direct │ Religion, Press, Trade. inheritors of Washington’s │ policy. │No Standing Army. Specie Currency. │ Liberal Nat. Laws. State Sov. │ Economy. Strict Construction of │ the Constitution. │ Presidential Candidates. │ =J. Adams=; =C. C. Pinckney=. │ =T. Jefferson=; =A. Burr=. │ Presidential election; 16 States vote; partisan contest. │ Elec. vote:—A. (65); P. (64) _____│____ J. (73); B. (73). │ The undecided election causes much excitement. │ Many Feds. favor Burr. │ │ House Votes:—Burr, 4; Jeff., 10; two blanks. │ Judiciary Law enacted. │ Opposed, (why?)

1789. First Presidential Term. 1793.

FEDERAL. │ ANTI-FEDERAL. 17│89 │ =Geo. Washington, Pres.= │ =John Adams, V. P.= │ │ { =Alex. Hamilton= ____│____ =Thom. Jefferson.= Cabinet: { =Henry Knox= ________│____ =Edmund Randolph.= │ PROMINENT FEDERALS. │ PROMINENT ANTI-FEDS. │ =John Jay=, =Ben. Franklin=, │ =Patrick Henry=, =Albert =Rufus King=, =Gouverneur │Gallatin=, =Geo. Clinton=, Morris=, =Roger Sherman=, │=Jam. Monroe=, =Geo. Mason=, =Robt. Morris=, =C. C. Pinckney=, │=John Hancock=, =Elbridge =John Marshall=, =Jam. Wilson=, │Gerry=, =Aaron Burr=, =Sam. =Jam. Madison=. │Adams=, =R. H. Lee=. │ 1st│C. │ Protective Tariff Bill passed. │ =F. M. Muhlenberger, Sp.= │ │Ten Amendments adopted. │ │N. C. enters the Union, Nov. │ 17│90 │ =Assumption Bill passed= ____│____ Opposed, as destructive of │ State Supremacy. │ │R. I. enters the Union, May. │ 17│91 │ National Bank chartered. │=James Madison= sides with the │ Anti-Feds. │ Excise Law Passed ____│____ Opposed violently, especially │ in Western Pa. │ Stormy Sectional Debate in the House, on Slavery. │ 2nd│C. │ =Jonathan Trumbull=, of Conn., │ Sp. │ │ 17│92 │ Army and Tariff increased ________│____ Anti-Feds charge the Feds │ with aiming at Monarchy. │ │ Party name changed to │ =Democratic-Republican=. │ Presidential Candidates. │ =Washington=; =John Adams=. │ ____________; =Geo. Clinton=. │ Presidential Election; 15 States vote; contest only on Vice Pres. │ 17│93 │ Elec. Vote:—W. (132); A. (77) ___ │____________ C. (50). │ First Fugitive Slave Law passed, Feb. 12.