1790s foregin and domestic affairs
Throughout the 1790s, the United States was involved in many foreign and domestic affairs that had both positive and negative effects on American politics. After the Constitution ratified in June of 1788 the nation would for a first time be under a true form of Government. The new Government under....

expansion of Federal Power under Jefferson and Madisons
There has always been debate over the Constitution and how to interpret it, even among those who wrote it. The founding fathers' differed over to interpret the Constitution strictly or loosely. This division became so pronounced that it contributed to the formation of political parties. The Federal....

First Amendment
Evolution of First Amendment The First Amendment, ratified December 15, 1791, has undergone some of the greatest tests of time. This historical sentence from the First Amendment is absolute, but its interpretation by others over the years has not been: Congress shall make no law respecting and ....

First Three Presidents
Alexis Serrano September 20, 2008 US History Washington, Adams, Jefferson There were many differences between the first three presidents. George Washington is the base of the government. It started out rough, but he fixed it and as of today, we govern by it. He had first made the Articles of ....

Freedom of Speech
Freedom of speech is the idea that people can speak freely without being stopped, or censored. The United States First Amendment states that people have the right for absolute freedom of speech, which raises concern for when freedom of speech should be limited. Being able to speak freely is impo....

george washington
George Washington was born on Feb. 22, 1732 (Feb. 11, 1731/2, old style) in Westmoreland County, Va. While in his teens, he trained as a surveyor, and at the age of 20 he was appointed adjutant in the Virginia militia. For the next three years, he fought in the wars against the French and Indians, s....

President Woodrow Wilson
President Woodrow Wilson our twenty-eighth president considered himself the personal representative of the people. No one but the President, he said, seems to be expected to look out for the general interests of the country. He worked on establishing many laws and agencies that would ben....

Sedition Acts of 1789
The Sedition Acts of 1789 resulted in a divided country which saw Federalists and Democratic-Republicans were going head to head with each other. This caused bitter controversy on many issues including, foreign affairs, freedom of the press, and the role of the executive branch. Conclusively, the Se....

The Revolutionary Election
The presidential election of 1800 was the most important election in United States history, because it was so controversial due to the immense involvement of the two political parties (Federalist and Democratic-Republican). We saw the forming of these political parties during Washington's presiden....

The Sedition Act of 1798
For the first few years of Constitutional government, under the leadership of George Washington, there was a unity, commonly called Federalism that even James Madison (the future architect of the Republican Party) acknowledged in describing the Republican form of government-- And according to the ....

Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, was one of the most brilliant men in history. His accomplishments were great and many so where does one begin to explain? He was a philosopher, educator, politician, scientist, architect, inventor, musician, and writer, to name few.....

Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson wished to be remembered for three achievements in his public life. He had served as governor of Virginia, as U.S. minister to France, as secretary of state under George Washington, as vice-president in the administration of John Adams, and as president of the United States from 1801....

War and Civil Libertiies
War & Civil Liberties: Two Aspects of modern Society that are a topic of continuous if not obsessive conversations are War and Civil Liberties. They are not only interlinked, but usually have a direct impact on each other. As humans we find the need to try to explain the reasons why both of the....

Wartime Propaganda: World War I
The Drift Towards War"Lead this people into war, and they'll forget there was ever such athing as tolerance. To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, andthe spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fiber ofnational life, infecting the Congress, the courts, the policeman onthe beat, th....

World War I Homefront
On April 2, 1917 a solemn President Woodrow Wilson stood before the United States Congress and asked the senators and representatives to declare war on Germany. Although it was against his former peace and neutrality efforts, President Wilson condemned Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare as "w....

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