HIST 4411 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Xyz Affair, Quasi-War, German Emergency Acts
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Xyz affair french minister asks for a bribe. Quasi war 1798-1800 undeclared war mainly in the caribbean, Alien & sedition acts unconstitutional; emergency acts , aimed at. Any undesirable alien could be deported from the us . Virginia (madison) & kentucky (jefferson) resolutions (beginnings of. States" rights) jefferson and madison"s response to above. First time power changes hands between political parties. Administrative continuities didn"t like bank of us, but kept it. B. because it worked well, break on the other state banks. War of 1812 congress pushes madison into war, war is declared. War british burned washington to the ground, white house is rendered to a shell, congress did not tear down and rebuild, both were unstable , skyscraper inside the wh (metal box infrastructure) a) Dissent new england feared that their power was on the b) decline, and discussed leaving the union (1) The battle of new orleans fought after the war was over.
