Chapter 6 – Forging the New Republic Section Notes Video Forging the New Republic Washington Becomes President Challenges of the 1790s Jefferson’s Presidency The War of 1812 Maps Northwest Territory Battles The Louisiana Purchase Lewis and Clark’s Journey to the Pacific The War of 1812 Quick Facts The Cabinet, 1789 to Today Hamilton’s Economic Plan Reactions to the XYZ Affair The Election of 1800: Power Changes Hands Causes and Effects of the War of 1812 Visual Summary: Forging the New Republic Images The President’s Cabinet Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, Maryland The Election of 1800 Political Cartoon: Alien and Sedition Acts

Conflicts in the Northwest Territory In 1790s violence broke out when Native American nations resisted white settlement. Little Turtle led Miamis, Shawnees, and Delawares against St. Clair’s army and won. American army returned in force and built forts and brought in supplies. Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794: American forces won over the Miamis Treaty of Greenville: the Miamis gave up large territories in Ohio and parts of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan The treaty also recognized the Miamis’ claim to the land they still had.

President Adams and the XYZ Affair Presidential election of 1796 Washington retired after two terms. Thomas Jefferson was the Democratic-Republican candidate. John Adams was the Federalist candidate. Though Adams became president, he did not have the full support of the presidential electors. Because of sectionalism, the southern Federalists preferred his running mate, Thomas Pinckney of South Carolina. Thomas Jefferson came in second with 68 votes to Adams’s 71 votes. Jefferson became vice president.

President Adams and the XYZ Affair France had attacked American merchant ships. French agents (referred to as X, Y, and Z) demanded bribes of the American diplomats who went to France to negotiate an end to the ship seizure. As a result, Congress: Cut off trade with France Canceled wartime treaties it had made with France Authorized building warships Allowed the U.S. navy to capture French vessels at sea The XYZ Affair brought a general resentment of foreigners, which led to passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts.