1. 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
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The President’s Cabinet
Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, Maryland
The Election of 1800
Political Cartoon: Alien and Sedition Acts

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.