vice presidency of
Washington succeeded by
and Washington’s death
Adams, John Quincy
Adams, Nabby (christened as Abigail),
Adams, Samuel
Adams, Thomas Boylston
Additional Army
direct tax financing of
disbanding of
Hamilton as commander of
legislation establishing
Republican newspaper attacks on
African-Americans
free
see also Blacks; Slavery
Age of Reason, The (Paine)
Albany Centinel,
Alexandria (Virginia)
Alien Act (1798)
passage of
Ross’s support for
state legislatures’ resolutions against
XYZ Affair and
America (ship)
American Citizen,
Ames, Fisher
in Essex Junto
and Federalist caucus
Hamilton and
tax revolts denounced by
Virginians denounced by
Anglican Church
see also Episcopal Church
Anticlericalism
Anti-Federalists
see also Republican Party
Appellate courts, establishment of
Army, U.S.
expansion of, see Additional Army in
Washington’s memorial service
Articles of Confederation
Atheism
Aurora
Adams letter criticizing Pinckney brothers published by
Additional Army criticized by
Callender and
Federalists denounced as monarchists in
Federalist caucus criticized in
New York election coverage in
on religious freedom
Ross Bill in
Sedition Act prosecutions of
and slave insurrection plot
split in Federalist Party reported in
Austria
Bache, Benjamin Franklin
Baer, George
Baltimore
Banking system, national
Bank of New York
Bank of the United States
Baptists
Bayard, James A.
Beckley, John
Bee, The,
Bible
Blacks
of French West Indies
see also African-Americans
Bleecker, Elizabeth DeHart
Bonaparte, Napoleon
Boston
during Revolutionary War
Boston Gazette
Boston Independent Chronicle
Britain
Adams as ambassador to
American merchant vessels captured by
Charles Cotesworthy Pinckney in
governmental system in
High Federalists and
and Napoleon’s rise to power
New York seized from Dutch by
peace treaty with
Republican antipathy to
revolutionary France opposed by
in Revolutionary War
slavery and
stamp taxes imposed by
Thomas Pinckney in
trade disputes with
British West Indies
Burr, Aaron
campaigning in Northeast by
deadlock of Jefferson and
electoral votes for
Federalist support for
Hamilton killed in duel with
and Hamilton’s letter attacking Adams
in House election
New York political machine of
ratification of Constitution opposed by
religion and
in Revolutionary War
in Senate
Burr, Aaron
vice presidential candidacy of
Burr, Aaron, Sr.
Butler, Pierce
Cabot, George
Callender, James Thomson
Calvinism
Camden, Battle of
Canada
Carolina Gazette
Carroll, Charles
Catholics, see Roman Catholic Church
Centinel of Freedom
Chase, Samuel
Chernow, Ron
Christianity
of Burr
dissenting
evangelical
Jefferson’s view of
in revolutionary France
Church of England, see Anglican
Church; Episcopal Church
Church and state, separation of,
Citizen-soldier ideal
Civil liberties
Cleopatra (ship)
Clinton, DeWitt
Clinton, George
ratification of Constitution opposed by
on Republican ticket for New York Assembly
Vice Presidential candidacy of
Cobbett, William
College of William and Mary
Columbia College
Columbian Centinel
Concord, Battle of
Congregational Church
Congress, U.S.
Adams’s relations with
Additional Army authorized by
High Federalists in
and hostilities with France
and Jefferson-Burr deadlock
Jefferson’s messages to
midterm elections to
move to Washington of
opening and counting of electoral ballots in
party caucuses by members of,
recesses of
rise of partisan politics in
Ross Bill and power of
Sedition Act passed by
Southern Republicans in
and Washington’s death
see also House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.
Connecticut, congressional delegation of, in 1804 election, evangelical Christianity in, legislative election in, Sedition Act prosecution in
Connecticut Courant
Constitution, U.S.
apportionment compromise on slavery in
First Amendment
Framers of (see also Constitutional Convention)
Hamilton’s justification of extreme means for defense of
Jefferson’s view of threats to
institutional checks and balances in
monarchists and
presidential election provisions of
ratification of
Sedition Act and
Twelfth Amendment
vice president designated as president of Senate in
Constitutional Convention
Constitutional monarchy
British system of
Continental Congress
Adams in
Clinton in
delegates to France from
Jefferson in
Convention of 1800
Cooper, James Fenimore
Cooper, Thomas
Cooper, William
Coxe, Tench
Craik, James
Craik, William
Cromwell, Oliver
Davis, Matthew
Dawson, John
Declaration of Independence
drafting of
signing of
Declaration of Independence, The (Trumbull)
Defense of the American Constitution (Adams)
Deism
of Franklin
Jefferson and
of Ross
Delaware
colonial
congressional delegation of
constitution of
in election of 1796
religion in
slavery in
state legislative elections in
Democratic Party
see also Republican Party
Dent, George
Dexter, Samuel
Dickinson, John
Discourses on Da
vila (Adams)
District of Columbia, see Washington,
D.C.
Drinker, Elizabeth
Duane, William
Dutch
Duvall, Gabriel
Dwight, Timothy
Edwards, Esther
Edwards, Jonathan
Electoral College
Framers’ conception of
1796 balloting of
1800 balloting of
Ellis, Joseph
Ellsworth, Oliver
English Civil War
Enlightenment
Episcopal Church
see also Anglican Church
Essex Junto
Executive Mansion
Factionalism
condemnations of
rise of
Federal courts
expansion of jurisdiction of
see also Supreme Court
Federal Gazette
Federalist Party
Adams blamed for loss by
Additional Army authorized by
anti-intellectualism of
congressional caucuses of
in Delaware elections
in election of 1796
in election of 1804
equation of Republicans with Jacobins by
and hostilities with France
internal conflict in
and Jefferson-Burr deadlock
and Jefferson’s inaugural
lame-duck legislation of
and legislative appointment versus direct popular voting for electors
in Maryland elections
monarchism and
and Monroe’s election as governor of Virginia
and move of national government to Washington, D.C.
and Napoleon’s rise to power
in New Jersey elections
newspapers supporting, (see also Gazette of the United States) in New York elections
in North Carolina elections
in Pennsylvania elections
and ratification of Constitution
religion and
and revolutionary France
in Rhode Island elections
Ross Bill supported by
Sedition Act prosecutions supported by
in South Carolina elections,
state legislatures controlled by
and Supreme Court appointments,
tax policies of
third term for Washington advocated by
and Virginia slave insurrection plot
in Virginia elections
and Washington’s death
see also High Federalists
Fenner, Arthur
Fenno, John
Florida
France
Adams in
during Revolutionary War
Federalist antipathy to
Franklin in
hostilities between U.S. and,
Jefferson in
Monroe in
Napoleon’s rise to power in
peace initiative to
Spain and
see also French Revolution; Quasi-War with France; Reign of Terror
Spain and
Franklin, Benjamin
French Academy of Sciences
French Revolution
outbreak of
Paine’s defense of democracy in
secularism of
slave insurrections and
French West Indies
Freneau, Peter
Freneau, Philip
Fries, John
Fries’s Rebellion
Gabriel
Gallatin, Albert
abolitionism of
and Jefferson-Burr deadlock,
in Republican caucus
in Washington, D.C.
Gates, Horatio
Gazette of the United States
Jefferson denounced as secularist in
Napoleon’s seizure of power in
Pennsylvania gubernatorial election coverage in
slave insurrection coverage in
state legislative election coverage in
Gelston, David
Genêt, Citizen
George III, King of England
Georgia
congressional delegation of
direct popular voting for electors in
in election of 1792
state legislative election in
German immigrants
Gerry, Elbridge
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Goodhue, Benjamin
Gore, Christopher
Granger, Gideon
Greene, William
Gunn, James
Gurney, Francis
Hamilton, Alexander
and Additional Army
antagonism between Adams and,
on Burr’s campaign activities
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney supported by
at Constitutional Convention
and election of 1796
elitist agenda of
extramarital affair of
federal assumption of Revolutionary War debts advocated by,
Federalist support of Burr opposed by
French Revolution denounced by,
killed in duel with Burr
letter denouncing Adams by,
monarchism of
in New York politics
pro-British sympathies of
religious views of
in Washington administration,
and Washington’s death
Hancock, John
Harper, Robert Goodloe
Harrison, Benjamin
Hartford Mercury
Harvard College
Hemings, Sally
Henry, Patrick
Herald of Liberty
High Federalists
in Adams cabinet
Additional Army and
antagonism toward Adams of,
congressional caucus
in election of 1796
elitism of
and French Revolution
and Hamilton’s letter attacking Adams
in House of Representatives
and hostilities with France
in Maryland
in Massachusetts, see Essex Junto
monarchism of
in New York
peace treaty with France opposed by
in Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
pro-British sympathies of
Republican satirical creed for,
Sedition Act supported by
and slavery
on suffrage rights
Thomas Pinckney supported by,
Washington urged to run for third term by
Hindman, William
History of the United States for 1796 (Callender)
Holt, Charles
House of Representatives, U.S.
direct election of members of
portrait of Louis in
presidential election in
Ross Bill in
slavery and apportionment of seats in
Illuminati, Society of
Immigrants
German
Irish
Impressment
India, British
Jackson, George
Jacobins
fear of invasion by
Federalist equation of Republicans with
Jefferson denounced as
secularism and
slave revolts and
tax resisters characterized as
Jay, John
as negotiator of American independence
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