Jackson Creek Middle School
A New Nation: United States (1789-1800)

1800 Campaign Center on Congress
Click on Impact of the First Congress		 Miscellaneous
Alien and Sedition Acts Create a Graph U.S. Capital, Washington, DC
Bank of the United States George Washington Whiskey Rebellion
Bill of Rights Judiciary Act of 1789 XYZ Affair

George Washington

American President: George Washington (http://www.americanpresident.org/history/GeorgeWashington/)

Avalon Project: Papers of George Washington (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/washpap.htm)

Archiving Early America: David Ramsey's Life of George Washington (http://www.earlyamerica.com/lives/gwlife/index.html)

George Washington's First Inaugural Address- (http://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/gw-inauguration/)

PBS: Rediscovering George Washington- (http://www.pbs.org/georgewashington/)

From Revolution to Reconstruction: George Washington- (http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/gw1/)

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Judiciary Act of 1789

Avalon Project: Judiciary Act; Sept. 24, 1789 (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/statutes/judiciary_act.htm)

Basic Readings in the U.S. Democracy: Judiciary Act of 1789- (http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/8.htm)

U.S. Marshals: The Judiciary Act of 1789: Charter for U.S. Marshals and Deputies- (http://www.usdoj.gov/marshals/history/judiciary/judiary_act_of_1789.htm)

Social Studies for Kids: Beginning of the U.S. Supreme Court- (http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/supreme_court_begins.htm)

History of the Supreme Court: Court Defines Itself- (http://www.historyofsupremecourt.org/history/defines/overview-essay.htm)

Supreme Court Historical Society: History of the Court- (http://www.supremecourthistory.org/02_history/subs_history/02_c.html)

History of the Federal Judiciary- (http://air.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf)

Teaching About the United States Supreme Court by Sarah E. Drake and Thomas S. Vontz- (http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/scdig.htm)

Walter E. Helmke Library: United States Judicial Branch- (http://www.lib.ipfw.edu/1773.0.html)

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Whiskey Rebellion

From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biography of Alexander Hamilton: Whiskey Rebellion (http://www.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/hamilton/hamil31.htm)

Avalon Project: Whiskey Rebellion (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/proclamations/gwproc03.htm)

Whiskey Rebellion - Whiskey Insurrection/Rebellion- (http://www.whiskeyrebellion.org/rebell.htm)

Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington's Proclamation- (http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/whiskey/index.html)

HistoryCentral: Whiskey Insurrection in Western Pennsyvania by Richard Hildreth- (http://www.historycentral.com/documents/WhiskeyRebellion.html)

The Whiskey Rebellion by Murray N. Rothbard- (http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard1.html)

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U.S. Capital in Washington, D.C.

Lonely Planet: Washington, DC Background Info- (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/north-america/usa/
washington-dc/essential?a=culture)

The Seat of Empire: a history of Washington, D.C. 1790 to 1861 by Bob Arnebeck- (http://www.geocities.com/bobarnebeck/introduction.html)

Get to Know the District of Columbia by Leslie Yezerinac- (http://dcpages.com/History/DC_Name_History.shtml)

DC History -(http://dcpages.com/History/dchistory4.html)

InfoPlease: Washington, D.C. History- (http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0861877.html)

U.S. Senate: Meeting Places and Quarters- (http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Meeting_Places_Quarters.htm)

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XYZ Affair

InfoPlease: XYZ Affair- (http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0852911.html)

U.S. Department of State: Quasi-War with France- (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/nr/16318.htm)

Encyclopedia Americana: XYZ Correspondence- (http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0425920-00&templatename=/article/article.html)

Houghton Mifflin: Reader's Companion to American History: XYZ Affair- (http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_094700_xyzaffair.htm)

Encyclopedia.com: XYZ Affair- (http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/X/XYZAffai.asp)

HistoryCentral: XYZ Affair- (http://www.historycentral.com/NN/XYZ2.html)

From Revolution to Reconstruction: A Biography of Elbridge Gerry 1744-1814- and A Biography of Alexander Hamilton: More Trouble with France: the Quasi War, 1798-1800 and A Biography of Alexander Hamilton:The Quasi War with Adams 1789-1800


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