If you prefer having questions to help guide your notes, you may consider the following:
- What were the reasons for the Whiskey Rebellion? Who was it aimed at particularly?
- How did Washington's reaction to the Whiskey Rebellion underscore the difference between the Constitution and the Articles of Confederation?
- How did the government under the Constitution guarantee that people on the frontier would be loyal to it? What was the impact on Native Americans?
- What diplomatic problems did the French Revolution and the war that followed pose for the United States? How did Washington and Congress deal with this problem?
- What were the circumstances that sent John Jay to England? What were the results of his mission?
- How did Jay's Treaty affect American relations with Spain?
- Why was John Adams selected as the Federalist candidate in 1796?
- What circumstances led to an administration with a Federalist president and a Republican vice president?
- What caused the "quasi-war" with France during the Adams administration? What was the result of this struggle?
- How did the Federalists attempt to silence those who opposed the undeclared war, and what groups did these attempts most affect?
- What gave rise to the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions? What attitude toward the nature of the federal government did these Resolutions reveal?
- What were the key issues in the 1800 presidential election? Why is it called the "Revolution of 1800?"
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