US History › Section D · Building a republic › Topic D.5
The new republic and partisan politics
In the 1790s, revolutions abroad, rebellion at home and war on the frontier tested the new government, and every crisis deepened the quarrel between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans. By 1801 power had passed peacefully from one party to the other, something few republics had managed.
In this topic
- Revolution in France divides Americans
- Jay's Treaty and Pinckney's Treaty
- The Haitian Revolution
- Worked example: the Whiskey Rebellion
- War for the Ohio country
- Washington steps down
- The XYZ affair and the Quasi-War
- The Alien and Sedition Acts
- Worked example: the election of 1800
- Jefferson in power
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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