Liberty vs Security Final Timeline

Tax protest, farmers forced to pay a tax on whiskey (which was then a popular medium of exchange)
Significance:
Farmers argued taxation without representation
Congress argued this was a power given by the Const.
the new national government had the willingness and ability to suppress violent resistance to its laws.

Four bills passed by President John Adams and the Federalists.
Significance:
Seen as infringement of government on basic rights

Protested A&S Acts.
Significance:
Protested that states had the right to declare unconstitutional any acts of Congress not expressly granted by the Consitution.

Armed tax revolt by angry Pennsylvania farmers who were not happy about collectors riding around town counting their windows.
Crushed by fed govt.

The Burr conspiracy in the beginning of the 19th century was a suspected treasonous cabal of planters, politicians, and army officers allegedly led by former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr. According to the accusations against him, Burr’s goal was to create an independent nation in the center of North America and/or the Southwest and parts of Mexico.U.S. President Thomas Jefferson and others had Burr arrested and indicted for treason with no firm evidence put forward. Marshall ruled in Burrs favor bc there was no "overt act of treason" and "two witnesses rule".

The Embargo Act of 1807 was a general embargo enacted by the United States Congress [1] against Great Britain and France during the Napoleonic Wars. Meant to stop impressment. People wanted war and Jefferson didnt. The Embargo crippled the American economy and provoked protest.

U.S. war against Britain and their Indian allies under President James Madison. Andrew Jackson won huge battle in New Orleans.

The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri.

Created by SC in response to what they saw as a favoritist tariff policy adopted after the War of 1812. Under Jackson's admin.