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what president in what year changed the years for an immigrant to become a citizen from 14 years to 5 years
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Jefferson in 1802
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Jefferson had reduced the milita/navy which caused problems since the Pirates of the North Barbary States were looting American ships. What did we do?
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The pirates indirectly declared war on us. Thus, Jefferson sent the navy to Tripoli to fight for 5 yrs until there was a peace treaty in 1805 for 60,000
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In 1802 Spain w/drawed the right to deposit guaranteed by the treaty of 1795. What does Jefferson do to solve this problem?
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Jefferson sends James monroe& Robert R. Livingston to France to buy New Orleans and as much land East of it for a total of 10 million. Instead Napoleon offered New O.& land west of it for 15 million.
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Land is very valuable so why would Napoleon want to sell Louisiana?
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he needed money and his only use for Louisiana was killed when he could not take over Haiti due to a rebellion led by toussiant L Ouverture, where many died due to yellow fever
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what battle made Britain dominant over the sea
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the battle of Trafalgar
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what battle made France dominant over the land
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The Battle of Austerlitz
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Orders in council
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This was passed in 1806 and closed ports under French continental control of foreign shipping unless ships stopped at Britain first.
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This hurt American trade
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what act forbade the export of all goods from the US
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The Embargo act of 1807
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which act kept the US from trading w/Fr& Britain (however, trade w/other nations was allowed).
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Th non-intercourse act of 1809
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The Macon bill no. 2 was related to internal improvements
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False: The Macon bill permitted Americans to trade with the world. It promised restoration of trade w/whomever, Br/Fr, removed their commercial restictions. In 1810 napoleon announced that the restrictions had been lifted.
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what made William Henry Harrison famous?
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He destroyed Tecumseh's headquarters at Tippecanoe at a time when whites hated indians and Tecumseh was motivating the Indians to regain lost customs and not cede land to whites.
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what happened at the Battle of the Thames
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Tecumseh was killed in 1813. his headquarters were attacked in 1811 at the battle of Tippecanoe
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In 1814 there was a battle that destroyed the evil robots that were trying to take over the world
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False: In 1814 there was the Battle of the Horseshoe Bend where Jackson crushed the Creek Indians
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