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Louisiana Government Bill
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It imposed taxes on the citizens without their consent. Did not agree with President Jefferson's usual republican principles. He created this so the people within the territory would stay loyal to the United States. Passed in 1804.
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Oliver Hazard Perry
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American naval commander in the War of 1812. Best known for his defeat of the British in the Battle of Lake Erie, where he destroyed a British fleet at Put-in-Bay.
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William Henry Harrison
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Governor of the Indiana Territory, marched an army to a Shawnee village in Tippecanoe. His troops routed the Indians at the Battle of Tippecanoe. He immediately became a national hero.
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Francis Scott Key
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Wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner." He was inspired to do this from the survival of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.
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Chesapeake Incident
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The Chesapeake, a U.S. frigate, was boarded by a British ship, the Leopard. The Chesapeake was not fully armed. The British seized alleged deserters. The British seized American sailors and forced them to serve on British ships. (Impressment was one of the major factors leading to the War of 1812)
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War Hawks
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A political group made up of mostly Southerners and Westerners, led by Henry Clay. They wanted war against Britain.
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Hartford Convention
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An event in 1814-1815 in the United States during the War of 1812, in which New England's opposition to the war reached the point where secession from the United States was discussed.
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Tecumseh
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a Native American that encouraged the few remaining Indians to revitalize native cultures and avoid contact with whites. He also encouraged some Indians to to resist alcohol and to hold on to their land. Whites saw him as a threat to progress and the Indian's dreams of cultural revitalization were shattered during the war of 1812
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Louisiana Purchase
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The purchasing of a vast amount of land from France in 1803 for only $15 million dollars. The land doubled the size of the US, but government officials soon found that it would be difficult to govern the French and Spanish citizens currently living in the area.
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Madison vs. Marbury
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A court case in which one of Adams midnight judges , William Marbury, redressed the Supreme Court to tell James Madison, the Secretary of State at the time, to give him his commission. Chief of Justice John Marshall accepted the case, but the result was simply the berating of Madison for not giving Marbury the papers he needed. Marshall also determined that the Supreme Court didn't have the authority to control matters like commission. The case is significant because it was the first time the Supreme Court exercised it's right to determine the constitutionality of Congress' actions.
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were sent by Jefferson to explore the Lousiana territory and to find out if the Missouri River went all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
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Barbary States (Barbary War)
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The states in North Africa wanted money from all ships who wanted to sail in the Mediterranean. Jefferson didn't like this so he sent fleets there. Although they were defeated, a treaty was negotiated and the prestige of the US went up.
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Judicial Review
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The power of the Supreme Court to determine whether or not the acts of Congress are Constitutional or not.
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Fletcher vs. Peck
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The decision of the Supreme Court to give the land of the Yazoo Affair to the innocent buyers who technically owned it. The case ultimately upheld the Supreme Courts authority to determine the constitutionality of state laws.
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Jeffersonian Republicanism
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the belief that all whites, whether male or female, were equal to each other. In other words, no one had a higher social status than anyone else. It was also a belief in an interpretation of the Constitution that allowed for the Louisiana Purchase. Overall, it was the type of republicanism present under Jefferson's terms of presidency.
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Treaty of Ghent
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The Treaty of Ghent signed on 24 December 1814, in Ghent, was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Timothy Pickering
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Timothy Pickering was a politician from Massachusetts who served in a variety of roles, most notably as the third United States Secretary of State, serving in that office from 1795 to 1800 under Presidents George Washington and John Adams.
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John Marshall
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John Marshall was the Chief Justice of the United States (1801-1835) whose court opinions helped lay the basis for American constitutional law while promoting nationalism and making the Supreme Court of the United States a center of power with the capability of overruling Congress. He was Secretary of State under President John Adams from 1800 to 1801.
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Election of 1800
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In the United States Presidential election of 1800, sometimes referred to as the "Revolution of 1800," Vice President Thomas Jefferson defeated incumbent president John Adams. The election was a realigning election that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican Party rule and the eventual demise of the Federalist Party in the First Party System.
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Non-Intercourse Act
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The Nonintercourse Act (also known as the Indian Intercourse Act or the Indian Nonintercourse Act) is the collective name given to six statutes passed by the United States Congress in 1790, 1793, 1796, 1799, 1802, and 1834. The Act regulates commerce between Native Americans and non-Indians. The most notable provisions of the Act regulate the inalienability of aboriginal title in the United States, a continuing source of litigation for almost 200 years. The prohibition on purchases of Indian lands without the approval of the federal government has its origins in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and the Confederation Congress Proclamation of 1783.
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Orders in Council
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The Orders in Council were a series of legislative decrees made by the United Kingdom in the course of the wars with Napoleonic France which instituted its policy of commercial warfare. Formally, an "order-in-council" is simply the type of legislation (in contrast to an Act of Parliament) by which the British government decreed these policies. However, especially in American history, the term "Orders in Council" is also used collectively to refer to the group of such decrees in the late-18th and early-19th centuries which restricted neutral trade and enforced a naval blockade of Napoleonic France and its allies.
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Jefferson's Presidential Goals
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Thomas Jefferson’s goals as president were reduction of size and coast of the federal government, the repeal of federal legislation such as the alien acts, and maintenance of international peace
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Berlin and Milan Decrees
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The Milan Decree was issued on December 17, 1807 by Napoleon I of France to enforce the Berlin Decree of 1806 which had initiated the Continental System. This system was the basis for his plan to defeat the British by waging economic warfare. The Milan Decree stated that no European country was to trade with the United Kingdom. The Berlin Decree was issued by Napoleon on November 21, 1806, following the French success against Prussia at the Battle of Jena. The decree forbade the import of British goods into European countries allied with or dependent upon France, and installed the Continental System in Europe. It eventually led to economic ruin for France, while little happened to the economy of Britain, which had control of the Atlantic Ocea
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The Quids
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Refers to various factions of the American Democratic-Republican Party during the period 1804–1812.
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War Hawks
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Aggressive nationalists who called for resistance to Great Britain and any course that promised to achieve respect for U.S. and the security of republican institutions.
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John Calhoun
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A brilliant South Carolinian who was a War Hawk. A fiery orator who spoke of honor and pride.
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Macon's Bill Number 2
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Passed by Congress in May 1810, sponsored by Nathaniel Macon reestablished trade with England and France.
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Embargo Act
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Passed on Dec. 22, 1807, a total embargo of American commerce which was aimed at forcing France and Britain to negotiate with America.
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Andrew Jackson
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Led the Americans to a victory at the battle of Horseshoe Bend and Battle of New Orleans.
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John Paul Jones
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The United States' first well-known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War.
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Jefferson's Stance on Slavery
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Believed that the international slave trade should be outlawed and eventually made this law in 1807.
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John Randolph
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A planter and congressman from Virginia and served at the house of representatives.
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Aaron Burr
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United states senator, third vice president of the United States. He killed Alexander Hamilton.
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John Quincy Adams
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Sixth president of the United States. He was the son of John Adams. Served in the Senate and House of Representatives.
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Peaceable Coercion
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This was Jefferson's policy. The were going to stop trade with European nations.
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Status of Slave Trade
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Slave trade wanted to be stopped by many of the northerners. They did not like it however the southerners did not want slave trade to end. They're were laws places stopping slave trade and it still continued in the south. British ships helped catch the smugglers along the coast of Africa. Slave trade was coming to an end.
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Daniel Boone
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Famous for his exploration, and the common wealth of Kentucky.
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Battle of Horseshore Bend
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Fought during the war of 1812. American military and Indian allies fought the red sticks and won.
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Albert Gallatin
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Longest serving secretary of treasury.
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