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28 Cards in this Set
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Essex Decision
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decision rendered by the British High Court of Admiralty in 1804 and confirmed the following year, which contributed to the bad feeling between the United States and Great Britain that eventually led to the War of 1812
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Impressment
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colloquially, "the Press", refers to the act of taking men into a navy by force and with or without notice
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Milan Decree
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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.
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Chesapeake/Leopard Affair
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The Chesapeake–Leopard Affair was a naval engagement that occurred off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, on June 22, 1807, between the British warship HMS Leopard and American frigate USS Chesapeake, when the crew of the Leopard pursued, attacked and boarded the American frigate looking for deserters from the British Navy
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Embargo Act of 1807
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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
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Essex Junto
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The Essex Junto was a powerful group of New England Federalist Party lawyers, merchants, and politicians, so named because many of the original group were from Essex County, Massachusetts. The term was coined by John Hancock in 1778 to describe the main opponents of a proposed constitution for the state of Massachusetts.
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Tertium Quids
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The tertium quids (sometimes shortened to quids) refers to various factions of the American Democratic-Republican Party during the period 1804–1812. In Latin, tertium quid means "a third something". Quid was a disparaging term that referred to cross-party coalitions of Federalists and moderate Democratic-Republicans.
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Election of 1808
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In the United States presidential election of 1808, the Democratic-Republican candidate James Madison defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Madison had served as United States Secretary of State under incumbent Thomas Jefferson, and Pinckney had been the unsuccessful Federalist candidate in the election of 1804.
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James Madison
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James Madison, Jr. (March 16, 1751 (O.S. March 5) – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman and political theorist, the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817). He is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being instrumental in the drafting of the United States Constitution and as the key champion and author of the United States Bill of Rights
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Non-Intercourse Act
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Macon's Bill #2
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Tenskwatawa
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Tecumseh
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Prophetstown
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William Henry Harrison
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Battle of Tippecanoe
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War with England
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U.S. problems in 1812
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3-prong Br. Invasion
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1) Canada-- naval Battles
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2) Chesapeake-- DC sacked
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Ft. McHenry
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Francis Scott Key
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Treaty of Ghent
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Hartford Convention
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3) New Orleans
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Battle of New Orleans
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Andrew Jackson
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