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- Law that replaced the Embargo act and restored trade with all nations except G.B. and France.
- Non-intercourse act
- Which Gov't body had to approve this purchase?
- Senate
- Peace treaty that ended the war
- Treaty of Ghent
- Illegal activities that barbury states engaged in
- Piracy and held foreign citizens captive for ransom.
- Who were the leading war hawks in Congress?
- Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun
- Leader of France in 1800
- Napolean Bonaparte
- 3 reasons for declaring war on G.B. in 1812.
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1)War hawks believed war would give US chance to expand
2)Pressure from war hawks
3)G.B.'s impressment of American sailors and G.B.'s continuing vilolation of US neutrality. - what else did the crowds celebrate besides Jefferson's election?
- the fact that the Rublican party had also won control over both houses of Congress
- Members of Congess that wanted to declare war against G.B. in the early 1800's
- War Hawks
- ?-the Supreme Court's power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional
- judicial review
- U.S. victory over an indian confederation that wanted to stop white settlement in the NW territory; increased tensions b/t G.B. and US.
- Battle of Tippecanoe
- How much did the U.S. pay France for the LA territory?
- $15 million
- What two skills did Tecumseh possess?
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1)skilled military leader
2)brilliant speaker - Legislation passed by congress that created the federal court system.
- Judiciary Act of 1789
- What was the British strategy in the east?
- To attack the US capitol and blockade seaports
- Who would serve as Pres. during the war of 1812?
- Madison
- Why did Bonaparte cause fear across Europe?
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B/c of his political ambition and military skill.
- Why was GB able to send more troops to US after 1814?
- B/c they defeated France in 1814
- ?-U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principal of judical review
- Marbury vs. Madison
- One of the most influential and talented indian leaders of this time ________.
- Tecumseh
- 2 Diplomats sent by New Orleans and West FL.
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1)Robert R. Livingston
2)James Monroe - US victory in the war lead by Oliver Perry; broke G.B.'s control of Lake Erie
- Battle of Lake Erie
- 4 things L & C were to look for:
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1)New animals
2)New plants
3)Mineral productions
4)Form peaceful relations with American indians - Greatest US victory; actually took place two weeks after a peace treaty had been signed ending the war.
- Battle of New Orleans
- British laws passed in early 1800's concerning neutral ships
- A series of acts allowing the British navy to search and seize ships carrying war supplies to France.
- Law that prohibited American merchants from trading with other countries
- Embargo act
- What 2 men lead the expedition West?
- Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
- The war hawks were strongest in which regions?
- West and South
- How was the US drawn into the war?
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B/c each country wanted to stop the US from supplying goods and war materials to the other
- How could a country resume trade with the US?
- When they stopped violating US neutrality.
- What was the French reply to these laws?
- They struck back declaring that no country could ship goods to G.B.
- Which two areas were the hardest hit by the imbargo act?
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1)New England states
2)NY - Why did U.S. leaders become suspicious of N.B.?
- B/c they learned that France, once again, owned LA territory.
- US victory in which Andrew Jackson's troops forced creek indians to give up much of their land in the south
- Battle of Horseshoe Bend
- What effect did the LA purchase have on the size of the U.S.?
- Almost doubled the land mass
- how did judicial review help the Supreme Court?
- Unconstitutional
- Which European countries were at war in 1803?
- G.B. and France
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2 reasons T.J. was concerned about N.B. owned LA territory.
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1)B/c Jefferson knew that France could block the Western growth of the U. S.
2)France could interfere w/ American Trade. - When did the corps of discovery leave St. Louis?
- May 1804
- what did Jefferson's inaguration mark the first of?
- the first time one political party had replaced another in power in the U.S.
- Mountain in East Central CO that was part of an important mining region in the mid to late 1800's.
- Pike's Peak
- Why did many nations , Including the US, make payments to the Barbury states?
- To protect their ships and citizens
- British practice of forcing people including US citizens to serve in the British army or navy; lead to increasing tensions b/t G.B. and the US in the early 1800's
- Impressment
- Banning of Trade with a country
- Embargo