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In the election of 1800 Thomas Jefferson defeated Adams and was elected president -
Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated without incident
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The United States agreed to pay $15 million for the entire Louisiana Territory -
British interference with U.S shipping increases, prompting President Jefferson to announce Embargo Act
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Republicans had let the charter of the Bank of the United States expire
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War of 1812 began marking the first time that Congress declared war -
Frustrated by the rising expenses of Mr. Madison’s War, New England Federalists convened the Hartford Convention in Hartford, Connecticut
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News of the Treaty of Ghent reaches the United States -
The Erie Canal in central New York connected the Great Lakes and the Midwest to the Hudson River and New York City -
The president of the New york Agricultural Society noted that until the nineteenth century. ‘’’Production for consumption’ was the leading purpose’’ of the farm economy