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Thomas Jefferson elected as president.
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Republican Ascendancy
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Adams makes "midnight" appointments of federal judges.
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Judiciary Act is repealed.
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Cheif Justice John Marshall rules on Marbury v Madison which sets a precedent for Judicial Review.
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Louisiana purchase concluded with France.
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Lewis and Clark expedition begins.
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Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
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Jefferson elected to second term.
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Justice Samuel Chase acquitted by Senate.
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Burr is tried for conspiracy.
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Embargo Act passed.
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Slave trade is ended.
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Madison elected as president.
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Embargo is repealed; Non-intercourse act passed.
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Harrison defeats Indians at Tippecanoe.
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War declared against Great Britain.
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Madison elected to second term.
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Perry destroys British at battle of Put-In-Bay.
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Jackson crushes indians at Horseshoe Bend.
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British marines burn Washington D.C.
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Hartford convention meets to recommend constitutional changes.
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Treaty of Ghent ends war of 1812.
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Jackson routs British at battle of New Orleans.