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Whiskey Rebellion
President George Washington
Western famers protested for tax on whiskey.
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Jay’s Treaty
President George Washington
Relations with Britain, still smarting from the loss of her colonies, worsened in the early 1790s. From the American perspective, issues included seizure from American ships of cargoes unrelated to war, impressment of American seamen and continuing British occupation of western posts within U.S. borders.
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Pickney’s Treaty
President George Wasington
also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo, between the United States and the Spanish Empire, established the thirty-first parallel as the border between the United States and Spanish West Florida.
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Farewell Address
President George Wshington
Extolls the benefits of the federal government. Warns against the party system. Stresses the importance of religion and morality. Warns against permanent foreign alliances. On an over-powerful military establishment.
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Election of 1800
President John Adams
between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson was an emotional and hard-fought campaign. Each side believed that victory by the other would ruin the nation.
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Louisiana Purchase
President Tomas Jefferson
United States purchased from France the Louisiana Territory, more than 2 million sq km (800,000 sq mi) of land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The price was 60 million francs, about $15 million; $11,250,000 was to be paid directly, with the balance to be covered by the assumption by the United States of French debts to American citizens.
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Lewis & Clark Expedition
President Thomas Jefferson
(1804-1806) Napolean needs money and military in europe. America needs space. $15 million about 3 cents an anre.
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Steamboat Invention
President Thomas Jefferson
Robert Fulton didn't actually invent the machine he is most commonly associated with (the invention of the first steamboat is generally credited to John Fitch). Fulton's efforts and innovations are what helped to successfully shape and commercialize the steamboat invention.
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Start of War of 1812
President James Madison
The British not wanting America to engage in trade with France, and with impressment.
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Battle oF New Orleans
President James Madison
General Andrew Jackson invavded british army and intended on seizing New Orleans & vast territory the US had acquired with louisiana purchase
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Treaty of Ghent
President James Madison
The Treaty of Ghent, ratified by the United States on 17 February 1815, marked the official end of the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain.
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Adams-Onis Treaty
President James Monroe
also known as the Transcontinental Treaty or the Purchase of Florida, was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that gave Florida to the U.S. and set out a boundary between the U.S. and New Spain (now Mexico).
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Monroe Doctrine
President James Monroe
The Monroe Doctrine was first set out in a speech by President James Monroe.
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Election of 1824
President John Q. Adams
The United States presidential election of 1824 was the 10th quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Tuesday, October 26 to Thursday, December 2, 1824.
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Telegraph invented
President Andrew Jackson
In 1830, an American inventor, Joseph Henry, demonstrated the potential of Sturgeon's device for long distance communication by sending an electronic current over one mile of wire to activate an electromagnet which caused a bell to strike. Thus the electric telegraph was born. Samuel F.B. Morse successfully exploited Henry's invention commercially.
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Trail of Tears
President Andrew Jackson
In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 of the Cherokees died.
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54 – 40 or Fight”
President James K. Polk
James K. Polk was elected president with the slogan "54'40 or fight!" This slogan also showed the British that the United States was prepared for war if they did not turn over all of Oregon. "Fifty-four forty or fight" would have included all of present-day British Columbia, up to the tip of Alaska, or "Russian America." Polk appealed to Americans' "just and dear territorial rights, their own self-respect, and their national honor."
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Annexation of Texas
President John Q. Adams
In 1845, the United States of America annexed the Republic of Texas and admitted it to the Union as the 28th state. The U.S. thus inherited Texas' border dispute with Mexico; this quickly led to the Mexican-American War, during which the U.S. captured additional territory (known as the Mexican Cession of 1848), extending the nation's borders all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
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California Gold
President John Q. Adams
James Wilson Marshall discovered gold while constructing a saw mill along the American River northeast of present-day Sacramento. The discovery was reported in the San Francisco newspapers in March but caused little stir as most did not believe the account.
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Gadsden Puchase
President Franklin Pierce
James Gadsden negotiated the purchase, and the U.S. Senate ratified (1854) it by a narrow margin. Strip of land purchased (1853) by the United States from Mexico. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) had described the U.S.-Mexico boundary vaguely, and President Pierce wanted to insure U.S. possession of the Mesilla Valley near the Rio Grande—the most practicable route for a southern railroad to the Pacific.
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