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Implemented by Hamilton, raised a revnue for gov, and taxed 5-10% of items.
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An undecleared war between france and America origintated from the tensions of xyz affair.
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1st president, independent political party
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Was established with a 20 year charter, able to levy taxes and issue currency.
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Treaty between American and Britian to not go to war
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Tax protest agaisnt taxes on items such as whiskey. VIOLENT
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established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. It also defined the boundaries of the United States with the Spanish colonies and guaranteed the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River.
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France spied on US, infruiated Adams administration
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Federalist
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Could not spread "propoganda" about the gov, and anyone foriegn could be deported.
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Determined that alien and sedation acts were unconstitutional
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The ideaology that America was destined to exapnd.
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Democratic-Republican
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Supreme judge made judicial branch of equal importance to other branches.
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US purchased a huge chunk of land from France for 15 million $
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A case in which Maddison wouldn't hand over Mauberry's commision. Led to the ultimate distinction of branches of government, supreme court could not interfere with other branches.
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Led to a powerful French Empire
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Modified the way in which a President was elected, reformed that electoral college system.
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Boycotted any sort of overseas commerce, was strongly dissapproved by most.
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Democratic-Republican
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Replaced the embargo and allowed foriegn commerce with all but Britian.
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Allowed trade with Britian for 3 months.
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Fletacher bought large sums of land that was sold by the state of Georgia and then sold it to peck. Peck however later thought that this land wasnt obtained lawfully, but the court stated that a contract was a contract and that it could not be overturned.
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Conflict with Britian resulted in no gain or loss of territory. Invaded Canada, were angry at trade relations and wanted northern territory.
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Ended the war of 1812, no territory was lost.
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Discussed the war of 1812 and how to continue on, Federalists did not support the war and were willing to secced, then they heard of Jackson's victory and were crippled because of it.
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Conflict between members of Florida and Indians, Andrew Jackson interveened.
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Prohibited foriegn commerce was designed to enhance the economy of the US
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Democratic-Republican
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Period of peace after the conclusion of the war of 1812, was kicked off by Monroe's tour of the states which increased moralle.
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Britian and the US could only station a few navy ships on the great lakes area, was to prevent possible future conflict.
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America purchases Florida
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Financial Crisis that followed the era of good feelings led to the printing of money.
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Quincy Adams elected Clay to be his secretary even though Jackson nearly won the election
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Whig
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Rapid increase of new voters
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The winner of the election could chose his own political officials
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Democrat
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Free-Soil
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Whig
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Was vetoed by Taylor, claimed that is was unconstitutional.
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Whig
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A treaty resolving several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies. It resolved a dispute over the location of the Maine–New Brunswick border, established the border between Lake Superior and the Lake of the Woods.
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Was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the Federal Fugitive Slave Act precluded a Pennsylvania state law that gave procedural protections to suspected escaped slaves, and overturned the conviction of Edward Prigg as a result.
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Failled to annex Texas.
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Was an American attempt to gain trade relations with China. The treaty allowed Americans to have fixed tarriffs in Chinese ports,
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Joint Resolution, both Tyler and Polk agreeded to annex Texas. Was passed by congress.
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Democrat
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was an armed conflict between the United States of America and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution.
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is the name used for a period of revolt against Mexico initially proclaimed by a handful of American settlers in the Mexican territory of Alta California on June 14, 1846, in Sonoma.
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The Wilmot Proviso, one of the major events leading to the American Civil War, would have banned slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War or in the future, including the area later known as the Mexican Cession, but which some proponents construed to also include the disputed lands in south Texas and New Mexico east of the Rio Grande. It ultimatley failled.
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is the peace treaty between the U.S. and Mexico that ended the Mexican–American War (1846–48).
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Began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. All told, the news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California.
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Whig
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California was admited as a free state
Utah and New Mexico would decide popular soverignty
Stronger Fugitive Slave act
Slave Trade was banned
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Whig
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Is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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Once again, the incumbent president was a Whig who had succeeded to the presidency upon the death of his war-hero predecessor. In this case, it was Millard Fillmore who followed General Zachary Taylor. The Whig party passed over the incumbent for nomination — casting aside Fillmore in favor of General Winfield Scott. The Democrats nominated a "dark horse" candidate, this time Franklin Pierce. The Whigs again campaigned on the obscurity of the Democratic candidate, and once again it failled
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Democrat
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Oppened trade with Japan
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the American group was formed as a political organization in 1845 by Edwin de Leon and George H. Evans. It advocated free trade, social reform, expansion southward into the territories, and support for republican, anti-aristocratic movements abroad. It became a faction in the Democratic Party in the 1850s. Sen. Stephen A. Douglas promoted its nationalistic program in an unsuccessful effort to compromise sectional differences.
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The Ostend Manifesto was a document written in 1854 that described the rationale for the United States to purchase Cuba from Spain while implying that the U.S. should declare war if Spain refused.
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Both the south and North wanted it to go through their portions of the country. Led to the purchase of Gadsden so the rialroad would be able to go through the South.
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created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing settlers in those territories to determine through Popular Sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory.
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A series of conflicts between Northerners and Southerners that lead to violence and debate. Such as John Brown killing pro slavery advocates and Brooks beating Summers.
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Elected James Buchanan (Democrat) into office.
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Determined that slaves were property and could not be treated like citizens.
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Kansas voted if they wanted to accept the plan, it failed. The plan was for Kansas to have a slave constitution or a non-slave one; however in both cases Kansas was to be admited as a slave state.
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Democrat
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Republican