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Spanish troops captured and executed Mexican Leader Miguel Hidalgo.
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The Second National Bank was created five years after the First National Bank closed. The Bank was needed because it helped the economy.
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The tariff put a tax on foreign goods so that other countries could not sell goods cheaper than the United States could.
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James Monroe defeated Federalist candidate Rufus King 183-34 in the Presidential Election of 1816.
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In 1817, Andrew Jackson was sent to Florida to recapture escaped slaves
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The Supreme Court ruled that Dartmouth College was a private contract and the state could not change its charter.
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The Adams–Onís Treaty made Spain give Florida to the United States.
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The Supreme Court protected the Second National Bank when Maryland tried to tax it.
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Simon Bolivar lead an Army to Columbia from Venezuela. He defeated the Spanish and became president of the independent Republic of Great Columbia.
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After Mexico led a revolt, Spain accepted their independence.
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Central America declared Independence from Spain to become the United Provinces of Central America
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Brazil Declared Independence from Portugal
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The Monroe Doctrine was Issued to prevent Europeans from interfering with the free nations.
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The Supreme Court ruled that New York State could not give a steamboat company permission to carry passengers on the Hudson River.
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Georgia Passes a law to force the Creeks to give up their land
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The Cherokees developed a government based on a written constitution.
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The Cherokee began writing Newspapers in English and Cherokee
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Andrew Jackson is Elected to his first term. He defeated Adams
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Jackson offered Native Americans the western land for their land in the East
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Jackson's Second Term as president expired.
