development over time of the United States growing role in world affairs in our early years

By caitlynstephens

  • Proclamation of Neutrality

    a formal announcement issued by U.S. President George Washington on April 22, 1793 that declared the nation neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain

  • XYZ Affair

    a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War

  • Convention of 1800

    re-established Franco-American relations, and ultimately facilitated the 1803 Louisiana Purchase.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from Napoleonic France in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars, or approximately eighteen dollars per square mile

  • Embargo Act

    a general trade embargo on all foreign nations that was enacted by the United States Congress

  • War of 1812

    a conflict fought between the United States and its Indigenous allies, and the United Kingdom, its dependent colonies in North America, Indigenous allies, and Spain.

  • Treaty of Ghent

    The Treaty of Ghent was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. It took effect in February 1815. Both sides signed it on December 24, 1814, in the city of Ghent, United Netherlands.

  • Monroe Doctrine

    warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs