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The Declaration of Independence
This is the the political awakening of the United States of America, it was the final seperation of Great Britian and the US and the start of a important nation. It was accepted July second however it was not finally until adopted July 4th 1776. -
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
This invention was crucial to the economical success in the South mainly due to its high efficiency for picking cotton (about 50 times faster than a person and less workers required). However with the huge economic success of cotton in the South this invention eventually contributed to the increase of slavery in America. -
Marbury v. Madison
This political change was very significant due to the Supreme Court's ruling where Chief Justice John Marshall declared a law unconstitutional, causing the judicial branch to have judicial reviews and recieve more power. -
Louisianna Purchase
President Thomas Jefferson wanting to solidify and increase US power wanted to purchase the port city of Baltimore with the budget of ten million dollars in mind. Napolean had offered am extremely generous offer which sold the whole Louisianna territory for just fifteen million dollars. This purchase nearly doubled the size of the nation and led to the expansion of the country. -
The "American System"- Protective Tariff
Henry Clay known as the "Great Compromiser" developed the concept and structure of the American System which was intended to significantly strengthen the United States of America's economy and infrastructure. The Protective Tariff increased the cost on imports and exports trying to sway citizens to buy more domestic goods and become more self-suffiecient. -
Missouri Compromise (1820-1821)
With the expansion and settlement of the United States the North and South were disputing over which states would become slave states and which would become free states. Henry Clay was able to get the two political parties to compromise and agree on allowing a line to be drawn where all states above would become free states with the exception of Missouri and below slave states. Which encouraged both political parties to emcourage settlement of the recently purchased land. -
Monroe Doctrine
President James Monroe had addressed his principles that he had suggested act as guidelines for the US' involvement in world affairs. These principles became known as the Monroe Doctrine which announced that the US would not be involved in politics in the eastern hemisphere and the other countries of the east would not be invovled in any politics within the western hemisphere. -
Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson was able to encourage the public to support his removal of the native americans from the newly acquired land so that settlers were eager to develop. Andrew Jackson used federal troops to forcefully remove the groups of indian tribes. In 1832 one of the Cherokee indians sued the US for breaking the constitutional rights where Chief Justice John Marshall declared Jackson's actions unconstitutional (which went unenforced). This later led to the Trail of Tears in 1838. -
Panic of 1837
President Andrew Jackson's fears of his enemies compromising his power led him to remove government funds out of the federal banks (which he believed to have been supporting Britain and wealthy New Englanders) and put them into "Pet Banks" which were supporters of Jackson. The banks began giving taking out loans to give loans which could not be paid off and then started printing money which eventually led the inflation and ultimately the worst economic depression in US history.