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Thomas Jefferson served as president from 1801-1809. One of his major accomplishments was writing the Declaration of Independence. While he was in office he also made a purchase that doubled the size of the US called the "Louisianna Purchase" and he established the University of Virginia. -
This was the US's first oversea war. The US fought with Northern African Countries. The war ended with a victory for the United States, and peace treaties with the Barbary states and Morocco. -
In 1803 a transaction with France was signed and the US bought 828,000 square miles West of the Mississippi. President Thomas Jefferson nearly doubled the size of the US with one purchase, but there was conflict about which new states would be slave states. This purchase also helped increase population and make new trade routes. -
In 1804 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were sent to explore western lands. They were sent to do this because the US just made the louisianna purchase and didn't know what the land was like. They were also sent to establish trade with the natives. -
James Madison was the fourth President of the US. His major accomplishment was helping write the Bill of Rights. During his presidency he also signed a declaration of war that started the war of 1812 with Great Britain. -
The War of 1812 began because America wanted to expand it's territory. At the end neither Britain or America lost. The real losers were the Natives because they lost their land and their influence of their own future. -
During his Presidency James Monroe wrote the "Monroe Doctrerine". He wrote this to warn Britain to stop settleing in the Western Hemisphere. This also showed Britain the US was willing to fight. -
John Quincy Adams was elected in 1825 following the footsteps of his father John Adams. One of his accomplishments during his presidency was that he helped in the econimic development of the US. Unfortunatlly in 1828 he lost the electon to Andrew Jackson. -
Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of teh US. One of his major accomplishments was paying off the national debt. That was/is the only time in history that the national debt has ever been paid off. -
In 1848 gold was found at a construction site for a sawmill. Word got out about this gold and by 1853, 250,000 people had come to california to test their luck. Soon after there began to be mines built and more people were settleing in the West.