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Influences the rise of reform movements like the Women's rights movement and Abolitionist movement
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Increased demand for slaves and increased cotton production.
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Gabriel Prosser gathered 1,000 rebellious slaves outside Richmond; but two Africans gave the plot away, and the Virginia militia stymied the uprising before it could begin. Prosser and thirty-five others were executed.
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Third President of the United States. The election constitutes the first peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another in the United States.
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Brought into the United States about 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the young republic. Part or all of 15 states were eventually created from the land deal, which is considered one of the most important achievements of Thomas Jefferson’s presidency.
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U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws, statutes, and some government actions that contravene the U.S. Constitution.
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Expedition huge success and provided new geographic, ecological and social information about previously uncharted areas of North America.
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It prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports.
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The Chesapeake–Leopard affair was a naval engagement that occurred off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, on June 22, 1807, between the British warship HMS Leopard and the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
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The Democratic-Republican candidate James Madison defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney decisively.
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This Act lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for British or French ports.
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This consisted of spreading Christianity, Gold, and Glory. Caused westward expansion and Indian tragedies.
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Francis Cabot stole the idea of the Textile Mill from England to build the Textile industry in the U.S
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/the Americans attacked and won a victory over the British and Native Americans at the Battle of the Thames, near Moraviantown. Tecumseh was killed. After the battle, most of the Indian confederacy surrendered to Harrison at Detroit and returned to their homes.
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British invasion of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, during the War of 1812
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The Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain
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A series of meetings from December 15, 1814 – January 5, 1815, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, in which the New England Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government's increasing
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Leads to the temperance movement, which leads to prohibition in Maine.
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By terms of the treaty, all conquered territory was to be returned, and commissions were planned to settle the boundary of the United States and Canada.
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U.S. victory against Great Britain in the War of 1812 and the final major battle of that conflict
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Only one political party was active. (Democratic-Republicans)
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Agreement between the United States and Great Britain to eliminate their fleets from the Great Lakes, excepting small patrol vessels.
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Monroe was an American statesman and Founding Father who served as the fifth President of the United States from 1817 to 1825. Monroe was the last president of the Virginia dynasty, and his presidency ushered in what is known as the Era of Good Feelings
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The Convention respecting fisheries, boundary and the restoration of slaves between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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Treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain.
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Established powers of the federal government. (Implied powers)
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A depression that consisted of sectionalism, banking failures, and agriculture decline.
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This dealt with the application of content clause to private corporations. Set the standards for corporate law.
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Missouri was made a slave state and Maine was made a free state. Slavery was restricted North of 36, 30 North.
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He was accused and convicted of being the ringleader of "the rising," a major potential slave revolt planned for the city in June 1822; he was executed
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Declaring that the Old World and New World had different systems and must remain distinct spheres, Monroe made four basic points.
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Expanded Congress's power. Limited interstate commerce clause.
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First minority vote president. Henry Clay was Speaker of the House and also Sec. of State of his administration
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Encouraged maritime distribution of goods and connected the north, south, and west.
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Led to the rise in religious fervor. Part of 2nd Great Awakening
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A Utopian community founded by Robert Owen. This community wasn't successful.
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Tariffs made to protect Northern industries. SC considered this unconstitutional.
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Begins ¨Age of the common man¨. Shows the Democratization of the U.S.
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Leads to her founding the Western Female Institute for girls to prepare them to become mothers and teachers.
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Removed civilized Indian Tribes from their territory to reservations westward.
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Eventually led to the Mormon faith
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Court rules only the federal government could regulate Indian land.
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Severely weakened the Federalist party.
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Declared tariffs of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional. Would have led to SC secession.
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Conflict between Black Hawk and U.S military over western land.
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Result of Andrew Jackson's policies
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Removed the Cherokee territory from Georgia.
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Led to the formation of the transcendentalists
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Focuses on the learning of the English language. Introduced in public schools.
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This was during a 13 day siege during the Texas Revolution, resulting in a Mexican victory.
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Payment for government land must be in Silver or Gold.
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Increases tensions between Mexico and U.S. Eventually sparks the Mexican-American war.
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Provides extended curriculum, improved teachers, and government funded education.
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Recession caused by Andrew Jackson's policies regarding the bank.
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Democratic President. Known as ¨Little Magician¨.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson encouraged the students to create new ideas and not to copy Europe.
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Cherokee was forced to give up its land and move east of the Mississippi River. Many died in the process.
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This further defined the British Canada territories and U.S territories.
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Gave Americans rights to land in ports and build churches in China.
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Starts Mexican-American war and gains territory from that war.
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Texas becomes a state.
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The annexation of Texas caused this war. This was a battle over territory along the border near Texas and Texas.
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Revolted caused by California settlers against Mexicans.
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A socialized society based on the system of complex marriage where all men and women were married to each other.
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Gave the U.S present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
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This Gold Rush resulted in the creation of many gold mines after Stutter's discovery.
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Suggests that ¨just¨ people should go to jail for what they believe. Thoreau believes the Mexican American war was unjust.
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Forced Japan to trade with the U.S.
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Present-Day South western Arizona and New Mexico is purchased by the U.S
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Opened the Japanese ports of Shimoda and Hakodate.
