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Steamboat invented
John Fitch(1743-1798-) had made the first successful trial of a forty-five-foot steamboat on the Delaware River, in front of members of the Constitutional Convention. Later he then built a larger vessal that can carrry passengers and freight between Philadelphia and Burlington, New Jersey. http://geography.about.com/od/politicalgeography/a/5440orfight.htm -
Whiskey Rebellion
It was a rebellion famers had because there was a tariff that effectively eliminated any profit by the farmers from the sale or barter of an important cash crop. President: Washington http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/whiskey/
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Jay's Treaty
There was tensions between the United States and Britain which remained high after the Revolutionary War as a result of three key issues. President: Washinton http://history.state.gov/milestones/1784-1800/JayTreaty
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Pickney's Treaty
This treaty was an important diplomatic success for the United States, it had resolved territorial disputes between two countries and had granted American ships the right to free navigation of the Mississippi River, and duty-free transport through the port of New Orleans, then under the Spanish control. President: Washington http://history.state.gov/milestones/1784-1800/PickneyTreaty
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Farewell Address
It was letter saying that he wasnt going to be president anymore and explaining why he was leaving. He believed that it would led to much power. http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/farewell/
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Election of 1800
This election was between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. It was an emotional and was hard-fought campaign. Both believed that either one had won would ruin the nation. http://www.ushistory.org/us/20a.asp
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Louisiana Purchase
This was land bought from France for $15 million, or approximately four cents an acre. President: Madison http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Louisiana.html
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Lewis & Clark Expedition
The purchase of Louisiana territory from France. After the Louisiana Purchase Treaty was made, Jefferson initated an exploration of the newly purchased land and the territory beyond the "great rock mountains" in the west. President: Thomas Jefferson http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/lewis-clark/
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"54 - 40 or Fight"
This was the development boundary between U.S. and Canada. The United States and the United Kingdom(controlling British Canada) had established a joint claim over the Oregin Territory. Over a decade and a half it worked, then ultimately both parties decided that the joiny occupancy wasnt working well, they set about to divide Oregon. President: Polk http://geography.about.com/od/politicalgeography/a/5440orfight.htm -
War of 1812
Not even three decades later after signing the Treaty of Paris, which formalized Britain's recognition of the United States of America, the two countries were again in conflict. Resentment for Britain's interference with America, the two countries were again in conflict. Resentment for Britain's interference with American internationall trade, led Congress to declare war on Great Britain on June 18, 1812. President: James Monroe http://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/the-war-of-1812.aspx -
Treaty Ghent
This Treaty was signed by British and American representatives at Ghent, Belgium, ending the War of 1812. 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. President: Maddison http://www.history.com/topics/treaty-of-ghent -
Battel of New Orleans
This fight took place on January 8, 1815 when 7,500 British soldiers marched against 4,500 U.S. troops led by General Andrew Jackson.The Treaty of Ghent, which ened the war, had been signed two weeks before the battel but the news had not crossed the Atlantic. President: Maddison http://www.history.com/topics/battle-of-new-orleans http://thisiswarblog.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/soldiering-on-famous-battles-fought-after-the-war-ended/ -
Adams-Onis Treaty
This treaty was named for John Quincy Adams of the United States and Louis de Onis of Spain and renounced any claim of the Untied States to Texas. President: John Quincy Adams http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/adamonis.htm
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Monroe Doctrine
The statement, known as the Monroe Doctirne, was little noted by the Great Powers of Europe, but eventually became a longstanding tenet of U.S. foriegn policy. President: James Monroe http://history.state.gov/milestones/1801-1829/Monroe
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Election of 1824
The 1824 Presidental Election had marked the final collapse of the Republican-Federalist political framework.
Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams were running against each other. http://www.ushistory.org/us/23d.asp
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Trail of Tears
In the beginning of the 1830s nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgie, Tennesse, Alabama, North Carolina, and Florida-- land they've had for generations their ancestors had occupied and culivated. It was the removal of Indian across the Mississippi River. President: Jasckson http://www.history.com/topics/trail-of-tears
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Annextion of Texas
There was an increasing number of American settlers in the region north of the Rio Grande, mainly in the 1820s and 1830s. The idea of annexing Texas was popular in the South, but strongly and widely opposed in the North. President: Tyler http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h302.html
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Telegraph Invented
Samual Morse set out to prove that signas could be transmitted by wire. Giving a public demonstration in 1838, but five years later is when that Congress(reflecting public apathy), they funded $30,000 to construct an experimental telegraph line from Washington to Baltimore. 40 miles apart. http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/telegraph.htm -
California Gold Rush
The first printed notice of this discovery was in March the issues of "The Californian" in San Francisco. President: Polk http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/geology/goldrush.html
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-this-Day--Gold-Discovered-at-Sutter-s-Mill.html
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Gadsden Purchase
It was a settlement made between two countries but diplomatic tension followed. President: Franklin Pierce http://www.oldmesilla.org/html/gadsden_purchase.html
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