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Manifest Destiny
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Proclamation of Neutrality
An official declaration issued by President George Washington in May 1793, proclaiming the nations neutrality in the conflict between France and Great Britain. This threatened legal proceedings against any American providing assistance to any country at war. -
XYZ Affair
During the presidency John Adam's, there was tension between France and America. In order to relieve that tension, the U.S. sent two American representatives to meet with French officials while the French foreign minister sent three agents that demanded money from the Americans before French officials would agree to meet with them Angered Americans. This angered Americans because they saw it as a bribe. -
Convention of 1800
This restored peace between Frace and Ameriac during Adams presidency, after the XYZ Affiairs -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchace was Purchaced by Thomas Jefferson from Napolean Bonaparte for 15 million. This removed France from having the MIssissippi River and also secured acess it it. this also doubled the size of America -
Emabargo Act of 1807
a general Prohibition that made illegal any and all exports from the U.S. It was sponsored by President Thomas Jefferson and sanctioned by the House. The primary goal was to force Britain and France to respect the American rights during the Napoleonic Wars. -
War Of 1812
This was a military engagement that lasted 2.5 years. It was a fight between the United States and the United Kingdom (only Great Britain and Ireland), between North American colonies, and American Native allies. During James Madison’s Precedency. -
Treaty of Ghent
During James Madison's presidency, the Ghent treaty ended the War of 1812. The purpose of this was to return terrain that been formerly possessed before the war to both sides -
Monroe Doctrine
A U.S. foreign policy relating to European countries in 1823. It detailed that further efforts by European nations to inhabit land or obstruct with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of hostility, requiring U.S. intermediation.(given by James Monroe)
