America 2014

Module Six Lesson One Mastery Assignment One

  • Proclamation of Neutrality

    Proclamation of Neutrality
    George Washington and his cabinet made the Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 because the United States had a military force that was too small to take a chance at any sort of war with either Britain of France.
  • XYZ Affair

    XYZ Affair
    The XYZ Affair was a big affair where the French sent 3 messengers called x, y, and z to tell America if they wanted to talk to the French they would have to pay up. That is what started the affair between the Americans and the French. This started the Quasi-War, then the to country negotiated and made peace in 1800.
  • Convention of 1800

    Convention of 1800
    The Convention of 1800 was a treaty between France and America to resolve the venom that happend in the Quasi-War.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    The Louisiana Purchase was a purchase by America for 827,000 square miles of land west of the Missisipe River, from the French. America spent 15 million dollors for the purchase.
  • Embargo Act

    Embargo Act
    The Embargo Act was a act that made all exports from the United Sates illegal. Thomas Jefferson aprroved and congress made the law.
  • War of 1812

    War of 1812
    The War of 1812 was between America and Britain for British attempts to stop U.S trade and United States expanding territory. The war ended on December 24, 1814, by the Treaty of Ghent.
  • Treaty of Ghent

    Treaty of Ghent
    The Treaty of Ghent was a treaty between the United Stes of America and Britian that ended the war of 1812.
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine
    The Monroe Doctrine was a foreign policy for the United States containing rules of America. It told the Europeans that if any of them tried to take land or stand in the way of any states in both North and South America. That America would take it as acts of anger and they would fight back.