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This Treaty was signed following the Revolutionary War. This Treaty gave the United States independence from Britain.
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A mere two months after France declared war on Britain, Spain, and Holland, the current President George Washington issues a proclamation of neutrality for the United States.
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General Anthony Wayne defeats Indians of Ohio, thus allowing more settlers to settle the frontier.
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Jay's Treaty was signed in order to deal with several unresolved issues between the United States and Britain. The United States gained "most favored nation" status for commercial trade. Jay's Treaty marked an area of 10 years of peace and trade with Britain.
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In this letter George Washington warns the United States of getting involved in European affairs. He preaches a strict isolationsit doctrine.
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The United States purchased the Lousiana Purchase from France for $15 million. This land nearly doubled the size of the United States.
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The Embargo Act of 1807 was passed during the Napoleonic Wars against France and England. It was passed in response to European navies seizing American ships and cargo.
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General William Henry Harrison led United States troops against Tecumseh's soldiers. These Native Americans were strongly opposed to United States expansion. The United States troops came out victorious, burning down the Native American city of Prophetstown.
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Due to the impressment of American soldiers into the British navy, and trade restrictions, the United States declared war of Britain.
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The Treaty of Ghent ended the war of 1812 between the United States and Britain. This treat brought no major land loss to either party.
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In this Treaty, the United States acquired the State of Florida from Spain for $5 million.
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The Monroe Doctrine was set out on December 2, 1823. It was invoked against a European threat to the American continent.
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President James K Polk invoked the Monroe Doctrine after it had been out of the American political mind for over twenty years. He argued that America should strictly enforce the Monroe Doctrine, while trying to expand to the West. Polk envisionsed the annexation of California, and full control of Oregon Territory
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In 1852, some American politicians invoked the Monroe Doctrine as an argument against Spain being in Cuba.
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On April 10, 1864, Maximillian I was crowned emporer of Mexico. He was eventually taken down the Mexican Revolutionary Benito Juarez. In the meantime, the United States believed this was a violation of "the Doctrine." This was the first time the Monroe Doctrine was referred to as "the Doctrine."
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President Ulysses S Grant invokes the Monroe Doctrine in his 1870 State of the Union Address saying that the United States should not tolerate the transferring of a North American colony from one European country to another.
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Secretary of State Richard Olney argued that the Monroe Doctrine directly gave the United States power to mediate border disuptes in the Western Hemisphere. This was originally meant to deal with a border disupte between British Guiana and Venezuela.
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The Foreign Minister of Argentina Luis Maria Drago interpreted the Monroe Doctrine that no European power could use force to collect debt from any country in America.
