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Erie Canal
In the late 1700s, the new American nation was faced with a problem. The original 13 states were arranged along the Atlantic coast, and there was a fear that other nations, such as Britain or France, would be able to claim much of the interior of North America. George Washington proposed a canal that would provide reliable transportation into the continent, thereby helping to unite frontier America with the settled states -
George Washington
George Washington took the oath of office on April 30, 1789. He had been the 1st President that the US ever had. He and Congress had to try to create an entirely new gov, He helped with Hamilton's idea of Bank of the United States. He served 2 terms and said that he wanted every president after him to do the same. -
Louisana Purchase
The territory formally owned by France which was sold to the United States for 15 million dollars in 1803 during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. This purshase more that doubled the size of the Untites States. This was an important move in the growth and expansion of the Unites States. -
Lewis and Clark
The Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States, departing in May, 1804 from St. Louis on the Mississippi River, making their way westward through the continental divide to the Pacific coast. -
Henry Clay
Representative Henry Clay, from Kentucky,
was a strong nationalist. After the war, President
James Madison supported Clay’s plan to strengthen
the country and unify its regions. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought between the British and the United States from 1812 to 1814 on land in North America and at sea. More than half of the British forces were made up of Canadian militia because British soldiers were fighting Napoleon in Europe. The British defeated the attacking American forces. In the beginning, the war increased levels of nationalism in both Canada and the United States. -
Treaty of Ghent
Peace treaty that ended the war of 1812 between America and Britain -
American System
The which Henry Clay promoted as the American System included three main actions; Establish a protective tariff, establish a national bank, and improve the country’s transportation systems. -
Tariff of 1816
This was the tariff passed by Congress in order to protect the U.S. manufactured items from foreign competition. This supported economical nationalism -
James Monroe
James Monroe won the presidency in
1816 with a large majority of electoral votes. The Federalist Party
provided little opposition to Monroe and soon disappeared.
Political differences gave way to what one Boston newspaper
called the Era of Good Feelings. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
The State of Maryland voted to tax all bank business not done with state banks. The State of Maryland also sought to tax the federal bank. Andrew McCulloch, who worked in the Baltimore branch of the Bank of the United States, refused to pay the tax. The State of Maryland sued, and the Supreme Court accepted the case.Writing for the Court, Chief Justice John Marshall wrote that theederal government did indeed have the right and power to set up a federal bank. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory. -
The Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine is the policy, as stated by President Monroe in 1823, that the U.S. opposed further European colonization of and interference with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere. -
Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail was a major route that people took when migrating to the western part of the United States. Between 1841 and 1869, hundreds of thousands of people traveled westward on the trail. Many of them traveled in large wagon trains using covered wagons to carry their things. -
Mexican-American War
The Mexican and Americans had been fighting over land because each wanted to expand their territory. They were both fighting over Texas.
