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US signed a Treaty with Spain Make an agreement to fix the southern boundary of the US.
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Samuel Morse invented the electric telegraph by using 35 wires with gold electrodes in water and at the receiving end 2000 feet the message was read by the amount of gas caused by electrolysis.
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Great Britain signs the treaty. British forts are still in NW territory, helping NA uprisings. British ships become a problem kidnapping American sailors.
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The first major domestic challenge of US. Hamilton wants farmers to pay the new tax while Jefferson wants the federal government to leave them alone.
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Washington extolls the benefits of the federal government & warns the party system.
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In 1803, US brought the Louisiana Territory from France for 15 million dollars.
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President Jefferson sent Lewis & Clark to explore the new territory brought from France.
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1807, Robert Fulton helped invent the steamboat with John Fitch. Robert took full credit.
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President James Madison declares war on Great Britain. Young Politicians from the South & West who wanted war were nicknamed "War Hawks".
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Established a new foreign policy dynamic between the United States and Great Britain. British and American diplomats were meeting in Ghent, Belgium, in an attempt to negotiate a peace. The British hoped the successful conclusion of their strategy would give them leverage in the talks.
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Andrew Jackson led troops in the War of 1812. America took home the victory. Rise in American Nationalism/ Confidence was later established.
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US had a Treaty with Spain. Treaty allowed Spain to sell Florida to the US.
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President James Monroe warned Europe to stay out the America's by writing a doctrine
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Four-way race between John Quincy Adams, Crawford, Andrew Jackson, & Hanry Clay. Jackson won more popular votes & electoral voted than John Quincy Adams, but doesn't have majority. Henry support Adams & transfer votes. John Quincy Adams becomes President & Jackson call it a 'Corrupt Bargain'
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Cherokee nation was forced to give up their land East of the Missippi River to migrate to what os now Oklahoma. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march.
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United Steates & Mexico went to war to construct a transcontinental railroad stretching East to West. The purchase completed the other 49 continental states
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Also known as "Revolution of 1800". Significance of the election was to take power peacefully. Thomas Jefferson & Aaron Burr. Thomas Jefferson wins the election & is reelected in 1804. He later appoints "midnight judges to keep Federalists in power.
