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Proclamation of Neutrality
George Washington, the first U.S. president, was serving at the time in 1793. Britain and Frace were at war when Washington passed the Proclamation of Neutrality. This made the U.S. neutral and not on either Britain's or France's side. Washington did this because he knew that if we got involved we would end up fighting in the war and the U.S. was not eady for that. This also kept peace and steered away from violence in the country. Source: Wikipedia -
Alien and Sedition Arts
John Adams was the second U.S. president in 1798. He issued a series of laws. One was that it would take 14 years for foreigners to become a citizen and the goverment would be able to remove foreigners who threatened the peace of safety of the U.S. Enemy foreigners could be deported or imprisoned in wartime, and he provided heavy penalties for those against the government or for interfering with it. Many critized Adam's laws because it took away from the oppisite politial parties. Source:Britta -
War With Tripoli
President Thomas Jefferson in 1801, refused to make additional payments for the tribute to the rulers of the North African Barbary States. We then went to war with Tripoli on May 14th, 1801. A treaty of peace was passed on June 4th,1805. As a result of the war, we increased the size of our navy.
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Louisianna Purchase
Thomas Jefferson was president in 1803. He bought the Lousianna territory from France for fifteen million dollars! The effects of this policy gained the U.S. about eight-hundred twenty seven thousand square miles of land west of the Mississippi River.
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Battle of Tippecanoe
James Madison was president in 1811. William Henry Harrison won the battle with Shawnee Indians. He had taken him and his army of 1,000 men to fight for the NorthWest territory. Soon the northwest territory was replaced by European- Americans. This resulted in Indian rights to their land effectiely becoming invalid.
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Monroe Doctrine
James Madison was president in 1823. He passed the Monroe Doctrine. This warned European monarchies that they could expect a strong repsonse from the U.S. if they interfered with the affairs in any independent nation in North or South America. As a result, this shaped the United State's foreign policy.
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Tariff of Abominations
John Quicy Adams was was president in 1828. At the time, taxes made foreign goods more expensive. Because of this, the south ended up paying much more for manufactured goods and the U.S. lost money on raw materials.
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Indian Removal Act
President Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act. He made indians move to federal territory west of the Mississippi River. As a result of this act, many idians suffered, removed indians from the U.S, and we gained more land back.
