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He was the third president of the United States. Jefferson had the Louisiana Purchase which gained a lot of land for the U.S. Jefferson forced the Indian Removal Act which was a terrible thing to do. -
The United States went to war with pirates. The reason they went to war was because pirates stole American ships with merchandise on them. The pirates would then hold the merchandise and bribe the United States with them trying to respect the Barbary rules. -
The United States bought the Louisiana Purchase from France. Thomas Jefferson bought it for 15 million but today it would cost around 342 million. Even though France owned the land, Native Americans lived in it. -
Lewis and Clark Explored the new United States land called the Louisiana Purchase. They traveled a little over eight thousand miles. Lewis and Clark meet Sacagawea. -
The fourth president of the United States and a founding father. The United States was led into the War of 1812 by James Madison. He is supposed to be better than the average president. -
The United States and Great Britain fought because the British violated the U.S. maritime rights. The Treaty of Ghent ended the whole war. The war lasted two years and seven months. -
He was the fifth founding father. He made the Monroe Doctrine. James Monroe also was the governor of Virginia. -
He was the eighth Secretary of State and he was also the sixth president. He was representing Massachusetts in the House of Representatives. He was also a part of the United States Senate. -
He served two presidential terms and was president of the United States. In both houses of the U.S. Congress was Andrew Jackson. Being General of the United States Army got Jackson a lot of his fame. -
The Trail of Tears was a part of the Indian removal. Close to 100,000 American Indians had to walk the trail. 15,000 thousand people died on the trail of tears.