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Louisiana Purchase | 1803 Napoleon had wanted to restore French empire in the Americas. he lost interest because he needed to focus French resources on fighting England and a rebellion had hurt France. He sold this area to the US. |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 established judicial review |
Aaron Burr | 1804 This guy wanted to cause a succession from the union. He killed Hamilton. He was brought to trial for trying to conspire against the union but was later acquitted as there wasn't enough evidence in the case. |
Chesapeake-Leopard affair | 1807 British warship shot down this American ship. Americans demanded war. |
Nonintercourse Act | 1809 US could trade with all nations except Britain and France |
Macon's Bill No. 2 | 1810 Restored US trade with Britain and France if Britain or France agreed to respect US neutral rights at sea the US would prohibit trade with the nation's foe. Napoleon lied and then America was in the middle of the war of 1812 |
Henry Clay | 1816 Invented the American System. 1. protective tariffs. 2. national bank. 3. internal improvement. |
War of 1812 | 1812 causes of this war: violation of US neutral rights at sea. free seas and trade. frontier pressures. war hawks. declaration of war. |
Treaty of Ghent | 1814 halt fighting. return conquered territory. recognize prewar boundary between canada and US. war ended in a stalemate |
Hartford Convention | December 1814 New England came close to secceeding. |
Era of Good Feelings | 1816 Years were marked by a spirit of nationalism, optimism, and goodwill, chiefly as a result of one party, the Federalists, fading into oblivion and Monroe's party, the Republicans, dominating politics in every section. |
Tariff of 1816 | 1816 raised tariffs. was a protective tariff for american companies. |
Panic of 1819 | 1819 Due to 2nd Bank of US nationalist beliefs were shaken. |
Fletcher v. Peck | 1810 a case that concluded that a state could not pass legislation invalidating a contract. |
McCulloch v. Maryland | 1819 Maryland tried to collect from the Second Bank of the US. using a loose interpretation of the constitution, marshall ruled that the federal government had the implied power to create the bank. furthermore, a state could NOT tax a federal institution because "the power to tax is the power to destroy" and federal laws are supreme over state laws. |
Tallmadge Amendment | 1800s James Tallmadge propsed an amendemt to the bill for Missouri's admission. 1. prohibited further introduction of slaves into Missouri 2. required the children of missouri slaves to be emancipated at the age of 25. this amendment would have led to the gradual elimination of slavery in Missouri. |
Missouri Compromise | 1820 missouri slave state, maine free state. louisiana territory free. preserved sectional balance |
Rush-Bagot Agreement | 1817 limited naval armament. |
Treaty of 1818 | 1818 improved relations between US and britain. 1. shared fishing rights. 2 joint oregon territory |
Florida Purchase Treaty | 1819 US got florida |
Monroe Doctrine | 1823 Further efforts by Europe to colonize in America would be viewed as an act of aggression requiring US intervention |