| A | B |
|---|
| tribute | money you are forced to pay to another nation for protection |
| Tripoli | the Barbary state captured by Marines |
| neutrality | what America continued to try to maintain in GB-FR war (so it could continue to get rich off both) |
| Embargo Act | deeply hurt American trade |
| New England Federalists | opposed the War of 1812 |
| Canada | GB-controlled, US tried and failed to invade it |
| Britain | continued arming NAs in NW territory |
| blockade | to shut a port or road to prevent people or supplies from entering or leaving (British did this to American ports) |
| USS Constitution | the American reinforced wooden ship called "Old Ironsides" which won an important naval battle against the British |
| Battle of Thames | where WHH defeated NAs and Tecumseh was killed |
| Treaty of Ghent | ended the War of 1812 with no actual changes to territory |
| Battle of New Orleans | an American victory under Jackson that happened AFTER the treaty had been signed |
| Hartford Convention | where a group of Federalist leaders suggested that New England secede from the union |
| 12th amendment | changed election process - electors vote separately for President and Vice President |
| laissez faire | "let alone" - federal gov't should not interfere in the economy |
| Marbury v. Madison | the SC case that established judicial review - the SC's ability to rule laws unconstitutional and strike them down |
