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| 1807, banned trade with any foreign country. led to war of 1812 with britain. |
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| Forcing people into service, Ie navy. |
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| Members of congress from south and west wanting to go to war with britain. |
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| Fought between US and Britain due to trade restrictions and Impressment. |
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| Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory for 15 million dollars. opening access to waterways and gulf sea routes. |
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Marbury vs. Madison:
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o Federalists are about to be removed from office after election
o They crowd the courts with Federalist judges
o Adams appoints, Senate confirms, Marshall signs and seals commissions
o Commissions never sent
o Jefferson takes office and does not issue commissions
o Marbury sues
o Marshall establishes judicial review |
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| power of the court to rule on the constitutionality of the government |
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| sharing of power between the states and federal government |
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-one house legislature
-equal representation for each state
-authority to levy taxes and regulate commerce
-plural executives
favored by small states and states' rights activists
presented by william patterson |
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| A series of attacks on courthouses by a small band of farmers led by Revolutionary War Captain Daniel Shays to block foreclosure proceeding s |
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| a policy of the United States introduced on December 2, 1823. It stated that further efforts by European countries to colonize land or interfere with states in the Americaswould be viewed as acts of aggression requiring U.S. intervention |
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| passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state in an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states. |
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Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)
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US “buys” Florida from Spain. Actually, President Monroe ordered General Andrew Jackson to invade Florida to arrest Spanish officials who were providing guns to Seminole Indians. Jackson was also sent to invade Florida to catch runaway slaves who were allowed to escape to Florida. |
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| The years from 1817-1825 when James Monroe was president and there was, in effect, no political opposition. |
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| Law passed in 1854 creating the Kansas and Nebraska Territories but leaving the question of slavery open to residents, thereby repealing the Missouri Compromise. |
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shawnee Indian chief
-led Indian confederacy against America, for land
-joined British in 1812 war
-because of his death in the battle of Thames, the Indians lost hope
was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy (known as Tecumseh's Confederacy) which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812
A Shawnee chief, who vowed to stop the loss of Native American land. He attempted to unite the Native American tribes against the U.S. |
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| On November 7, 1811, Indiana governor William Henry Harrison (later president) defeated the Shawnee Indians at the Tippecanoe River in northern Indiana; victory fomented war fever against the British, who were believed to be aiding the Indians. |
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| 1st treaty that was made between US and Britain in response to English Northwest Posts --> English agreed to settle boundaries, withdraw from posts, and repay owners of ships they had captured; unpopular because did not solve problem of British impressment (Democratic Republicans hated it) |
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Pinckney Treaty?
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Also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo or the Treaty of Madrid, was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 and established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. It also defined the boundaries of the U.S. with the Spanish colonies and guaranteed U.S. navigation rights on the Mississippi River. |
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| United states states that it will remain neutral and not get involved with any european countries and their battles. Us will not take side and stay out of the fight. |
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| a tax protest in the United States in the 1790s. Farmers who sold their corn in the form of whiskey had to pay a new tax which they strongly resented. The tax was a part of treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton's program to pay off the national debt. |
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•Naturalization Act - 14 years for alien to citizen
•Alien Friends Act - President could deport any alien deemed dangerous
•Alien Enemies Act - President could deport any alien who's country was at war with the United States
•Sedition Act - Crime to publish “false, scandalous, and malicious
writing” against the government or its officials |
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| French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution.Arrived in SC in 1793--instead of going to meet GW in Philly he stayed in SC to recruit and arm American privateers against GB.-endangered American neutrality in the war between France and Britain ..Genêt met with Washington, he asked for what amounted to a suspension of American neutrality. When turned down by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and informed that his actions were unacceptable, Genêt protested. |
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| the federal government is a creation of the states, therefore the states should be the final arbiters over whether the federal government has overstepped the limits of its authority |
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Created by Madison & Jefferson: declared that the state legislatures never gave their right to judge the constitutinality of federal actions & they had authority called interposition, which enabled them to protect liberties of their citizen
started idea of NULLIFICATION
*Says if the federal gov passes a law that's unconstitutional, the states don't have to follow it.
They were declarations passed in 1798 and 1799. This claimed each state has the right to decide whether a federal law is constitutional or if it is unconstitutional.
they tell the national government they are not following the Alien and Sedition Acts |
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| doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal law that, in the state's opinion, violates the constitution. |
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