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Marbury v. Madison
The case Marbury v Madison helped establish the principle of judicial review. This added to the system of checks and balances which was created to keep any one branch of he federal government from becoming too powerful. -
Lewis and Clark Expodition
Lewis and Clark were both going on a funded venture to find out if there was a route into the Pacific Ocean from the Missouri and Colombia Rivers. They both found a woman named Sacagawea and helped her give birth to her baby. In return for there help she showed them around Missouri and acted as a translator. They likely wouldn't have made it without her. -
Steamboats
Robert Fulton and Robert R. Livingston set the Clermont, the first steamboat, up the Hudson river loving shipping problems. This took a four day trip down to 30 hours. -
Embargo Act
This Act stopped American exports by prohibiting U.S. ships to sail to foreign ports. Jefferson and Madison thought this would get European nations to stop violating American rights. However they were mistaken and French and British were not upset about their loss of trade with America. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
Henry Harrison took 1,000 troops to Prophetstown and defeated all the Indians under Tecumseh. He was the leader of the Shawnee Indians who was very upset about "whites" taking their land and forcing them out. -
War of 1812
This was the first time congress declared war. Britain had agreed to stop interfering with American shipping but Madison and the Republicans believed that only war would end the practice of impressment. -
Treaty of Ghent
Britain and America both agreed to end the war and return each side's prisoners and the former boundaries. This was good for Americans because Britain still controlled many areas of land and good. There were also London merchants who wanted to renew trade with America. -
McCormick Reapers
Cyrus McCormick invented the McCormick reapers which made it easier to harvest wheat, going from physical labor to mechanical. -
Clipper ships
Clipper ships were built for speed and twice as fast as older merchant ships. They were long with sleek hills, flat bottoms, taller masts and more sails. They were very useful when transporting Asian tea leaves because they had to be at the markets quickly after harvest. -
Irish Potato Famine
Ireland was suffering from a famine and when their main crop, the potato, caught a disease. This caused many people to die and greatly affected their population.