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1812-1824
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Fletcher vs Peck
This was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in which the Supreme Court first ruled a state law unconstitutional. The decision also helped create a growing precedent for the sanctity of legal contracts and hinted that Native Americans did not hold title to their own lands. -
War of 1812
Fought between Britain and the United States largely over the issues of trade and impressment. Though the war ended in a relative draw, it demonstrated America’s willingness to defend its interests militarily, earning the young nation newfound respect from European powers -
USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere
A single ship action between two ships during the War of 1812 approximately 400 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia. It took place shortly after war had broken out, and would prove to be an important victory for American morale. -
Battle of Great Lakes (Lake Erie)
Sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-bay, fought in Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the war of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of British Royal Navy. This ensured American control of the lake for the rest of the war, which in turn allowed the Americans to recover Detroit and the Battle of Thames to break the Indian confederation of Tecumseh. It was one of the biggest naval battles of the war of 1812. -
Battle of Thames
control of Lake Erie, depriving them of their supplies. Proctor was forced to retreat north up the river Thames to Moraviantown, where his allies, the tribal confederacy under shawee leader Tecumseh, had no choice but to follow. American infantry and cavalry under future president William Henry Harrison drove off the outnumbered British and then defeated the Native warriors, who were demoralised by Tecumseh’s death in action. -
Battle of Horseshoe bend
Andrew Jackson and his forces won the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814. Horseshoe Bend was the major battle of the Creek War, in which Jackson sought to "clear" the Mississippi Territory for American settlement. He commanded an army of Tennessee militia men, which he had turned into a well-trained fighting force. -
Burning of Washington DC
Washington was a British attack against Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, during the War of 1812. On August 24, 1814, after defeating the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg, a British force led by Major General Robert Rossoccupied Washington and set fire to many public buildings, including the White House (known as the Presidential Mansion at the time) and the Capitol, as well as other facilities of the U.S. government. -
Battle of Mchenry
British forces under Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane and Major General Robert Ross advanced up the Chesapeake Bay to attack Baltimore, MD. A vital port city, Baltimore was believed by the British to be the base of many of the American privateers that were preying on their shipping. To take the city, Ross and Cochrane planned a two-prong attack with the former landing at North Point and advancing overland, while the latter attacked Fort McHenry and the harbor defenses by water. -
Treaty of Ghent
Ended the War of 1812 and restored the status quo. For the most part, territory captured in the war was returned to the original owner. It also set up a commission to determine the disputed Canada/U.S. border. -
Hartford convention
a series of meetings from December 15, 1814 – January 5, 1815 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, in which the New England Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government's increasing power. Despite radical outcries among Federalists for New England secession and a separate peace with Great Britain, moderates outnumbered them and extreme proposals were not a major focus of the debate. -
Panic 1819
The impressive post-War of 1812 economic expansion ended. Banks throughout the country failed; mortgages were foreclosed, forcing people out of their homes and off their farms. Falling prices impaired agriculture and manufacturing, triggering widespread unemployment. -
Dartmouth College vs Woodward
A landmark decision in United States corporate law from the Supreme Court dealing with the application of the Contract Clause of the Unted States Constitution to private corporations; arose when the president of Dartmouth College was deposed by its trustees, leading to the New Hampshire legislature attempting to force the college to become a public institution and thereby place the ability to appoint trustees in the hands of the governor of New Hampshire. -
Tallamadge amendment
Failed proposal to prohibit the importation of slaves into Missouri territory and pave the way for gradual emancipation. Southerners vehemently opposed the amendment, which they perceived as a threat to the sectional balance between North and South. -
McCulloch vs. Maryland
The state of Maryland tried to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes of banks not chartered in -
Land act 1820
Fueled the settlement of the Northwest and Missouri territories by lowering the price of public land. Also prohibited the purchase of federal acreage on credit, thereby eliminating one of the causes of the Panic of 1819. -
Missouri compromise
The Missouri compromise was when Missouri was admitted as a slave state into the union and Maine was admitted as a free state in order to preserve the balance between slave and free states in Congress. -
Cohens vs Virginia
A United States Supreme Court decision most noted for the Court's assertion of its power to review state supreme court decisions in criminal law matters when the defendant claims that their Constitutional rights have been violated. -
Monroe doctrine
A principle of US policy, originated by President James Monroe, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US. -
Gibbons vs. Ogden
A landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation -
Russo american treaty
was signed in St. Petersburg between representatives of Russia and the United States on April 17, 1824, ratified by both nations on January 11, 1825 and went into effect on January 12, 1825. The accord contained six articles. It gave Russian claims on the Pacific Northwest coast of North America south of parallel 54°40′ north over what Americans known as the Oregon Country to the United States. -
Adams-Onis Treaty
A treaty between the United States and Spain. Signed on February of 1819, the treaty gave the US the acquisition of Florida and established a new boundary line between Spanish and US territory.
