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whiskey rebellion
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The rebellion began July 17,1794, when a federal marshal came to PA to serve papers on people who had not paid the whiskey tax. The news of this prompted some 500 men to arm and attack the home of the federal tax inspector. It ended in October ,1794 after federal troop arrived. george washington was the president. -
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pickney's treaty
picsource<ahref='http://pics.librarything.com/picsizes/67/51/67518de30a944785939784b5a77434d414f4141.jpg' >pic</a>it was also called treaty of san lorenzo, agreement between spain and the U.s citizens recorded free navigation of the Mississippi River through spanish territory. George Washington was the prez it resolved territoral disputes the two countries granteed american ships the right to free navigation of the MR. -
Election of 1800
picsourcesourceThe election of 1800 between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson was an emotional and hard-fought campaign. Each side believed that victory by the other would ruin the nation. Federalists attacked Jefferson as an un-Christian deist whose sympathy for the French Revolution would bring similar bloodshed and chaos to the United States. On the other side, the Democratic-Republicans denounced the strong centralization of federal power under Adams's presidency. Thomas jefferson won -
louisiana Purchase
picsource<ahref='http://www.frenchcreoles.com/LousianaPurchase_Small_tr.gif' >pic</a>the states paid over 15million dollars for 800,000 square miles of land getting the land deal was one of the best things that Jefferson had done and Jefferson was the prez. -
Lewis & Clark Expedition
picsourcesourceThe Lewis and Clark expedition began on May 14, 1804 when the Corps of Discovery left Camp Wood River in Illinois. In February 1803, Congress had approved its funding after President Thomas Jefferson urged them to do so. The expedition was to follow the Missouri River to its source, cross the continental divide and then follow the Columbia River to its mouth at the Pacific Ocean -
Steamboat invented
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War of 1812
picsourcewhat causednthe war:
At the outset of the 19th century, Great Britain was locked in a long and bitter conflict with Napoleon Bonaparte's France. In an attempt to cut off supplies from reaching the enemy, both sides attempted to block the United States from trading with the other. In 1807, Britain passed the Orders in Council, which required neutral countries to obtain a license from its authorities before trading with France or French colonies. The Royal Navy also outraged Americans by its pract -
treaty of ghent
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Battle Of New Orleans
picsourceThe Battle of New Orleans was the last major battle of the War of 1812. The fight took place on January 8, 1815 when 7,500 British soldiers marched against 4,500 U.S. troops led by General Andrew Jackson. Jackson defeated the British just 30 minutes, halting their plans to attack New Orleans and establishing himself as a national military hero. The Treaty of Ghent, which ended the war, had been signed two weeks before the battle but the news had not yet crossed the Atlantic -
adams-onis treaty
picsource<ahref='http://kduncan.phoenix.wikispaces.net/file/view/1.JPG/156003853/768x612/1.JPG' >pic</a>signed in Washington The treaty was named for John Quincy Adams of the United States and Louis de Onís of Spain and renounced any claim of the United States to Texas. It fixed the western boundary of the Louisiana Purchase as beginning at the mouth of the Sabine River and running along its south and west bank to the thirty-second parallel and thence directly north to the Río Rojo (Red River). -
monroe doctrine
picsourceThe Monroe Doctrine was declared in a few paragraphs of President James Monroe's seventh annual message to Congress on December 2, 1823. Monroe warned European countries not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere, stating "that the American continents. . .are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers." The Monroe Doctrine became a cornerstone of future U.S. foreign policy. -
Election of 1824
picsourceIn the United States presidential election of 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected President on February 9, 1825, after the election was decided by the House of Representatives. The previous few years had seen a one-party government in the United States, as the Federalist Party had dissolved, leaving only the Democratic-Republican Party. In this election, the Democratic-Republican Party splintered as four separate candidates sought the presidency. Such splintering had not yet led to formal party -
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Annexation of texas
sourcepicThe Southern people were anxious to have the State of Texas annexed to the United States, and such a desire was a prevailing feeling in that sovereign State. The proposition, when formally made, was opposed by the people of the North, because the annexation would increase the area and political strength of the slave power, and lead to a war with Mexico. -
California gold rush
picsource<ahref='http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/uploads/2009/06/miners_.jpg' >pic</a>the United States president was James Knox Polk.This announcement was the beginning of a rush to get to California's gold country by immigrants from around the world. These immigrants were later called "Forty Niner's" and it has become a common term for the gold prospectors that have followed ever since.President Polk was a native of North Carolina but moved to the state of Tennessee, He was elected the 11th prez -
Gadsden purchase
picsource<ahref='http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/jb/reform/jb_reform_gadsden_1_m.jpg' >pic</a>James Gadsden, U.S. Minister to Mexico, and General Antonio López de Santa Anna, president of Mexico treaty settled the dispute over the exact location of the Mexican border west of El Paso, Texas, giving the U.S. claim to approximately 29,600 square miles of land in what is now southern New Mexico Arizona, for the price of $10 million. -
farewell address
picsourceWashington's Farewell Address was similar to one he had prepared at the end of his first term, when he had considered retiring from office. Toward the close of his first term in 1792 James Madison prepared notes to be used by Washington in formulating a valedictory speech. Madison submitted a draft but it was set aside when Washington abandoned his plans for retirement. -
54-40 or fight
sourcepic between the United States and Canada.In 1818, the United States and the United Kingdom (controlling British Canada) established a joint claim over the Oregon Territory - the region west of the Rocky Mountains and between 42° North and 54°40' North (the southern boundary of Russia's Alaska territory).James K Polk was the prez.
