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Bill of Rights
These 10 rights became the first 10 amendments to the Constitution on December 15, 1791 and became known as The Bill of Rights.They protect individual rights. -
neutral country
It was when the usa become a neutral country when France declared war against Great Britain. That France asked America to help fight the war so America didnt were in conditions to fight another war so soon so president Washington kept the country neutral. -
2nd president
John Adams became the second president 1793-1801 elected from massashusetts, he wasn't so popular.He was born in 1735 and died in 1826 -
steamboats
it was a boat that work with the power of steam.And made water transportation faster,there were 300 steamboats carrying passenger on the mississippi river and the rivers that joined it -
The Embargo Act
under this act, no Americans ships could trade with foreign nations. this made trade fall apart in America for over a year -
Seminole attacks
General Jackson invades Florida to stop Seminole attacks.Jackson served in the military again during the First Seminole War. He was ordered by President James Monroe in December 1817 to lead a campaign in Georgia against the Seminole and Creek Indians. Jackson was also charged with preventing Spanish Florida from becoming a refuge for runaway slaves. Critics later alleged that Jackson exceeded orders in his Florida actions -
Era of Good Feelings
18717-25 the early presidency of James Monroe, whose administration found the country at peace and the economy prosperous. Monroe accepted the National Bank and protective tariff and approved further construction on the National (Cumberland) Road. Despite the economic panic of 1819, Monroe received all but one electoral vote to a second term in 1820. Despite the apparent harmony, renewed sectionalism and factionalism eroded "good feeling" during Monroe's second term -
Adams-Onis Treaty
The Adams-Onís Treaty, also called the Transcontinental Treaty or the Florida Treaty, was a treaty between the United States and Spain. Giving florida to the U.S.and established the boundary between the U.S. and Mexico. -
The Missouri Compromise
it was approved.The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30' north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. -
The Monroe Doctrine
is the main thing that brought U.S policy for a lot of years. this policy state that any attemp by a european power to estend it's influence in any part of the western hemisphere would be considered a threat to the peace an safety to the U.S. -
John Quincy Adams
to march 4 in 1829.He was also an American diplomat and served in both the Senate and House of Representatives. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of President John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams. He and his father were the only Presidents in the first fifty years of the presidency to serve only one term. -
the Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about 363 miles from Albany, New York on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. First proposed in 1808, it was under construction from 1817 to 1832 and officially opened -
Nat turner's Rebellion
Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed approximately 55 white people, the highest number of fatalities caused by slave uprisings in the South. The rebellion was put down within a few days, but Turner survived in hiding for several months afterward.there was widespread fear, and white militias organized in retaliation against slaves. In the frenzy, many innocent enslaved people were punished. At least 100 blacks, and probably more, were killed. Across the South, state legislators passed new laws
