Andrew Jackson Era

By angel_hardy

  • Whiskey Rebellion

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    President: George Washington
    Description: farmers in the western counties of Pennsylvania engaged in a series of attacks on tax collecting agents because of a non necessary tax that was put on extra whiskey.

  • Jay's Treaty

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    President: George Washington
    Description: a treaty between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Great Britain, that stopped war between the two countries.

  • Pinckneys Treaty

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    President: George Washington
    Description: Treaty between Spain and The United States that gave the US navigation rights on the Mississippi River.

  • GW Farewell Address

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    President: George Washington
    Description: His service was no longer necessary, he truly believed he was never qualified to be president, used the majority of the letter to offer what he believed were the greatest threats to the survival of the nation.

  • Election of 1800

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    Description: The Election of 1800 was a presidential debate between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Thomas Jefferson won and became the first Democratic-Republican president.

  • Lousiana Purchase

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    President: Thomas Jefferson
    Description: Thomas Jefferson bought the Lousiana territory for 15 million dollars and sent Lewis and Clark on an expidition to explore the land.

  • Lewis and Clark Expedition

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    President: Thomas Jefferson
    Expidition: Lewis and Clark were sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the land he had bought from the Lousiana Purchase.

  • Steamboat Invention

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    President: Thomas Jefferson
    Description: Fulton made the first ever working steamboat. He took the idea of the steamboat from Fitch and transformed it. Robert Fulton's Clermont went from New York City to Albany making history with a 150-mile trip taking 32 hours at an average speed of about 5 miles-per-hour.

  • Start of The War of 1812

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    President Involved: James Madison
    War Of 1812: A conflict between the United States and The British Empire that lasted 2 years and 8 months. The beginning of the war was fought at sea, the second part was fought on land at the American-Canadian frontier, and lastly on the South and Gulf Coast.
    Results: Neither side won. The Treaty of Ghent was signed on December 30-1814 and declared peace.

  • Treaty of Ghent

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    President: James Madison
    Treaty Of Ghent: A treaty that was signed to stop the war of 1812 between the US and Great Britain. Neither side won land, they just reclaimed what they already posessed.

  • Battle of New Orleans

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    President: James Madison
    Battle: It was fought after the War of 1812 had ended. General Jackson didnt know that a treaty had been signed and fought and won against an invading British Army. -Reclaimed New Orleans-

  • Adams-Onis Treaty

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    President: James Monroe
    Description: Treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that gave Florida to the U.S. and set out a boundary between the U.S. and New Spain.

  • Monroe Doctrine

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    President: James Monroe
    Description: further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention.

  • Election of 1824

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    President: John Quincy Adams
    Election: The presidential election between John Quincy Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Only election to be decided by the House of Representatives.

  • Telegraph Invention

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    President: Martin Van Buren
    Description: Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872) is credited with making the first practical telegraph, the first instrument that could send messages across wires via electricity, in 1837.

  • Trail of Tears

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    President: Andrew Jackson & Martin Buren
    Description: The trail of tears whas the path the Native Americans took when they were forced to leave their homes and travel west and settle in the Oklahoma territory.
    4000 cherokee indians died on the trip. It was a LONG trip.

  • Annexation of Texas

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    President: James K. Polk
    Description: the United States of America annexed the Republic of Texas and admitted it to the Union as the 28th state; thus starting the Mexican-American War

  • 54-40 Or Fight

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    President: James K. Polk
    Description: 54-40 Or Fight, also known as the Oregon Boundary Dispute was about the US's boundary line seperating the US from Canada-British Territory. The US wanted control over the land at the 54-40 latitude lines, while we settled for the 49th parallel.

  • California Gold Rush

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    President: James Polk
    Description: After the dicovery of gold was found in Sutters Mill, hurdreds of people came to California in hopes to find gold.

  • Gadsden Purchase

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    President: Franklin Pierce
    Description: 29,670-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty signed by James Gadsden, last major territorial acquisition in the contiguous United States, the US might construct a transcontinental railroad along a deep southern route.