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Steamboat invented
The steamboat was invented by Robert Fulton in 1736. It improved transpotantion in the US. -
Whiskey Rebellion
The farmers protested taxes against their leftover wheat and corn in the form of whiskey. During the presidency of George Washington -
Jay's Treaty
The American statesman John Jay, pressed into service as special envoy, went to England to negotiate disagreements between the two governments. On November 19, 1794 Jay's Treaty was signed, averting the threat of war. -
Pickney's Treaty
established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. It also defined the boundaries of the United States with the Spanish colonies and guaranteed the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River -
Farewell Address
Extrolls the benefits of the federal government, warns aginst the party system, stresses the importances of religion and morality, warns against permanent foreign policies, and the over-powerful military establishment -
Election of 1800
Jefferson was elected against Aaron Burr -
Louisiana Purchase
Cost 15 million dollars and nearly doubled the size of the US. -
Lewis and Clark expedition
the first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific coast -
Telegraph invented
Samuel Soemmering invented the first electrical telegraph in 1809. It improved communication in the US. -
Start of War 1812
The United States declared war on great britain. -
Treaty of Ghent
signed by British and American representatives at Ghent, Belgium, ending the War of 1812 -
Battle of New Orleans
It was the final major battle of the war of 1812 -
Adam-Onis Treaty
renounced claim to Texas by the United States of the North -
Monroe Doctrine
It stated that 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 United States would neither interfere with existing European colonies nor meddle in the internal concerns of European countries -
Election of 1824
Andrew Jackson was elected and it was the start of Democratic-Republicans -
Trail of Tears
Cherokee people, forcefully removed from their homelands in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee to live in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. They traveled by foot, horse, wagon, or steamboat. -
Annexation of Texas
the United States of America annexed the Republic of Texas and admitted it to the Union as the 28th state -
“54 – 40 or Fight”
the boundary between the U.S. and British Canada was established at 49° with the Treaty of Oregon in 1846 -
California Gold Rush
began when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. -
Gadsden Purchase
a 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
