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George Washington took office of the executive branch
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Judiciary Act
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Congress had passed a prorective act
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Farmers in Western Pennsylvania refused to pay the tax
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The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions were written
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Political Statements were drafted
which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional. -
Election Of 1800
Thomas Jefferson was elected as president, marking the shift in power from the the Federalist Party to the Republican Party. It is important to note that this was a PEACEFUL transfer of power, and that Federalist policies and ideas still lived on for years. -
The territory sold by France to the US
comprising the western part of the Mississippi valley and including the modern state of Louisiana. -
The Commander of the British warship demanded the right to board and search the U.S. naval frigate Chesapeake for British deserters.
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President Madison had decided to go to war against Britain.
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War Of 1812
The indians went against the Americans -
British government ordered a blockade of the Chesapeake and Delaware bays.
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Madison and other federal officials had to flee from their own capital .
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British were burning town all along the Atlantic coast.
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Treaty of Ghent was signed
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Andrew Jackson's troops defeated a superior British force at the Battle of New Orleans.
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Mexico sealed its borders
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The Anglo Population Of Texas Doubled
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Austin had traveled to Mexico City
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Austin Won the Repel
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More than 1,00 Anglos streamed into Texas
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The Alamo
the battle for the Alamo was raging, Texans had declared their independence from Mexico. -
Houston Became President Of the Republic Of Texas
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Sam Houston invited the United States to annex, or incorporate, the Texas republic into the United States
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Kerny Marched West
part of his plan to seize New Mexico and California, Polk ordered Colonel Stephen Kearny to march from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, across the desert to Santa Fe, New Mexico. -
California Gold Rush
James Marshall, an American carpenter working on John Sutter’s property in the California Sierra Nevadas, discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
United States and Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
