The Jeffersonian Era

By theflyingbunny

  • Battle of Fallen Timbers

    Settlers began to pour into Ohio region after battle

  • Napoleon re-obtained Louisiana

  • Twelfth Amendment enabled

  • Barbary Pirates

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    Jeffersonian Republicanism

  • Thomason Jefferson 1st Presidential Inauguration

  • Jefferson repealed the Judiciary Act of 1801

  • Marbury v. Madison

    Established "Judicial Review"

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • Great Britain and Napoleonic France went to war

  • Ohio 1st state admitted to the Union form the Northwest Territory

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    Lewis and Clark Expedition

  • Sacajawea gave birth on Lewis and Clark Expedition

  • Chesapeake Affair

    American Frigate "Chesapeake" fired upon by British HMS Leopard. American seamen were captured and "impressed" into the Royal Navy

  • Jefferson Embargo Act

    Forbade trade with the rest of the world

  • James Madison begins 1st of two terms as President

  • Embargo Act Repealed

  • War Hawks (Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun) pressure Madison toward war

    From the Mid states, South and the American West. Important to defend America's shores and not allow terrorists on the high seas to dictate American trade.

  • Battle of Tippecanoe

    Harrison's forces attacked the Indians in Indiana Territory, in "Prophetstown" and destroyed it.

  • War of 1812 Declared

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    War of 1812

  • Hull surrenders at Detroit (failed attempt to attack in Canada)

    From Detroit, across the Great Lakes into Canadian territory. Failed without even a real fight. Then British pushed US back into New York at Niagara. Opening campaigns failed.

  • USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) beats several British ships

    Victory at Sea: USS Constitution against British Guerriere. Canon balls bounced off the solid oak walls. Old Ironsides.

  • British tightened their blockade along coast, American ships stuck in port

  • Battle of Lake Erie (US Victory)

    Perry defeated the British with a makeshift American fleet.

  • Battle of Thames (US Victory)

    Harrison beat the British-Indian force, Tecumseh killed, Northwest never again seriously threatened by Indians or British.

  • Battle of Horseshoe Bend

    Andrew Jackson defeated the unfriendly Creek Indians. Tecumseh caused civil war to break out in the South among Creek Indians in the Mississippi territory.

  • Napoleon Surrenders

  • Battle of Bladensburg (defeated)

    D.C., Capitol, White House and US Treasury burned. Dolley Madison saved many US portraits from the White House from being burned.

  • Fort McHenry (Americans successfully defended)

  • Treaty of Ghent signed

  • Battle of New Orleans (US Victory)

    fought 2 weeks after Treaty of Ghent. most stunning victory of the war.

  • McCulloch v. Maryland

    ruled that Congress had implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution to create the Second Bank of the United States and that the state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the Bank.

  • Gibbons v. Ogden

    established the principle that states cannot, by legislative enactment, interfere with the power of Congress to regulate commerce.