Timeline Prohect

By spiffyjb

  • Steamboat

    Steamboat
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    The idea of using steam power to propel boats occurred to inventors soon after the potential of Watt's new engine became known.

  • Whiskey Rebelion

    Whiskey Rebelion
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    President:George Washington
    Angered by an excise tax imposed on whiskey in 1791 by the federal government, farmers in the western counties of Pennsylvania engaged in a series of attacks on excise agents.

  • Jays Treaty

    Jays Treaty
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    Jay’s Treaty, officially titled “Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation, between His Britannic Majesty; and The United States of America,” was negotiated by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay and signed between the United States and Great Britain on November 19, 1794

  • Pickneys Treaty

    Pickneys Treaty
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    Signed in San Lorenzo, it was meant to settle disputes over boundaries with Spain.

  • Farwell Address

    Farwell Address
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    President:George Washington
    George Washington's Farewell Address announced that he would not seek a third term as president. Originally published in David C. Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser on September 19, 1796, Washington devoted much of the address to domestic issues of the time, warning against the rise of political parties.

  • Election of 1800

    Election of 1800
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    President:Thomas Jefferson
    The election of 1800 between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson was an emotional and hard-fought campaign.

  • lousinia purchase

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    Robert Livingston and James Monroe closed on the sweetest real estate deal of the millennium when they signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty in Paris on April 30, 1803.

  • Lewis & Clark Expedition

    Lewis & Clark Expedition
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    PRESIDENT:Thomas Jefferson
    The expedition's goal as stated by President Jefferson was "to explore the Missouri River, & such principal stream of it as, by its course & communication with the water of the Pacific ocean may offer the most direct & practicable water communication across this continent, for the purposes of commerce." In addition, t

  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
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  • Start of War of 1812

    Start of War of 1812
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    PRESIDENT: James Madison
    Reason it start: The British practice of impressing American merchant sailors stands as one of the central grievances leading up to the War of 1812.

  • Treaty og Ghent

    Treaty og Ghent
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    PRESIDENT:James Madison
    Ended the War of 1812, fought between Great Britain and the United States.

  • Battle of New Orleans

    Battle of New Orleans
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    PRESIDENT:James Madison
    Hostilities commenced when Cochrane sent naval forces forward to sweep American gunboats from Lake Borgne on December 12. Attacking with 42 armed longboats, Cochrane overwhelmed Lieutenant Thomas ap Catesby Jones' force on the lake. With the lake open, Major

  • adams-onis treaty

    adams-onis treaty
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    Treaty of Amity, Settlement, and Limits Between the UnitedStates of America and His Catholic Majesty

  • Monroe Doctorine

    Monroe Doctorine
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    The Monroe Doctorine was the policy of the United States

  • trail of tears

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    PRESIDENT:Andrew Jackson
    The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 of the Cherokees died.

  • 50-40 or fight

    50-40 or fight
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    In 1844, James K. Polk was elected president with the slogan "54'40 or fight!"

  • Annexation of Texas

    Annexation of Texas
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    Texas Fought the Mexican for territory. The Texans also did not like the Mexican government. Texans got only on seat in the Coahuila-Texas legislature. As problems between Mexico and the Texans grew over the question of slvery, war was unavoidable.

  • Calofornia Gold Rush

    Calofornia Gold Rush
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    California Dream is the psychological motivation to gain fast wealth or fame in a new land.

  • Gadson Purchase

    Gadson Purchase
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    In 1846, President Polk declared war on Mexico and sent troops to New Mexico and California under General Kearny.