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the product of growing discontentment, which had been expressed as early as 1791, of grain farmers who resented a federal tax imposed on their distillery products. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-washington-writes-to-henry-lee
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representatives of the United States and Great Britain signed Jay’s Treaty, which sought to settle outstanding issues between the two countries that had been left unresolved since American independence. The treaty proved unpopular with the American public but did accomplish the goal of maintaining peace between the two nations and preserving U.S. neutrality. http://history.state.gov/milestones/1784-1800/JayTreaty
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The treaty was an important diplomatic success for the United States. It resolved territorial disputes between the two countries and granted American ships the right to free navigation of the Mississippi River as well as duty-free transport through the port of New Orleans, then under Spanish control. http://history.state.gov/milestones/1784-1800/PickneyTreaty
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a speech officially notifying the American public that Washington would voluntarily step down as the nation's first president http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-prepares-final-draft-of-farewell-address
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Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson defeated Federalist John Adams by a margin of seventy-three to sixty-five electoral votes http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/elections/election1800.html
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the United States purchased approximately 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the young republic http://www.history.com/topics/louisiana-purchase
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Jefferson sends a team to explore lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase http://www.history.com/videos/lewis--clark-expedition-charts-new-territory
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Invented by Robert Fulton notes
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the United States declared war against Great Britain in reaction to three issues: the British economic blockade of France, the induction of thousands of neutral American seamen into the British Royal Navy against their will, and the British support of hostile Indian tribes along the Great Lakes frontier http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/war-of-1812-ends
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the United States declared war against Great Britain in reaction to three issues: the British economic blockade of France, the induction of thousands of neutral American seamen into the British Royal Navy against their will, and the British support of hostile Indian tribes along the Great Lakes frontier http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/war-of-1812-ends
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was signed by British and American representatives at Ghent, Belgium, ending the War of 1812 http://www.history.com/topics/treaty-of-ghent
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the British marched against New Orleans, hoping that by capturing the city they could separate Louisiana from the rest of the United States. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-new-orleans
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was one of the critical events that defined the U.S.-Mexico border. The border between the then-Spanish lands and American territory was a source of heated international debate. In Europe, Spain was in the midst of serious internal problems and its colonies out west were on the brink of revolution. http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/timeline/2.html
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President James Monroe used his annual message to Congress for a bold assertion along with such other statements as George Washington's Farewell Address and John Hay's Open Door notes regarding China http://www.history.com/topics/monroe-doctrine
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Congress decides to turn over the presidential election to the House of Representatives, as dictated by the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/presidential-election-goes-to-the-house
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Invented by Samuel Morse. who also created "morse code". notes
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as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1567.html
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The southern boundary of the United States with Mexico was not the only western territory under dispute. The Oregon Territory spanned the modern states of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington, as well as the western coast of Canada up to the border of Russian Alaska. Both Great Britain and America claimed the territory. http://www.ushistory.org/us/29b.asp
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U.S. President James K. Polk oversaw the greatest territorial expansion of the United States to date. also known as The Oregon Treaty. http://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/TexasAnnexation
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The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley arguably one of the most significant events to shape American history during the first half of the 19th century. http://www.history.com/topics/gold-rush-of-1849
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was an agreement between the United States and Mexico,in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico. http://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/GadsdenPurchase
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