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Steamboat invention
William Henry, Was the first American to attempt the propelling of a boat by steam. First to actually propel a steam boat was john fitch. Then came Robert Fulton which invented a device for sawing marble in quarries, improved the wheel for spinning flax, invented a machine for making rope, and a method of raising canal boats by inclined planes instead of locks http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsteamship.htm -
Telegraph invention
The non-electric telegraph was invented in 1794. In 1809 a crude telegraph was invented in Bavaria by Samuel Soemmering.
President: Abraham Lincoln. http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/telegraph.htm -
Whiskey Rebellion
In 1790, the new national government of the United States was attempting to establish itself. Because the government had assumed the debts incurred by the colonies during the Revolution the government was deep in debt. President was Hamliton
Picture:http://www.betterworldbooks.com/the-whiskey-rebellion-id-140015247X.aspx Whiskeyy -
Jay's Treaty
The agreement in 1794 between England and the U.S. by which limited trade relations were established, England agreed to give up its forts in the northwestern frontier, and a joint commission was set up to settle border disputes.
Info&Pic
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Farewell Address
This speech was made by George Washington upon leaving the office of the president in 1797. In it, he warned the infant nation to remain neutral with regard to European affairs, to avoid entangling alliances, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gilbert_Stuart,_George_Washington_(Lansdowne_portrait,_1796).jpg
yeaIs a letter written by the first American President, George Washington, to "The People of the United States" -
Pickney's Treaty
U.S. citizens were accorded free navigation of the Mississippi River through Spanish territory.And an agreement between Spain and the United States, fixing the southern boundary of the United States.
President: GW http://history.state.gov/milestones/1784-1800/PickneyTreaty -
election of 1800
was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791, During the presidency of George Washington. Farmers who used their leftover grain and corn in the form of whiskey as a medium of exchange were forced to pay a new tax -
Louisana Purchase
President was "Thomas jefferson"
Which he signed a treaty with Napoleon Bonaparte, It doubled the size of amercia at the time giving an important route threw the Mississippi River.
Info:
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Lewis & Clark Expedition
Happened about over 200 years ago.And did an expedition across the Louisiana Territory.There one of the greatest explorers known.They covered alot of land while going threw there journey.And the president during that time was
"Thomas jefferson".
Picture and Info:
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Treaty of Ghent
As the war raged, President James Madison worked to bring it to a peaceful conclusion. Hesitant about going to war in the first place, Madison instructed his chargé d’affaires in London, Jonathan Russell, to seek reconciliation with the British a week after war was declared in 1812. -
Start of War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Great Britain and lasted from 1812 to 1815. Resulting from American anger over trade issues, impressment of sailors, and British support of Indian attacks on the frontier, the conflict saw the US Army attempt to invade Canada while British forces attacked south....Pres. James Madison -
Battle of new Orleans
James Madison was still predisent. Britain was free to focus its attention on fighting the Americans in North America. The British plan for the year called for three major offensives with one coming from Canada, another striking at Washington, and the third hitting New Orleans. -
Adams Onis Treaty
it was basically a treaty that helped set the border between the US and Spain
President was James madison.
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Monroe Doctrine
Was declared in a few paragraphs of President James . He forewarned European countries not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere, MonroeWas declared in a few paragraphs of President James Monroe's seventh annual message to Congress on December 2, 1823. To forewarn the Europens not interfere in the Western Hemisphere, -
election of 1800
Thomas Jefferson won the electon of 1800 with 73 electorial votes. -
Trial of Tears
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1567.html As part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy which was president, 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. 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 thousands of people died from the trial of tears -
"54-40 or Fight"
There was an Oregon border dispute between the British and America, and he wanted the American border of the Oregon Territory to be extended to the line at 54'40.
President James K. Polk http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/oregon.htm -
Annexation of Texas
Northerners opposed because they said the annexation would bring more power to the south and spread slavery which they didnt want,And Texas became a US territory in 1844, late in the term of John Tyler.But did not become a state until 1845 when Polk was president during the time.
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California Gold Rush
There was a discovery of so call "gold nuggets" . By 1849 people from over seas and people who traveled gold minners covered the hole area.
President was James Knox Polk
http://www.history.com/topics/gold-rush-of-1849
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/jan/23/californias-gold-rush-days-live-temecula-valley-mu/ -
Gadsden Purchase
President was: Franklin Pierce
America bought this because people thought that the best route for a railroad was through this chunk of northern Mexico. Us bought it for 10 million.
http://www.oldmesilla.org/html/gadsden_purchase.html
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-was-the-gadsden-purchase.htm
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