U.S. Growing Role in World Affairs

By reneasturgeon

  • Proclamation of Neutrality

    Proclamation of Neutrality
    When France had declared war with Britain, America had been put in a tough spot. America was France's ally while also they had Britain's financial support. In order to prevent any more problems with the other countries American had declared that they were neutral in the matter.

  • XYZ Affair

    XYZ Affair
    The XYZ Affair was one event after another during the late 1970's. The incident had actually caused an undeclared war known as the Quasi-War. There was basically a lot of disagreements between the countries one after another and it caused many wars and such.

  • Convention of 1800

    Convention of 1800
    The Convention of 1800 is also known as the Treaty of Mortefontaine. This Treaty was created to settles the hostilites that had arose during the Quasi-War.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    The Louisiana Purchase was the real estate deal of the century. The United States had purchased all 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France for a mere amount of $15 million. That means only pennies per acre.

  • Embargo Act

    Embargo Act
    Britain and France had been at war since 1803. Americans had tried to remain neutral in the conflict but eventually they were involved without choice. Britain and France both began seizing American ships and had prohibited trade between neutral parties and against themselves. The Embargo Act prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports.

  • War of 1812

    War of 1812
    The War of 1812 is not a well-known war that happened in American History. This war actually helped establish the credibility of the United States. Its a war between Britian and the United States.

  • Treaty of Ghent

    Treaty of Ghent
    The treaty was signed by British and American representatives, which in turn ended the war of 1812. The terms of the treaty stated conquered territory to be returned, and comissions to settle boundaries of the United States and Canada.

  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine
    The Monroe Doctrine was a foreign policy that stated that any further actions from Europe to colonize land or interfere in states in North or South America would be recognized as agression and the United States would intervene.