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Whisky Rebellion
George Washington was prez
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/diggers/articles/whiskey-rebellion-facts/ First real test of the new United States Government's authority to enforce federal laws. In Western Pennsylvania, people used a lot of whiskey: both to use up extra corn and as money. The federal government passed a tax on whiskey in 1791. Farmers in western Pennsylvania refused to pay the tax, saying it was like the Stamp Act all over again -
Jay's Treaty
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Prez: George Washington concluded in 1794 between the United States and Great Britain to settle difficulties arising mainly out of violations of the Treaty of Paris of 1783 and to regulate commerce and navigation.. http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/JaysTrea -
pinckney's treaty
Pinckney'S Treaty of 1795, also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo, between the United States and the Spanish Empire, established the thirty-first parallel as the border between the United States and Spanish West Florida. Spain had ceded that area in 1763 to Great Britain, which had moved the boundary from the thirty-first parallel to a line north of the thirty-second parallel. http://www.answers.com/topic/pinckney-s-treaty George wasgiton as president -
Farewell Address
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/washing.asp Washington's Farewell Address to the Nation appears in its entirety in this issue of the Independent Chronicle. Although it is by all accounts the most famous and best-known of Washington's speeches, it was never actually delivered orally by Washington. By his own arrangement it first appeared in a newspaper at Philadelphia. It was published seven days later in The Independent Chronicle. -
Election of 1800
•No candidate received a majority of electors, Jefferson elected by vote of House of Representatives
•Controversy over electoral tie vote led to passage of 12th Amendment
•Federal Capital moved from Philadelphia to Washington, DC in 1800
•One Elector in Rhode Island cast one of his votes for John Jay http://www.270towin.com/1800_Election/ -
Lewis and Clark expidition
www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/resources_timeline_180... prez: Thomas Jefferson When Thomas Jefferson dispatched Lewis and Clark to find a water route across North America and explore the uncharted West, he expected they'd encounter woolly mammoths, erupting volcanoes, and a mountain of pure salt. Throughout their journey -
Louisiana Purchase
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=louisiana+purchase&um=1& Prez: thomas Jefferson With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States purchased approximately 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the young republic. What was known as Louisiana Territory stretched from the Mississippi River in the east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Steamboat Invented
http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/history/clermont/index.htm Prez: Benjamin Harrison In 1803 Robert Fulton invented the steamboat
the first successful trial model, it wasn't until 1807 that Robert Fulton invented the Clermont, the first steamboat to successfully navigate 150 miles up the Hudson River. http://answers.ask.com/Society/Other/when_was_the_steamboat_invented -
Start of 1812
this is the start of 1812 is the British seizing american sailors at sea and impressing them into british navy http://www.c-span.org/Events/Myths-of-the-War-of-1812--Donald-Hickey/10737429197/ -
Battle of New orleans
General Andrew Jackson stands on the parapet of his makeshift defenses as his troops repulse attacking Highlanders..James madison was prez at this time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_New_Orleans.jpg -
Treaty of Ghent
Signing of the Treaty of Ghent. Admiral of the Fleet James Gambier is shaking hands with United States Ambassador to Russia John Quincy Adams. http://history.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Ghent -
Adams Onis Treaty
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=adams+onis+treaty&um=1&hl= The Adams-Onis Treaty, officially called the Transcontinental Treaty, was signed in 1819 by the United States and Spain. The treaty, which was ratified on February 21, 1821, settled boundary disputes between the two countries. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Adams-Onis_Treaty.aspx -
Election of 1824
•1st election where popular vote retained for history; eventual winner Adams received only about 32%
•No candidate received a majority of Electors, Adams elected by vote of House of Representatives
•Delaware moves from 4 back to 3 votes; and has maintained that number for 180 years
•Delaware Electors split their vote: 2 for Crawford, 1 for Adams
•Illinois Electors split their vote: 2 for Jackson, 1 for Adams
•Louisiana Electors split their vote: 3 for Jackson, 2 for Adams http://www.270towin.co -
Telegraph Invented
http://www.morrisparks.net/speedwell/tel/tel.html There were several steps towards the invention of the telegraph. The non-electric telegraph was invented in 1794 by Claude Chappe. This system used semaphore, rather than electrical signals along a wire, as later telegraphs did.
A simple form of electric telegraph using liquid and the concept of electrolysis was invented in 1809 by Samuel Soemmering of Bavaria. This was not a commercially viable product, but it showed how electrical signal -
Trail of tears
United States government brutally carried out a systematic removal of Native Americans from locations throughout the South to the Indian Territory
prez: Martin Van Buren
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"54-40 or flight
US President James K. Polk oversaw the greatest expansion in the size of the United States to date. Polk accomplished this through the annexation of Texas in 1845, the negotiation of the Oregon Treaty with Great Britain in 1846, and the conclusion of the Mexican-American War in 1848. Prez: James polk http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/oregon.htm -
Annexation of Texas
The Texas Annexation of 1845 was the voluntary annexation of the Republic of Texas to the United States of America, becoming the twenty-eighth state. Anglo-American immigrants, primarily from the South, began immigrating to Mexican Texas in the early 1820s at the request of the Mexican government, which sought to populate the sparsely inhabited lands of its northern frontier. Prez: jame k polk http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090917170302AA0gdpH -
California Goldrush
The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley in early 1848 sparked the Gold Rush, arguably one of the most significant events to shape American history during the first half of the 19th century. As news spread of the discovery, thousands of prospective gold miners traveled by sea or over land to San Francisco and the surrounding area.
Prez: James Polk
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Gadsden Purchase
1853 agreement to buy a strip of land in what is now the southern United States so that a railroad line could be built to the Gulf of California. James Gadsden was the U.S. Minister to Mexico and the man responsible for the deal. This was only five years after the end of the Mexican War and the delivery of the Mexican Cession. He agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for 45,535 square miles of territory that was almost as big as Pennsylvania.
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Monroe Doctrine
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=monroe+doctrine&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&tbo=d&biw=1024&bih=560&tbm=isch&tbnid=_COw7VSA5fP8vM:&imgrefurl=http://www.ourdocume principle of American foreign policy enunciated in President James Monroe's message to Congress, Dec. 2, 1823. It initially called for an end to European intervention in the Americas, but it was later extended to justify U.S. imperialism in the Western Hemisphere
