Events From 1800-1812

By anniebuckets25

  • The Convention of 1800 between France and the USnullifies the Treaty of 1778

  • Jefferson elected president.

  • Washington, D.C. becomes the national capital

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    War of 1812 Events

  • President Adams appoints "midnight judges" to tighten Federalist control of the courts

  • The federal government sells its shares in the Bank of the United States

  • The Republican Congress repeals the judiciary Act of 1801

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • Lewis and Clark Expedition

  • James Madison elected President

  • Battle of Tippecanoe

  • James Madison re-elected president

  • Congress provides for a 35,000 man regular army, gives Madison the power to call up state militias, and declares war on England

  • Napoleon defeated in Europe;

  • British troops are transferred to America and move on Washington.

  • The Peace of Ghent provides settlement of minor disputes between United States and Britain, leaves major issues of war untouched

  • Andrew Jackson's victory over the British at New Orleans