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Chapter 9
Term | Definition |
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Thomas Jefferson | Third President |
Conestoga Wagons | Heavy covered wagon drawn by horse foxes or mules westward bound pioneers |
Louisiana purchase | Land deal between united states and france |
tribute | Wealth |
Impressment | Forcing people to join the navy |
Embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports. |
War Hawks | People that persuaded the congress to go to war with britian |
Nationalism | Being loyal to their country |
Francis Scott Key | Wrote the national anthem "star spangled banner" |
Treaty of ghent | ending the War of 1812. By terms of the treaty, all conquered territory was to be returned, and commissions were planned to settle the boundary of the United States and Canada. |
Battle of New Orleans | Final major battle in the war of 1812 |
Andrew Jackson | Army General that defeated the British at the Battle of New orleans |
James madison | Fourth President |
Dolly Madison | James Madison's Wife First Lady |
Sacagawea | Helped Lewis and Clark navigate the Louisiana purchase |
Privateers | Armed ships owned by private individuals holding government comission |