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Unit 3

A New Nation

TermDefinition
Alexander Hamilton Leader of the Federalist Party who was killed in a duel in 1804.
Federalist First U.S. political party that supported a strong central government and an economy focused on manufacturing, commerce, and trade.
Election of 1800 Thomas Jefferson defeated President Adams and power peacefully transferred from one political party to another.
Democratic - Republican Political party that supported individual and state rights and an agrarian economy based on land ownership and agriculture.
Louisiana Purchase 1803 - President Jefferson bought land from France which doubled the size of the U.S.
Lewis and Clark Leaders of an expedition that explored the Louisiana Territory and found a route to the Pacific Ocean.
John Adams 2nd President (1797 to 1801) Elected in 1796 as the only Federalist to serve as President of the United States.
Thomas Jefferson 3rd President (1801 to 1809) Democratic - Republican elected in 1800 who wanted to downsize the federal government, repeal excessive taxes, and reduce military spending and public debts.
James Madison 4th President (1809 to 1817) Democratic - Republican who asked Congress to declare war on Great Britain in 1812.
Impressment A practice of the British Navy to seize American sailors and force them to serve on their ships.
Alien and Sedition Acts 1798 - Congress passed laws to deport foreigners and imprison citizens for negative speech about the government and its leaders of the United States.
Treaty of Ghent 1814 - Peace terms agreed to by the U.S. and Britain to end the War of 1812 and restore pre-war borders.
War of 1812 Conflict between the United States and Great Britain from 1812 and 1815.
Sacagawea Native American woman who was a translator and guide for Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Monroe Doctrine 1824 - Declaration by the United States that stated the Americas were closed to any future European colonization .
James Monroe 5th President (1817 to 1825) Democratic - Republican who presided over the Era of Good Feelings.
Quasi War Undeclared conflict fought at sea between ships of the United States and France from 1798 to 1800.
Tecumseh Shawnee Chief who created a Native American Confederacy that was aligned with Great Britain in order to return to old ways of living and to stop the sale of Indian lands to the U.S.
Andrew Jackson U.S. General who defeated a British attack on New Orleans in 1815 and led a raid into Spanish Florida against Seminole Indians in 1818.
Convention of 1800 Meeting between the United States and France where it was decided to terminate the Treaty of Alliance of 1778.
Adams - Onis Treaty 1819 - Agreement where Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
New Orleans The British attacked this city in 1815 in the final battle of the War of 1812.
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Statements secretly drafted by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to call on states to reject the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Washington D.C. Burned by British troops during the War of 1812.
Weapons Great Britain supplied Native Americans with this item from Canada.
Embargo Act 1807 - Congress closed the United States to overseas trade.
XYZ Affair 1797 - French diplomats refused to meet with U.S. diplomats unless a bribe was first paid.
John Marshall Federalist who was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by President Adams.
Judicial Review Power of the Supreme Court to review and strike down laws as unconstitutional - Established in Marbury v. Madison in 1801.
USS Chesapeake U.S. ship that was fired on by the British ship HMS Leopard off the coast of Virginia in 1807 - Led to the Embargo Act.
Napoleon French Emperor who sold Louisiana to the United States.
Oregon Country Territory that the U.S. laid claim to after the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Non-Intercourse Act 1809 - Congress offered to open trade to Britain OR France - Whoever was first to recognize the neutral rights of U.S. ships.
War Hawks Young Democratic - Republicans in Congress who sought war with Great Britain.
Canada A U.S. invasion of ____________ was defeated in 1812.
Baltimore A British attack on ____________ in 1814 was defeated by U.S. troops in Fort McHenry.
Hartford Convention 1814 - Meeting of anti-war Federalists who discussed seeking a separate peace with Great Britain and breaking away from the United States.
Era of Good Feelings A period of political unity, nationalism, and economic growth after the War of 1812 while James Monroe was president.
American System Economic program after the War of 1812 to recharter the National Bank, place tariffs on foreign goods, and fund internal improvements like roads and canals.
Henry Clay Democratic - Republican in Congress who proposed the American System and the Missouri Compromise.
Steamboat Invention by Robert Fulton that advanced river transportation.
Canals Man-made waterways constructed to benefit commerce.
National Road The first highway that was funded by the federal government.
Interchangeable Parts Concept by Eli Whitney to produce machine made identical pieces that could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers.
Cotton Gin Invention by Eli Whitney to clean the seeds from cotton fibers.
Textiles Francis C. Lowell built the first American factories in Massachusetts which produced ______________________.
Cotton Became the most valuable cash crop in the world in the early 1800's.
Missouri Compromise 1820 - Created Missouri as a Slave State, Maine as a Free State, and Latitude 36 / 30' divided the Louisiana Purchase into Free and Slave territory.
Latitude 36 / 30' Slavery would be allowed in Louisiana Territory South of the line, but would be prohibited North of it.
Federalists This group opposed war against Great Britain.
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