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Jude 7th - Ch. 12
Chapter 12: Foreign Affairs in the Young Nation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| George Washington | 1st President of the United States |
| neutrality | policy of not choosing sides |
| isolationism | policy of avoiding political or military agreements with other countries |
| John Adams | 2nd President of the United States |
| Great Britain and France | European countries at war with each other that kept attacking U.S. ships |
| John Jay | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court that Washington sent to London to settle things with the British in hopes of peace |
| Jay Treaty | treaty signed by the United States and Great Britain in which Britain agreed to stop attacking U.S. ships and pull their troops out from the Ohio River Valley |
| X, Y, Z Affair | diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats in which French secret agents demanded ransom from America |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | new French military leader with whom John Adams negotiated peace between France and the United States |
| not going to war with France | decision that would cost John Adams not to win re-election and would result with the downfall of the Federalist Party |
| Thomas Jefferson | 3rd President of the United States |
| Barbary States of North Africa | Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli |
| Mediterranean Sea | sea in which pirates from the Barbary States would attack U.S. merchant ships |
| Tripoli | Barbary State that went to war against the United States and lost; would go on to sign a treaty with the U.S. |
| embargo | a government order that forbids trade with another country |
| Embargo Act of 1807 | no foreign ships could enter U.S. ports and no American ships could leave except to trade at other U.S. ports |
| effect of the Embargo Act of 1807 | plan backfired and left Americans worse off than the Europeans |
| James Madison | 4th President of the United States |
| British supply | American settlers discover the British had been supplying the Native Americans with guns and ammunition |
| Canada | land to the north that Americans try to take from the British, but continue to be met with resistance and pushed back |
| War of 1812 | conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime (sea) rights |
| burning of the White House | event in 1814 in which British troops stormed Washington D.C. and burned an important building |
| Dolley Madison | First Lady who saved the famous painting of George Washington and several other historical artifacts |
| Fort McHenry | location where Francis Scott Key saw the American flag still waving after an entire night of bombardment from the British |
| Francis Scott Key | author of the future national anthem |
| Star Spangled Banner | national anthem of the United States |
| nicknamed the "Second War of Independence" | War of 1812 |
| James Monroe | 5th President of the United States |
| Latin America | where America turned its attention to after Monroe returned the nation to its policy of itolationism |
| Monroe Doctrine | declaration in 1823 that stated the Western Hemisphere was no longer open to European colonization |
| Europeans' feelings toward Monroe Doctrine | angry; what right did the United States have to tell Europeans what to do? |
| Americans' feelings toward Monroe Doctrine | excited; proud to see the United States stand up for freedom around the world |
| Result of Monroe Doctrine | Latin American countries fought and won their independence |
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