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Unit 6 Colonies Voca
Unit 6 Colonies Vocab
Term | Definition |
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John Marshall | Federalist and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, increased power of the federal government |
Marbury v. Madison | court case in which judicial review was used for the first time |
Judicial review | the process of the judicial branch declaring a law to be unconstitutional |
Barbary Pirates | pirates from North Africa who demanded a bribe in exchange for safe use of the Mediterranean Sea |
Embargo Act | law passed by Thomas Jefferson that banned trade with all foreign nations, it was a disaster and made Jefferson very unpopular |
Lewis and Clark | explored the Louisiana Territory to find a Northwest Passage, make peaceful contact with natives, and document the plant and animal life in the area |
Louisiana Purchase | the land bought from France in 1803 that went from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains |
Missouri River | route that Lewis and Clark followed as they explored the Louisiana Territory |
Sacagawea | native guide that assisted Lewis and Clark by acting as an interpreter |
Impressment | forcing sailors to serve in another country's navy against their will |
Tecumseh | Native American leader who dreamed of a confederacy of tribes that would stop US expansion westward |
Tippecanoe | battle fought between William Henry Harrison and Tecumseh's forces that ended Tecumseh's dream of a native confederacy, fought near Prophetstown |
William Henry Harrison | War of 1812 general who became a hero for defeating Tecumseh at Tippecanoe and the Battle of Thames |
Thomas Jefferson | president who doubled the size of the United States |
Treaty of Ghent | agreement that officially ended the War of 1812, nothing was gained by the Americans or British |
War of 1812 | fought because Americans were tired of British impressment and Congressmen wanted land in Canada |
Fort McHenry | American victory at Baltimore; the Star-Spangled Banner was written as a result of this battle |
Thames River | battle at which William Henry Harrison defeated Tecumseh for the last time; fought in Canada after the battle of Lake Erie |
Horseshoe Bend | battle fought in Alabama where Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek nation; secured millions of acres of Creek land for American settlment |
Nationalism | a feeling of pride for your nation |
Andrew Jackson | Tennessee general who became famous for defeating the Creek at Horseshoe Bend and the British at New Orleans |
Lake Erie | battle fought and won by the Americans to control the Great Lakes Region; Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led the American forces |
Battle of New Orleans | last battle of the War of 1812, resounding victory for the US, made Andrew Jackson a hero |
Washington DC | capital city that was burned down during the War of 1812 |
Hartford Convention | meeting of Federalists towards the end of the War of 1812, protested the war and wanted New England to secede from the Union |
Convention of 1818 | agreement in which the British and Americans set the US -Canada border at the 49th parallel |
Adams-Onis Treaty | deal between the US and Spain that ceded Florida to the United States |
John Quincy Adams | Secretary of State who worked out the Convention of 1818 and the Adams-Onis Treaty |
Era of Good Feelings | time period following the War of 1812 in which there was only one political party and a feeling of unity and nationalism in America |
James Monroe | 5th president of the United States during the Era of Good Feelings |
Monroe Doctrine | speech to Europe that said the Western Hemisphere was off limits to colonization, the US would protect Latin America |
Latin America | South, Central, and parts of North America claimed by either Spain or Portugal |