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Jeffersons Pres.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Laissez Faire | Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs |
| Embargo Act 1807 | Forbade American trading ships from leaving the U.S. -Meant to force Britain and France to respect American Trade -Difficult to enforce -Merchants turned to smuggling -Drastically hurt the national economy. |
| Tribute | Money paid by one country to another in return for protection |
| Marbury v Madison | -Marbury was a midnight appointee of the Adams administration and sued Madison for commission in 1803 -Established judicial review |
| Judicial Review | Authority given the courts to review constitutionality of acts by the executive/state/legislature; est. in Marbury v. Madison |
| Louisiana Purchase | Territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million |
| Impressment | British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service |
| Pickney Treaty | 1795 - Treaty between the U.S. and Spain which gave the U.S. the right to transport goods on the Mississippi river and to store goods in the Spanish port of New Orleans |
| expidition | a long journy by a group to explore |
| continental divide | a ridge that separates river systems flowing toward opposite sides of a continent. |
| embargo | A ban on trade |
| smuggling | The act of illegally importing or exporting goods |