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Chapter 7 (Amsco)
The Age of Jefferson (Completed)
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11th Grade
01/15/2012

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Thomas Jefferson
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3rd President Democratic Republican Boss Nigger
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Lousiana Purchase
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America gained the land west of the Missippi becasue Napoleon no longer wanted it becasue he needed to fight England and a rebeelion on the island Santo Domingo weakend them a lot
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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French ploitical leader/ dictator
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T'oussaint l' Ouverture
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Lead a rebellion on Santo Domingo that upset French troops casuing a heavy loss
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strict interpretation of constitution
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No powers were implied by the constitution, TJ switched back and forth from it
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Lewis and Clark Expidition
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They explored the Lousiana purchase with others. This helped geographic and scientific knowledge fo the area and improved relations with the natives.
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John Marshall
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Federalist Cheif Justice of Supreme Court, his decisions pften improved the central government at the expense of state rights
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judicial review
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Now the supreme court would detrimine if acts of congress and the president were constitutional
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Marbury v Madison
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Detirmined that the Judiciary Act of 1789 was unconsitutional, the law gave the courts more power than the const. granted Marbury lost
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Aaron Burr
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Republican VP who embarked on a series of ventures to breakup the Union and killed Hamilton
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quids
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Small part of the democratic-republican party
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Barbary pirates
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Piracy that took place in Northern Africa, to stop troubles former presidents just paid them off, Jefferson refused to pay and America wnet to war, no clear victory but respect was gained and some protection of U.S vessels
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neutrality
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The U.S tried to remain neutral in European affairs like the Napoleonic wars pf France and Britain
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impressment
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British forcing americans caught on the ocean to serve in the British navy
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Cheasapeake-Leopard Affair
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Americans killed and impressed by British navy right off the coast of Virginia, angered many
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Embargo Act 1807
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Prevented American ships from going to any foreign port in order to stop the British from impressing soldiers, this is becasue America would no longer be trading with it
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James Madison
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Secretary of State for Jefferson, 4th President
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Nonintercourse Act
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After disaster of Embargo Act , Madison made it so America could trade anywhere but France and Britain
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Macon's Bill No. 2
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Gained trained with France and Britain but if one agreed to respect the U.S, tthe U.S would again ignore the other
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Tecumseh Prophet
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Attempted to Unite tribes of the Mississppi River and tried to make Indian Confederacy but was beat by WHH at the battle of Tippecanoe
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William Henry Harrison
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War hero from the battle of Tippecanoe
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Battle of Tippecanoe
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1811 battle where WHH destroyed Shawnee headquarters and put an end to the efforts to create an Indian Confederacy
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War Hawks
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New young Republicans from fronteir states who were known for their eagerness to go to war with Britain
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Henry Clay 
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War Hawk from Kentucky that beleived war with Britain would defend American honor, gain Canada and destroy Native resistance on the fronteir
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John C. Calhoun
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War Hawk from SC beleived what Clay thought about war with Britain
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Old Ironsides
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American war ship that raised American morale after sinking British ships off the coast of Novia Scotia
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Battle of Lake Eerie
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Most important naval battle of the War of 1812 ending in Americas win
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Oliver Hazard Perry
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Captain in American Navy who defeated the British in the battle of lake eerie
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Battle of the Thames River
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Battle where WHH defeated Tecumseh made possible by the victory of the battle of lake eerie
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Thomas Macdonough
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Captain of U.S Navy that defeated the British at the battle on Lake Champlain
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Francis Scott Key "The Star Spangled Banner"
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Poem written by FSK about the British attempting to take control of Fort William McHenry in Baltimore
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Andrew Jackson
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American General who won against the British ally, the Creek Nation which opened up new lands for American settlers. Boss nigger
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Battle of New Orleans
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Jackson stopped the British from taking control over the Missippi, the battle was fought 2 weeks after the war had ended
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Treaty of Ghent
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Agreement reached by both the Americans and British to end the War of 1812 in Belgium, it halted the fighting, returned land to prewar owners and recognized the prewar boundary of Canada and the U.S
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Hartford Convention
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Before war ended NE came close to seceding from the Union by radical federalists. They did not but they maid further provisions to make sure the republicans were not in to much control, one provision was a 2/3 vote of the House for any declaration of war
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