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impressment |
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| British practice of forcing people, including U.S. citizens, to work in the British army or navy; led to increasing stress between Great Britain and the U.S. in the early 1800s |
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embargo |
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| not allowing trade with a country, usually to punish that country for its political actions |
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Embargo Act |
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(1807); law that stopped American merchants from trading with other countries
(hint: embargar = to stop) |
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Non-Intercourse Act |
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| (1809); law that took the place of the Embargo Act and allowed trade with all nations except Britain and France |
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Battle of Tippecanoe |
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(1813); battle between the U.S. and an Indian group that wanted to stop white settlement in the Northwest Territory; the U.S won; it increased tensions between Britain and the U.S.
members of Congress who wanted to declare war against Great Britain in the early 1800s |
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War Hawks |
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| members of Congress who wanted to declare war against Great Britain in the early 1800s |
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