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Ch.1: With the Treaty of Paris, the British set up military posts running from the Northern end of Lake Champlain, to Niagara, Detroit, and Michigan Peninsula. The British took the posts because the US failed to live up the treaty terms. In 1784, the Spain closed the lower Mississippi River to the American commerce, and then orders a tariff on US goods. The U.S. made negotiation for commercial treaties and did trade directly with Europe. The Britain excluded the U.S from the imperial trade and received a large quantity of cheap goods. The U.S in the time of depression and the balance of trade made some states print more money between 1785 and 1786. Other states also tried imposing taxes and restricting new issues of money.
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The Macon’s Bill No. 2 became law this removes all restrictions on commerce with France and Britain. All trade with Britain returned to pre embargo levels and British fleet limit trades with France. General William Henry Harrison tried solving the Indian problem by pushing the Indians farther west made the Indian attack them and led by Chief Tecumseh. In November 7, 1811, The Battle of Tippecanoe was the attack of Tenskwatawa at Harrison’s camp without Tecumseh permission. Madison attack on Canada was a way to force British to respect neutral rights. On June 18, 1812, Madison declared was on Britain. The U.S used few merchant marines as privateers attacking British commerce. They captured more than 1,300 British vessels and sent its seven modern frigates to confront British. The USS Constitution defeated the HMS Guerrier and in October the USS United States forced the surrender of HMS Macedonian also the USS Constitution destroyed HMS Java. In the Invasion of Canada in 1812, the US military leadership was poor and attack against Canada failed. Gen. William Hull retreated and surrendered Fort Detroit in July 1812. In September 1813, the US destroyed British vessels on Lake Erie led by Captain Oliver Hazard Perry. In the Battle of Thames William Henry Harrison killed
Chapter 7 refers to the many different types of Federal and State surveys that are nonsectionalized.
People in the hollows of Appalachia who manufactured “moonshine” are doing the same as their ancestors did in the borderlands of northern Britain
Mayflower Compact-signed before leaving the ship, the Mayflower Compact wad the first form of self government within the colonies. It was not a constitution but an agreement to form a crude government and to submit to the will of the majority under the regulations agreed upon. The compact would set a precedent for future constitutions
banned the foreign slave trade January 1, 1808. The first problem in Jeffersons international affairs was the war with the barbary pirates. Recently the UnIted States had paid bribes to the Barbary States to keep them from Harassing with American merchants. Thomas Jefferson stopped paying the Bribes which led to a war. Jefferson tried using the navy to create a complete blockade around Tripoli. Jefferson ended up paying a last time fee of 60,000 dollars and made him build up the navy because of the weakness it showed. When Jefferson learned that Spain had given France the Louisiana territory it made him nervous. He believed that another battle for America was going to arise and he did not want to face the brilliant military mind of Napoleon. Thomas Jefferson sent two diplomats James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston to negotiate a purchase of Louisiana. Napoleon who desperately needed money to fight his european battles agreed to a price of fifteen millions dollars amounted to about four cents per acre for 828,000 square miles.. The United States obtained the land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains which more than doubled the size of the nation. Napoleon next declared war on Great Britain. Both countries than banned Almost every American commerce with the other country. The British Navy then began impressing AMerican sailors
5.5. Spain watched Portugal’s success with exploration and slaving with envy and wanted a piece of the pie.
Throughout the wars between Revolutionary and Napoleonic France and Great Britain (1793–1801 and 1803–15), the belligerent powers of Europe repeatedly violated the maritime rights of neutral nations. The United States, endeavoring to market its own produce
In Battles such as Thames and Baltimore, the United States conquered the British and Canadian troops. In the Battles of Chippewa and Horseshoe Bend, the American militia defeated the Swanee and Creek Natives respectively. They were against the Natives because of their alliance with the British forces. The death of Tecumseh was seen as a great achievement to them because it led to the end of battles versus the natives. The Americans, for the most part, were victorious on the water as well. The USS Constitution defeated the British vessel Guerriere on 19 August 1812 and the Java in December of that year. They also took over British ships and Canadian territory in the Battle of Lake Erie and the Battle of Plattsburgh.
Chapter eight starts After Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory, the size of the United States doubled. The U.S. now bordered Mexico, which had won its independence from Spain in the 1820s. In 1836, Texas broke off from Mexico and formed its own republic; in 1845, under the presidency of James Polk, and the U.S. brought Texas into the union, though the Mexican government continued to regard Texas as a part of Mexico. Polk was an expansionist president some would say although I think he just wanted as much as he could get so he ordered General Zachary Taylor(the future president of the United States) to provoke Mexican troops near the Rio Grande. Around the same time In 1846,
Many things emerged in cities because that was where most people worked and was the greatest population place. Hull House allowed for better working conditions
Both North and South were ill prepared for war in 1861. Initially dependent on volunteers, the Confederacy established a draft in 1862, and the Union did so the following year.
The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were a period of constant war within North America. From the Seven Years War of 1754 to American Revolution of 1775 and the war of 1812, just to name a few. The War of 1812 is, however, the most peculiar of them all. It was imposed by Madison upon a nation that was unenthusiastic and hesitant to fight.The main reasons that led to the declaration of the war were led by a motivation to preserve and maintain national honour in face of what Americans considered British insults. The British wanted to restrict the American trade with Napoleonic France, which was of highly profit, that America won in a long conflict against them. The British Navy seized American ships and American sailors
Chapter 23: The "Bloody Shirt" Elects Grant Post-Civil War Reconstruction: Andrew Johnson was impeached and the Democrats/Republicans both nominated new candidates (Democrats - Horatio Seymour and Republicans - Ulysses S. Grant) Election of 1868: Grant was nominated by Republicans despite his lack of political experience (a war general) Due to his popularity in the North he had around 300,000 more popular votes than his opponent (turning point was the 500,000 votes of Blacks given to Grant: Republicans protected the voting rights of the freedmen) 15th amendment: Republicans passed this amendment to secure black voting rights...stated that states cannot prohibit a citizen’s right to vote despite race and color Republicans believed for continued
I. Chapter 13: The Rise of a Mass Democracy a. The “Corrupt Bargain” of 1824 i. Four candidates 1. John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts 2. Henry Clay of Kentucky 3. William H. Crawford of Georgia 4. Andrew Jackson of New Orleans ii.
The main theme of Chapter 16 is Culture and Society (CUL) and Work, Exchange, and Technology (WXT) because of slavery’s absolute takeover of the United States, and the social, Political and economic consequences that come from it. In the south, the issue of slavery is very prevalent because it has taken over all aspects of peoples’ lives, and created am aristocratic social structure that’s dominated by the rich plantation owners. In the South, the rich had all the power, and the
I. New World Beginning • The discovery of the New World affected not only Europe and the Americans but other continents as well. A. The Shaping of North America 1. North America was shaped when it drifted from the other continents and the landscaped was formed natural occurrences throughout the years.