Striving for Nationhood

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Striving for Nationhood

• Democratic Republicans in Power
• Expansion and the Agrarian Republic
• International Relations
• The Era of Good Feelings
• The Monroe Doctrine

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Democratic Republicans in Power

• Simplifying Government
• Abolish Federalist Excise taxes
• Allow Alien and Sedition Acts to Expire
• The Judiciary
• The Judiciary Act of 1801
• Chief Justice Marshall (1801-1835) and Judicial
  Review
• Marbury vs. Madison 1803
• Jeffersons War on the Judiciary

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Expansion and The Agrarian Republic

• The Agrarian Ideal (vs. Industrial Cities)
• The Louisiana Purchase
• 1800 France re-acquires Louisiana
• Jefferson instructs Robert R. Livingston to
  purchase New Orleans
• Napoleon sells all of Louisiana for 15M
• Federalists Oppose (Hamilton vs. Burr)
• Lewis and Clark
• Indian Relations Resist Assimilate Move

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Louisiana Purchase Map
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International Relations

• Napoleonic Wars and the United States
• Stalemate in Europe
• U.S. and Free Trade
• British intervene against American commerce
• Non-Importation Act 1806
• Embargo Act 1807 Federalist Opposition
• Jefferson steps down 1808
• Madison repeals Embargo Act

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The War of 1812

• Nov. 1811 Congress authorizes military buildup
• Jun. 1812 Congress declares war
• Federalists and Northeastern Dem-Reps oppose
• Southerners and Westerners support
• War Hawks Henry Clay (Ky.) and John Calhoun
  (S.C.)
• 1813 New England political leaders withdraw
  troops
• Hartford Convention threatens secession
• 1814 Washington, D.C. overrun, Baltimore holds.

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War of 1812 Map
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The War of 1812

• 1814 Britain defeats France
• Treaty of Ghent Dec. 24, 1814
• Return to status quo ante
• Battle of New Orleans Jan. 8, 1815

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The Era of Good Feelings

• The American System
• National Bank
• Protective Tariffs
• Infrastructure
• Panic of 1819
• The Missouri Compromise 1820
• The Monroe Doctrine 1823

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Missouri Compromise Map
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National Boundaries Map