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- American History
- 1784-1815
- 1791
- The 1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution were called the
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- Bill of Rights
- The Bill of Rights were known as-Safeguards of fundamental individual Rights
- 1787
- The Constitution of 1787 was composed of
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- Articles
- Compromises
- Treaties
- Drafts
- Compromises
- The Constitution of 1787, as drafted then, was composed of many Compromises
- 1789
- 1st President to be elected by all 69 Electorial College votes was
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- Washington
- Jefferson
- Adams
- Johnson
- Washington
- Washington elected by all Electors voting-73 eligible, 69 voting, 4 absent
- 1790
- Hamilton was known as Father of the National Debt
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- True-he urged Congress to fund the entire Nat'l Debt & assume State Debts also
- 1789
- The First Tariff Law-8% on value of dutiable imports, passed by 1st Congress
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- True-Main goal was Revenue, 2nd was protective wall around infant Industries
- 1794
- Jefferson favored strict construction of the
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- Constitution
- Constitution-he believed in general that what it did not permit it forbade
- 1794
- The Wiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania was because of an excise
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- Tax
- The Tax was regarded not as Tax on Luxury but a burden on economic necessity
- 1807
- The Embargo Act of 1807 proved to be disastrous for America
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- True-Jefferson overestimated British dependence on trade with America
- 1784
- Who wrote - Notes on Virginia
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- Jefferson
- Washington
- Adams
- Hamilton
- Jefferson
- Jefferson, a man of many interests, intellectual curiosity, faith in Democracy
- 1801
- Jefferson was elected President by the House of Representatives in 1801
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- True-To break Electorial tie with Burr-all Federalists votes went to Jefferson
- 1803
- Louisiana Purchase, negotiated with France, cost $15 million dollars
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- True-U.S. doubles its domain, increasing its territory by 827,000 sq. miles
- 1804
- Mr. Clark and I paved a trail all the way to the Midwest to the Pacific Ocean.
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- Lewis
- Lewis-StLouis to Dakota-across Rockies-over Continental Divide to the Pacific
- 1807
- I made the first successful steamboat trip on the Clermont
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- Fulton
- Fulton was the inventor of the steamboat
- 1800
- The first submarine-Nautilus-was designed & built by Robert Fulton
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- True-folding masts & sails flat-3 crew turning a screw dove to a depth of 25ft
- 1801
- Tripoli declared war June 10 against U. S.
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- True-U.S. refused added tribute to commerce raiding Arab Corsairs-thus War
- 1809
- The Non-Intercourse Act was a limited substitute for the
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- Embargo
- The Embargo Act was Jefferson's Compromise between submission & shooting
- 1812
- Pressured by the War Hawks, Congress Declared War against
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- Britain
- War with Britain declared over freedom of the seas for U.S. vessels
- 1814
- The Capitol & White House in Washington D.C. was burned by the British in 1814
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- True-This was in retaliation for the American attack on York
- 1813
- Wm. Henry defeated combined British & Indians in the Battle of the Thames
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- True-after which the Americans burned York(now Toronto)Capital of upper Canada
- 1814
- Star Spangled Banner written by Francis Scott Key while a prisoner of British
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- True-The Star Spangled Banner later became the National Anthem of the U.S.
- 1815
- British routed at New Orleans Jan 8, 1815 by
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- Jackson
- This was the last battle, led by Andrew Jackson, of the War of 1812
- 1814
- The Treaty of Ghent, signed on Christmas Eve, was essentially and Armistice
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- True-Both sides simply agreed to stop fighting & restore Conquered Territory
- 1783
- Massachusettes outlawed Slavery in 1783
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- True-Stating the Bill of Rights "All men are born free & equal"
- 1808
- Congress made Slave Importation illegal, no slave imported after 1808
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- False-although illegal some 250,000 slaves were imported between 1808-1860
- 1810
- Henry Clay, John Calhoun & Felix Grundy were so-called War Hawks
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- True-they advocated war against the Indians to get more land for settlement
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