In the year 1762 it was given to Spain because of a secret treaty that was established between the two countries. A year later the vast region east of the Mississippi, with the exception of New Orleans was lost by Spain in the Seven Years War to Great Britain. ... This forced Spain to return what was left of Louisiana to France. ... Thomas Jefferson, in retaliation to the events prior, sent John Monroe to Paris to assist the American minister to France, Robert R. ... The purchase of Louisiana not only affected Americans at that time, but affected every American in the future....

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America Gains Independence: Now What? ... From this treaty Spain recognized the U.S. right to navigate on the Mississippi River, the boundary between Spanish Florida and the U.S. was set at the 31st parallel, and also Spain and the U.S. promised not to incite Indian attacks against each other. ... Although, seen as having alternate motives, this act was formed as a result of the Quasi War with France in 1798-1800. The Quasi War was caused by the XYZ Affair. ... The Louisiana Purchase was significant because it averted possible war with France and entanglement with Britain, it more than double...

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Research Paper America is the most respected and hated country in the world. ... In the book, "The Glorious Cause" written by Robert Middlekauff, it is said that the seeds of the American Revolution were planted before the war even started. ... The American colonists had had enough. ... Soon after the aforementioned battles the Spanish and French stepped in and gave the Americans a helping hand. ... Because of the help of the French and Spanish the colonists were able to hold off the British and win their independence. ...

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Jefferson also declared war to the Barbary pirates, because he thought it would be cheaper than paying bribery to free the seamen. ... That was not possible as long European countries owned territories in North America. In the treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) France got the vast Louisiana territory from Spain though. Spain had not been an obstacle, but Napoleonic France posed a real danger so Jefferson was appalled. ... His fear as nationalist turned into alert, when the Spanish colonial administrator in New Orleans prohibited the deposit of American produces for transshipments to foreign lands ...

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They attended this mission not knowing what to expect, travel to new places, and face war with other tribes and other nations, traveling in the west. ... Jefferson feared that the Spanish would block the route to New Orleans and then America wouldn't have any way of trading. ... All this was to hope that the Indians will trade with the Americans and not the British or Spanish. ... The American men gave the Crows what they wanted in return. ... "The reason that the Spanish refused to trade with them is because they said the Indians would probably shoot themselves." ( Barth 131) But th...

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As mentioned earlier, Jefferson had an interest in North American exploration. ... After their triumphant return, the hostile Aaron Burr engaged in a conspiracy either to establish an independent republic in the Louisiana Territory or to launch an invasion of Spanish-held Mexico. ... In an effort for the British to respect the United States" neutrality during the Napoleonic Wars by passing the Embargo Act, he persuaded Congress to stop all trade with Britain, a move that failed to gain any respect from Britain, alienated New England (who lived by foreign trade), and shattered t...

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Napoleon makes a deal with the King of Spain which gives the Louisiana Territory to France. 1801-Jefferson's inaugural address, March 4. ... The Barbary Pirates start looting American ships and the head of Tripoli government cuts down the flag of American Consulate which was a direct war suggestion. ... S. and Tripoli sign a peace treaty, ending the Mediterranean naval war between the two countries. ... The British claimed that 4 on the American ship were deserters. When the Americans refused to turn over the "deserters" there was an attack. ...

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Previous to the civil war rose two characters, two heroes, in Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. ... Together their philosophies define an age in American history. ... The African American push for freedom did lead to positive effects however. ... Jackson, like Jefferson, came into the spotlight during a time of war. ... At this time many other southern American countries had their own revolutions and Spain was forced to take their troops out of this region. ...

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America's first two presidents, George Washington and John Adams, both resolutely adhered to the idea that America should endeavor to stay out of war at all times, and did everything in their power to evade declaring and entering into war. ... Washington and Adams both believed that America should not side with any foreign country during times of war making the fundamental purport of America's first foreign policy the elusion of war at all costs. ... In 1793, George Washington proclaimed neutrality, thus declaring America an uninvolved, nonpartisan country in times of war. ...

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He spoke French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, and Latin, but also studied some 40 American-Indian languages. ... Jackson was a general in the War of 1812, and was nicknamed "Old Hickory" because of his toughness. ... It also opened the interior of the continent to American settlement. ... The conflict that followed became known as the First Seminole War. Jackson's troops began to seize Spanish forts in the area. ...

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1) While the Federalist and Republican parties were feuding and struggling for control of the growing country of America in 1800, the balance of power was beginning to tip. ... So for all intents and purposes, it could be said a revolution took place during the election of 1800, because from that point on the face of American government would never be the same. 2) The case of Marbury vs. ... Clay called this plan the American System and hoped it would lead the way for industrialization. ... Webster was closely related to the national bank, which at the time was not a favorite of the ...

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Jefferson passed the embargo acts in order to rebel against the British because the British were capturing American ships and sailors. ... The Jay Treaty in 1794 greatly disturbed the Republicans because the British said the states still had a pre-revolutionary war debt to pay. ... Jefferson favored and practiced expansionism, and he thought they should expand before Spain or France moves in and tries to take over. ... Congress enforced a draft for the army in the war of 1812, but the Constitution did not support this, resulting in a strict construction from Madison, which was a reversal fo...

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Tripoli War (1801-05)- A conflict between the United States and Tripoli, incited by American refusal to continue payment of tribute to the piratical rulers of the North African Barbary States of Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, and Tripoli. ... It also prevented war with France, over the Mississippi River. ... He oversaw the Navy that blockaded Tripoli to win the Tripoli war and also forced the Algiers and Tunis to renounce attacks against Americans. ... In reaction, Jefferson did not declare war, because he knew Britain had a superior Navy. ... War may have been avoided, but by closing all American ...

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When Adams was fourteen, he was hired as the private secretary to the American minister to Berlin, Francis Dana. ... President George Washington sought after someone to represent the American interests in Holland. ... He helped to write the Monroe Doctrine, and arranged for the United States to acquire Florida from Spain. In the election of 1824, the Republicans had four strong candidates, including Adams, against the famous general of the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson. ... Adams believed that liberty had been won by the American Revolution and that this liberty was guaranteed by the Constit...

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Under Jefferson's presidency, the national domain of America was doubled in size. ... The expedition was in western Spanish territory and was very dangerous. Going into foreign territory secretly could be seen as a call for war. ... This act prohibited American ships from leaving the United States. ... This act hurt American merchants and ship owners because they were not abl...

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Notes: Alone among the Founders of the United States George Washington earned the title "Father of his Country" in recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence. ... The Statue was a joint effort between America and France and it was agreed upon that the American people were to build the pedestal, and the French people were responsible for the Statue and its assembly here in the United States. ... The Statue was placed upon a granite pedestal inside the courtyard of the star-shaped walls of Fort Wood (which had been completed for the War of 1812.) ... After 1901, the ...

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Dolley Madison 1768-1849 James Madison's wife is the only first lady given an honorary seat on the floor of Congress, and was the first American to respond to telegraph message-sent by inventor Samuel Morse. ... Grant's wife was cross-eyed, and owned slaves during the Civil War while her husband served as general of the Union Army.   ... Ida McKinley 1847-1907 William McKinley's wife was the only first lady to work as a bank teller and manager, and successfully urged her husband to retain the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.   ... After her death in the White H...

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The American Revolution today can be summarized as the uprising of American patriots against the British rule's unfair taxation to the colonies. ... The obvious danger of such economic control initiated a full-blown assailment against wealth, peculiarly lead by some of the richest men in America such as Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and George Washington. ...

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