Adams and Congress had to prepare for war; meanwhile the French seized American ships. This added on to the threats and actions the French had already made and took. ... Adams then damaged any chance he had of reelection by opening up negotiations with France in 1800. ... This was more of a personal election and was recorded as the grimiest election in the history of the United States. ... This was the most fully national alignment of parties in U.S. history. ...

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The French and English conflict caused many problems with America's political system. ... The French reacted by seizing American ships causing the threat of war to loom large in American minds. ... They immediately renounced all treaties of 1788 with France and began their agenda of creating a large standing army and a Navy Department to deal with the threat of an American-French war. Fear and patriotism were fanned and a strong anti-French sentiment swept the land. ... Are there any instances in 20th century history that compares to the Sedition Act's flagrant disregard of the First...

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The Louisiana Purchase and national health care legislation were two historic events in the history of the United States. ... France completely adopted the idea of economic imperialism, and under the leadership of its Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte, France controlled territories all around the world by the beginning of the nineteenth century. ... The United States paid France $11,250,000 for the land, in addition to canceling $3,750,000 in war debts that the French owed the United States. ... Another huge issue was that due to the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso between France and Spain, France was...

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One of the most significant acts in the history of the United States was past when the senate accepted Thomas Jefferson's broad interpretation of the Constitution and approved the Louisiana Purchase. ... That same day Great Britain also signed separate treaties with France, an ally of the U.S., and Spain, an ally of France (Crawely 123-127). ... In 1802, France sent forces to New Orleans and Hispaniola. ... Louisiana was of diminishing importance to France. ... What about the French in Louisiana? ...

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Jefferson (2013) stated "Over the next 17 days, Jefferson drafted one of the most beautiful and powerful testaments to liberty and equality in the world history" (para. 11). This single document would go on to change the history of the United States forever. ... During his presidency much of his time was focused on the war between French and British. Adams (2013) states that his administration focused on diplomatic efforts with France during this time sending three commissioners to France to try to establish trade agreements with them. France was unwilling to establish trade with the...

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It's also known as one of the most overlooked wars in United States history, often bookended by the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. ... " Great Britain and France had been intermittently at war since 1793. ... British did this by blockading the French coast and in 1807 it passed the Orders in Council, which required neutral countries to obtain a license before trading with France. Napoleon, and the French responded by blockading the British coast, through the Continental System. American ships caught in these blockades were taken for use by both the British and French navy's and ...

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Dealings with countries like Britain and France required the continued reliance of America on Old World Europe and involvement in its distant affairs. Also, the shipping of goods across the Atlantic was a costly enterprise even before factoring in the frequent seizing of American trade ships by the French and other countries that possessed formidable navies. ... (Major Problems, p. 190) Thomas Jefferson felt that the influx of immigrants would be detrimental to a nation he saw as developing purely and in a different, happier path then the past failures of Great Britain or France. ... The ...

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The French and Indian war took place in America. ... At first the British were frighten of the French who devastated their settlements but they were able to recover after William Pitt was at the command of the operations. Slowly they took control over the war and forced the French out of their colonies up to Quebec were they cornered French soldiers up a rocky embankment. ... It did just that, the movement gained supporters and allies, including France. ... The Declaration of Independence changed American History, even though the text of Declaration in its first years was considered indiff...

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It was a negotiation for land between the United States and France in 1803, in which the U.S. gained approximately 827,000 square miles of land to the west of the Mississippi River for $15 million dollars. Initially, Jefferson envisioned on obtaining the territory from Spain but events were altered and the U.S not only gaining a massive beneficial piece of land, but also gained the powerful Napoleon Bonaparte of France as a very beneficial ally. ... In the middle of April in 1803, shortly before Monroe's arrival, the French asked Livingston if the United States was interested in purchas...

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Washington's political and military career began as early as 1754 when he participated in the French and Indian War as a leader of a Virginia regiment. ... Adams was the second president of our great nation and has become one of the great figures in American history. ... (p.105) He traveled to France on several occasions to correspond between the two countries during the war. ... Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States has been regarded as one of the most brilliant men in history. ... Soon Jefferson became a revolutionary, and in 1776 wrote the most important documen...

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History 200 Lewis and Clark Paper March 29, 2003 The Lewis and Clark Expedition was written by Gunther Barth. ... Jefferson has a specific instruction for Lewis and Clark when they were to run into an Indian tribe. " In all your intercourse with the natives treat them in the most friendly and conciliatory manner which their own conduct will admit; commercial dispositions of the U.S of our wish to be neighborly, friendly and useful to them." ( Barth, 21) The reason Jefferson told Lewis to treat them as people and not savages is because Jefferson felt that the men would be showing the Ind...

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Jefferson believed that no degree of power in the government would or could prevent any uprising but it was notable that the American Government was lighter than that of France but heavier than that of England and America had only suffered one rebellion to speak of since the beginning of it's history. France on the other hand seemed to have one rebellion of greater degree every year, Turkey seemed to have one every day and England had one every half dozen years. ... United States History. 11/11/03, http://www.ushistory.com. ...

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A child of the American Revolution, John Quincy Adams was the first President of American History whose father, John Adams, also served a term as President of the United States of America. ... Within the first nine years of his life his father and mother paid particular attention to his education where he learned such subjects as: mathematics, languages, and the classics of American History. ... In France JQA studied fencing, dance, music, and art at the Passy Academy. ... This marked another first in American History; Louisa Catherine Johnson was the first and only foreign-born Fi...

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The Declaration of Independence is an important document in American history, because without it the United States would not be the nation it is today. ... The ability to persuade and convince the colonist to revolt with logic is Jefferson's most valuable writing skill, but Jefferson did not only convince Americans, he convinced France to send them aid in the war for independence against Britain. The Declaration also plays a significant role in our world today and in recent history. ... The Declaration of Independence is filled with rhetorical devices that reinforce that it is one of the...

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Ellis asserts in "Founding Brothers" that 1789-1799 was "the most crucial and consequential [decade] in American History [T]he subsequent political history of the United States then became an oscillation between new versions of the old tension . ... This argument between federal versus state power continued in our nation's history, and persists even until this day. ... Second, at this point in history, no biracial society existed; therefore, a place for the black population to live once freed, was needed. ... Instead of arguing about whether or not to remain neutral, the American people,...

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"The town had never been more gay, a continually changing pageant of foreign guests and ministers."3 A brilliant scene graced by the presence of many of the emigrated nobility of France. ... For the second time in American history, the British were coming! At Dolly's suggestion, "French" John Siousa and Magrau, the gardener, broke the frame containing Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Mr. ...

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On several occasions he went out of his way to describe the Indian people of North America as a noble race who were the innocent victims of history. ... It was then contended, by France's Count Buffon, that all flora, fauna, and men of the New World were degenerate. ... In secret messages to his cabinet and Congress, Jefferson outlined a plan for removal of all Native Americans east of the Mississippi to make sure that this land would never fall to the French or the British. ...

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Throughout all of history, religion has played an important role in the actions of groups or individuals. ... This instance of religion playing a significant role in politics is but one of many in the history of America under rule of Britain. ... Rene Descartes, a French philosopher and scientist, believed that reason and rationality defined all sciences and philosophies. ...

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Third President of the United States of America and of the nation's Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, was one of the most accomplished presidents within our great nation's history. ... For over a month, he mourned his loss, than in November of 1784 he agreed to be a commissioner to France. ...

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For instance, "Barbour devoted a great deal of time during these years to intellectual improvement his hunger for knowledge, fed by a sharp awareness of his inadequate formal education, set him to devouring books and treatises of every description- novels, history, natural philosophy, literacy criticism, political economy, and poetry. ... Barbour was a Republican and believed in the Whig ideals, advocated the rights of the state's, the rights of man, and the rights of America against British and French opposition. ...

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Previous to the civil war rose two characters, two heroes, in Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. Both serve as compact symbols representing the ideology of their own generations. Jefferson exemplifies the aristocrat, the democratic politician, writer extraordinaire, and the pacifist. Jackson epit...

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