chapter 12

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americans tried to invade canada from

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detroit, niagara and lake champlain but were fought off by canadians

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americans attacked canada by sea and were more

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successful

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oliver hazard perry captured british fleet in

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lake erie

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in august of 1814, a second british force attacked washington d.c., burning most of the capital, including

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white house and capitol

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francis scott key: american prisoner aboard british ship who watched british bombard

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fort mchenry; wrote star spangled banner

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tsar alexander I of russia called americans and british to come to peace because he didn’t want british ally to

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lose strength in americans and let napoleon overtake europe

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treaty of ghent was an

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armistice

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both sides stopped fighting and conquered territory was

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restored

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hartford convention: secret meeting to discuss disgust of the

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war and redress grievances

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harford convention demanded: financial assitance from washington to compensate for

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lost trade from embargoes

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harford convention demanded: constitutional amendments requiring 2/3 vote in congress before

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an embargo could be imposed, new states admitted, or war declared

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harford convention demanded: the abolition of

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slavery

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harford convention demanded: president could only serve

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1 term

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harford convention demanded: abolition of the 3/

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3/5 clause

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harford convention demanded: prohibition of the election of 2 succesive presidents from the same

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state

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hartford resolutions marked the death of the

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federalist party

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war of 1812 showed other nations that america would

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defend its beliefs

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rush-bagot agreement was made between u.s. and britain and it limited the

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naval armament on the great lakes

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by-product of the war of 1812 was heightened

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nationalism

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tariff of 1816 for protection for

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american companies

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british componies were trying to put american factories out of business by selling their goods for much less than

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american factories

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president madison vetoed a bill to give states aid for infrastructure, deeming it

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unconstitutional

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democratic-republicans were opposed to using federal money to support

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interstate improvements

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era of good feelings: 2 political parties were

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getting along

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panic of 1819→main cause: over-

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over-speculation in frontier lands

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bank of us.s. hated by western farmers because it

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foreclosed many farms

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people moved west because of:

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cheap land, construction of highways, and eliminated indian territories

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land act of 1820 authorized buyer to purchase 80 virgin acres at minimum of

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$1.25 an acre

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west demanded cheap

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transportation and cheap money

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Fletcher vs. Peck: georgia legislature granted 35 million acres to private speculators; next legislature

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cancelled the transaction

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fletcher vs. peck: marshall let state give acres to speculators since it was a contract; decision protected

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property rights against popular pressures

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dartmouth college vs. woodward: dartmouth college given a charter by king george III but new hampshire wanted to take it away; marshall ruled in

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favor of the college

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angle-american convention of 1818 allowed americans to share newfoundland fisheries with canadians and provided for a

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10 year joint occupation of the oregon country without a surrender o the rights/ claims of either america or britain

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with the revolutions in south america, spain was forced to take its troops

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out of florida

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ANDREW Jackson WENT INTO FLORIDA CLAIMING HE WOULD PUNISH THE INDIANS

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and recapture the runaways who were hiding in Spanish Florida

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Jackson captured

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St. Marks and Pensacola→2 most important spanish posts in area

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florida purchase treaty of 1819: spanish ceded florida and cliams to oregon in exchange for

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america’s claims to texas

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george canning (british foreign secretary) asked american minister if U.S. would band with British in joint declaration renouncing

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any interest in acquiring latin american territory and warning european dictators to keep out of latin america

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european monarchs were — by the monroe doctrine because of america’s

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offended; soft military strength

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president monroe was mainly concerned with—- when he issued the Doctrine

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security of america

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russo-american treaty of 1824: russians retreated farther

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north into alaska