Multiple Choice Flashcards
Aaron Burr
He killed Hamilton, wanted war against the US, Jeffersons VP
Thomas Jefferson
Dem-Rep, large federal government, University of Virgina, Writer of the Declaration of Independence, president
Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Began in the spring of 1804
- Gave America another route to the trading world
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
It infuriated the USA and they wanted to declare war on Britain
War of 1812
This war was caused by impressment from Britain, the war hawks were a group of young Dem-Rep who wanted war 2 of theses people were John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay, a bog part of the war was the burning of Washington DC and the last battle of the war was at Fort McHenry because it stopped the British from coming to the city, the treaty of Ghent was the treaty to end the war but it did not touch upon neutral rights, it ignored impressment and it didn’t change any boarders