The Jefferson Era (1800-1815)
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Second president of the US.
John Adams
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The Declarations's main author.
Thomas Jefferson
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Us Secretary of state, he later became the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court
John Marshall
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An expidition led by Meriwether Lewis and Willian Clark the began in 1804 to explore the Louisiana Purchase.
Lewis and Clark Expidition
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He led the Lewis and Clark Expidition.
Meriwether Lewis
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She accompanied and aided Lewis and Clark on their expidition
Sacagawea
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He was ordered to find the headwaters of Red River. He attempted to climb Pikes Peak in Colorado.
Zebulon Pike
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A large warship
USS Constitution
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A law that prohibited American merchants from trading with other countries.
Embargo Act
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A meeting of Federalists at Hartford, Connnnneticut to protest the War of 1812
Hartford Convention
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A treaty signed by the United States and Britain ending the War of 1812.
Treaty of Ghent
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Members of Congress who wanted to declare war against Britain after the Battle of Tippecanoe
War Hawks
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The Supreme Court's power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.
Judicial Review
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US Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review.
Marbury v. Madison
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The purchase of French land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains that doubled the size of the United States.
Louisiana Purchase